Excel 2007 Advanced Report Development
Chapter One
Taking a First Look at Excel's
Reporting Tools
This chapter provides you with an overview of Excel's reporting features. It shows you
the principal types of Excel reports and how you can use them to satisfy many of the
business requirements you may face. It covers some of the benefits of using Excel
reports, including real-time access, simplified report updates, and reduced cost of
ownership.
In this first chapter, I try to give you a snapshot overview of PivotTable and Pivot-Chart
reports, Spreadsheet reports, parameter queries (how you can map parameters
to stored procedure variables), and web queries, along with a quick look at some of the
new features available in Excel 2007.
Keep in mind that this chapter just helps you get started with the basics. As you
work your way through the other chapters, you have the opportunity to dive into these
topics in a lot more detail. So let's begin!
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