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Remember Paint by Number? SAP Visual Intelligence: A Visual Treat for Reporting Data

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Start off in SAP Visual Intelligence by pulling data from a broad range of sources: Excel spreadsheets ("personal data sources") as well as many types of databases (for example, Access, Oracle, SAP HANA, BusinessObjects). Users can input data in seconds with a couple of points and clicks. The exact opposite is true. Images: SAP.

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3 Cool Things to Try in Excel 2016

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Try the New Chart Types. What's new with Excel charts? If you look carefully at the Excel 2016 "Insert" ribbon tab, you will notice the new chart types, which will help you better share your data with your audience. or from basically almost any database type out there: SQL, Azure, Access, Oracle, and more.

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Cloud Is Not a Technology Decision

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Now, that's not to say that the in-house IT organization doesn't have to cover its costs, but some of those costs can get deeply hidden within the organization, and are not immediately visible and attributable in a chart of accounts. As a manager, I don't care about the detail of the underlying technology.