8.1. What Are the Other Parts of Office Business Intelligence?

Some people have said there are so many moving parts to Microsoft Business Intelligence that it's hard to explain them in a single presentation. While this is indeed a challenge, we might also say the many moving parts provide an opportunity to connect various components into whatever BI display we desire. This chapter will explore several of these other Office BI components.

In this light you can think about using the BI content created in Excel, to provide a compelling analytic slide in PowerPoint—or a good rendition of an Excel table in Word. This puts the focus on the end user so that you can think about delivering BI value in whatever Office application is most a part of the ...

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