The sections in this chapter were designed to teach you how to connect to a Microsoft SQL Server database using Excel's data connection tools. You will be able to gather data from one or many tables in a database. We also covered how to leverage SQL and selectively pull just the data we are looking for into Excel. In the next chapter, we will get acquainted with the next stage of the data analysis life cycle, that is, preparing your data.
Data Analysis and Business Modeling with Excel 2013
Data Analysis and Business Modeling with Excel 2013
Overview of this book
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Data Analysis and Business Modeling with Excel 2013
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface
Free Chapter
Getting Data into Excel
Connecting to Databases
How to Clean Texts, Numbers, and Dates
Using Formulas to Prepare Your Data for Analysis
Analyzing Your Data Using Descriptive Statistics and Charts
Link Your Data Using Data Models
A Primer on Using the Excel Solver
Learning VBA – Excel's Scripting Language
How to Build and Style Your Charts
Creating Interactive Spreadsheets Using Tables and Slicers
Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts
Index
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