Power View

Power View is another Excel plugin which allows you to visualize information and create rich, stunning, interactive reports and a dashboard in Microsoft Office Excel. Power View was built by the SQL Server team, with the end user in mind. The technology is based on reporting services but the idea is that any user, without much technical knowledge, should be able to understand and use Power View intuitively to create rich, interactive and stunning reports, just like you always wanted.

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A couple of years ago, I was watching a presentation on TED (www.ted.com) from Hans Rosling, who is the director of Gapminder in Sweden. He specializes in Global Health and statistics and presented information about the different countries in the world, mortality rates, income, and so on. The way that he presented the information, back in 2006, was mind-blowing. He was able to display information on bubble charts, including a timeline, in which he would click on play and you could see data evolving...