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How Power IB works with Excel?
All data is from Excel, I would like to know on how Power IB works with Excel for visualization
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
oem7110 wrote:Does Power IB automatically create visualization from Excel's data? that is interesting
Is Power IB free to download?
If yes, where can I download it?
Do you have any suggestions?
Thank you very much for any suggestions (^v^)I suggest that you start with the following:
Get started with Power BI Desktop
Microsoft also has a Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKTSLffVGbk
Also, it is not Power IB, it is Power BI.
6 Replies
- Shahfaisal
Solution Sage
Power BI works well with Excel. Once you import the data from your Excel workbooks, rest of the development process is similar to other data sources.
I suggest you go through Import Excel workbooks into Power BI Desktop
- oem7110New Member
Does Power IB automatically create visualization from Excel's data? that is interesting
Is Power IB free to download?
If yes, where can I download it?
Do you have any suggestions?
Thank you very much for any suggestions (^v^)- Shahfaisal
Solution Sage
oem7110 wrote:Does Power IB automatically create visualization from Excel's data? that is interesting
Is Power IB free to download?
If yes, where can I download it?
Do you have any suggestions?
Thank you very much for any suggestions (^v^)I suggest that you start with the following:
Get started with Power BI Desktop
Microsoft also has a Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKTSLffVGbk
Also, it is not Power IB, it is Power BI.
- Hariharan_R
Solution Sage
Hi oem7110
Power BI Desktop is free tool. You can download from here - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=58494
Check how to connect with Excel - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/desktop-connect-excel
Thanks
Hari
- oem7110New Member
For connecting Salesforce with Power BI, I would like to know on how many ways to connect are possible.
Such as
1) using SQL query to retrieve data from Salesforce into Power BI automatically
2) using Excel VBA to retrieve data from Salesforce into Power BI automatically
3) other
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks, to everyone very much for any suggestions (^v^)- Shahfaisal
Solution Sage
oem7110 wrote:For connecting Salesforce with Power BI, I would like to know on how many ways to connect are possible.
Such as
1) using SQL query to retrieve data from Salesforce into Power BI automatically
2) using Excel VBA to retrieve data from Salesforce into Power BI automatically
3) other
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks, to everyone very much for any suggestions (^v^)This is a completely new topic, could you please close this forum post and create a new one?
To answer your question, there is a built-in connector in Power BI to connect to Salesforce - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/service-connect-to-salesforce