SQLBits 2013

Excel 2013 Analytics

Excel is “The” analytical tool in Microsoft suite for advanced analysts. This session introduces Excel 2013 and 2010 business intelligence capabilities.

Excel is “The” analytical tool in Microsoft suite for advanced analysts. You can use it as a SQL Server Analysis Services client or as a standalone analytical engine. With Excel, you can analyze both, relational and unstructured big data. With PowerPivot, Excel becomes a single-user Analysis Services in tabular mode. The performance of your analytical processing is amazing. With Power View inside Excel, you can create ad-hoc reports on the tabular model with minimal effort. With Data Mining Add-in, you can perform even the most advanced analyzes on your Excel data. This session introduces Excel 2013 and 2010 business intelligence capabilities.

Dejan Sarka's previous sessions

Statistical Analysis in T-SQL

Learn how to analyze your data with pure T-SQL to get the performance you cannot reach with R, Python, or other tools. Learn the math behind as well.

Data Overview and Manipulation - T-SQL, R, Python

Before doing any analysis, you have to prepare the data properly.

Temporal Data in SQL Server

Use temporal support in SQL Server and add what is missing out of the box.

Analysing Text with SQL Server 2014

This session introduces SQL Server 2012 and 2014 text mining capabilities.

Optimizing Temporal Queries

Writing efficient queries with temporal predicates is finally not a problem anymore.

Excel 2013 Analytics

Excel is “The” analytical tool in Microsoft suite for advanced analysts. This session introduces Excel 2013 and 2010 business intelligence capabilities.

A Deep Dive in SQL Server 2012 Data Warehousing

In this session, we are going to explain and test different DW features in SQL Server 2012, including star join optimization through bitmap filters, table partitioning, window functions, columnstore indices and more.