Leveraging the data from within: Microsoft data reporting for business (Excel & Power BI)

A quick search for online courses in Microsoft Excel and its lesser-known “business intelligence interactive data visualization software” Power BI turns up tens of thousands of courses on training websites across Udemy and Reed alone.

Microsoft’s revolutionary 1992 advert saw an anxious white-collar worker in a stress about an unprepared quarterly projections report, only to be wowed by his colleague’s ability to “perform a miracle” and auto-fill trends, totals and dates in a matter of minutes. On-lookers exclaim “my spreadsheet doesn’t do that!” and the rest is history – Microsoft Excel’s data dominance was cemented in businesses around the world.

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