Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction to Microsoft Office BI Concepts
Chapter 2. PivotTables, PivotCharts, and Conditional Formatting
Chapter 3. Excel Tables: Conditional Formatting, What-If and Statistics, and Charts
Chapter 4. Excel and External Data: Files, Databases, Cubes, and Data from the Internet
Chapter 5. Excel and SharePoint: Reports, Key Performance Indicators, and Dashboards
Chapter 6. Excel and Data Mining: Key Influencers, Categories, and Forecasting
Chapter 7. PerformancePoint: Dashboards, Scorecards, and Key Performance Indicators
Chapter 8. Office BI: Office, Visio, Windows Mobile, Office Online, SQL Server, and Virtual Earth
Index

About the Author

Doug Harts is a Services Executive at Microsoft currently helping U.S. Federal agencies implement Microsoft technology roadmaps. As a former Chief Technology Officer of the Microsoft Gold development partner that published the markets first SQL Server web-based ad-hoc report tool that co-launched with Reporting Services in 2000, Doug has been involved with Business Intelligence research and design at Microsoft-Redmond and commercial and public organizations around the world. As a current member of the Microsoft Business Intelligence Field Advisory Council, Doug contributes to the design and development of Business Intelligence technology in the SharePoint Cloud environment. Doug is the author of the McGraw-Hill book Microsoft Office 2007 Business Intelligence, and can be found with other Business Intelligence community members at www.OfficeBIcentral.com.