Top N reports are an extremely common requirement: my customers are always trying to find their top 10 products or sales people or geographies by some measure or other. Luckily this type of report is ...

A new component in SQL Server 2008 R2 gives users the autonomy to set up business intelligence functionality in Excel without taking control of the process away from IT. PowerPivot is Microsoft's new ...

A new component in SQL Server 2008 R2 gives users the autonomy to set up business intelligence functionality in Excel without taking control of the process away from IT. PowerPivot is Microsoft's new ...

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Have you found this content useful? Use the button above to save it to your profile. Business intelligence expert Philip Taylor (aka ExcelCrafter) puts the case for using the PowerPivot add-in for ...