Consuming data in Excel

In this recipe, we will consume Dynamics 365 data into an Excel file using power view and power pivot tools. Follow with use of power view report. It's a very useful tool for reports and visual artifacts. There are many ways to import data into Excel, here in this recipe we will use the OData feed to get required data and convert it into visual reports.

How to do it...

1. Open Excel and go to the Data tab. Click on New Query | From other source | From OData feed:

2. In the next screen add your Dynamics 365 API URL, add /data at the end of the URL, and click OK:

3. It will navigate you to the next screen where we need to select three tables, as shown in the following screenshot:

When you click the...