Product Description

If you're a SQL programmer or an experienced Excel user, here at last is the ultimate resource on developing reporting solutions with Excel. Focused on report development using OLTP databases, this book is packed with comprehensive information on both technical and strategic aspects. You'll thoroughly examine the main features of Excel's reporting technology-PivotTable reports, Spreadsheet reports, parameter queries, and web components. With notes, tips, warnings, and real-world examples in each chapter, you'll be able to put your knowledge to work immediately. This book includes:

• Single-source coverage of Excel's report development features
• Extensive and in-depth information on PivotTable and Spreadsheet report features, functions, and capabilities
• Thorough documentation of the Microsoft Query program included with Excel
• Comprehensive information on Excel's client-based OLAP cube tools for processing very large datasets from OLTP data sources
• Detailed information on creating and working with web-enabled Excel reports

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23692 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 504 pages

From the Back Cover
If you're a SQL programmer or an experienced Excel user, here at last is the ultimate resource on developing reporting solutions with Excel. Focused on report development using OLTP databases, this book is packed with comprehensive information on both technical and strategic aspects. You'll thoroughly examine the main features of Excel's reporting technology— PivotTable reports, Spreadsheet reports, parameter queries, and web components. With notes, tips, warnings, and real-world examples in each chapter, you'll be able to put your knowledge to work immediately.

• Single-source coverage of Excel's report development features
• Extensive and in-depth information on PivotTable® and Spreadsheet report features, functions, and capabilities
• Thorough documentation of the Microsoft® Query program included with Excel
• Comprehensive information on Excel's client-based OLAP cube tools for processing very large datasets from OLTP data sources
• Detailed information on creating and working with web-enabled Excel reports

Companion web site

Example files for all the exercises in the book are available for download at www.wiley.com/go/excelreporting, where you can also watch videos illustrating various lessons.

About the Author
Timothy Zapawa is a project director atAdvantage Computing Systems, Inc., where he leads teams of engineers, developers, and managers through long-term software implementations. He has developed software training programs and has obtained several professional and technical certifications, including Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA).

Customer Reviews

"Advance" means for DBAs Level
Ok...guys...I got this book today and I spend all day just to understand how I can apply available files on Author's web site by reading the text at the same time. It's very hard and complicated process!!!! Owww my god!!!! Text is nice, but files are horrible. The way author drives you through his material ... let me say easy: you have to possess some knowledge about SQL Server 2000 and SQL ,and Access ,and about many other aspects of software. Guys on the bottom are correct: this book covers some very comprehensive topics about Excel, but you less likely will use it, which probably most books don't!!!!! This is book for the Computer Science (DBAs) guys...not for people who want to learn some advance functions of Excel (book represent angle of DBA). Don't buy it if you not planning to become DBA or/and you are not DBA, but because I spend money on it I will keep it for the future, just in case. Who knows maybe life will drive to become one of them.

Help for Business Application Sufferers
This book is an immense help to someone at a small- to medium-sized company who is laboring to create to create printed reports using their business application's report-writing tools. The author shows you how to use SQL Query to access the database directly from Excel to create electronic reports with drill-down functionality. My users love them, and it is so Lean not to waste people's time re-entering information from a printed report.

The chapters on pivot tables are better than some books devoted entirely to pivot tables.

Very Good...
This book covers all the tricks I've picked up slogging through trying to create pivot table reports for the company I work for - and then some. Boy, do I wish I had it before I spent all that time.

Clearly written and easy to follow I think this a good book for users of all levels. You do need some knowledge of Excel and SQL - but not as much as you might think.