Exploring Excel Services
Just like Visio Services, Excel Services allows you to store and selectively publish an Excel workbook on a SharePoint site. Using a web browser, users can view data and interact with the workbook, without needing to install the Excel client. All this is possible using the Excel Web Access web part.
With this basic introduction to Excel Services, let’s see it in action.
Try It Yourself: Work with Excel Services
1. Create an Excel workbook, using the Excel client (we are using Excel 2010), having a sales data table and a pie chart representing the total sales graphically, as shown in Figure 22.33.
Figure 22.33. Excel ...
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