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Power Pivot and SQL
If I am being given access to company databases, do I need a DMS and then use Power Pivot on top of the DMS or is there a way to use Power Pivot as a DMS and visualize the tables in excel? I was previously using SQL Express and I figured I would just write queries in PowerPivot to pull from there. Is this the right approach? Thanks.
Hi ammartino44,
I think you don't need dms, you can directly use excel to connect sql database.For detail information, you can take a look at below article:
Connect a SQL Server database to your workbook
In addition, if you want to know how to create the pivot table, you can refer to below link:
How to Create Pivot Charts in Excel 2016
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
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Hi ammartino44,
I think you don't need dms, you can directly use excel to connect sql database.For detail information, you can take a look at below article:
Connect a SQL Server database to your workbook
In addition, if you want to know how to create the pivot table, you can refer to below link:
How to Create Pivot Charts in Excel 2016
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng