November 28, 2023
Empowering Excel Data Analysis with AtScale: Part 1 – The ScenarioDave Langer founded Dave on Data, where he delivers training designed for any professional to develop data analysis skills. Over the years, Dave has trained thousands of professionals. Previously, Dave delivered insights that drove business strategy at Schedulicity, Data Science…
June 23, 2022
How to Use Excel for Analytics in the CloudDespite having a billion users, Excel is not always thought of as a business intelligence (BI) tool. Yet Excel remains by far the predominant BI consumption platform in enterprise data because its formulas and functions make it a powerful tool…
October 7, 2021
How to Leverage the Power of AtScale with Ad Hoc Analysis in ExcelNo matter how sophisticated and agile an enterprise BI program may be, there is always a need to go deeper than canned reports and dashboards. Business analysts’ primary role is to figure out what the data is saying and support decision…
September 30, 2021
How to Connect AtScale to Excel to Directly Analyze Large Cloud Data SetsLast week, AtScale announced new Excel integrations and we blogged about the ability to use Excel as a powerful business intelligence platform. In this post, we will cover the basics of using AtScale to connect Excel to a cloud data…
September 22, 2021
How a Semantic Layer Turns Excel into a Sophisticated BI PlatformMicrosoft Excel has been the workhorse analytics tool for generations of business analysts, financial modelers, and data hacks. It delivers the ultimate flexibility to manipulate data, create new metrics with cell calculations, build live visualizations and slice and dice data.…
September 14, 2020
Join Us to Learn How to Build Business Forecasts Using Microsoft Excel with 10X the Data and 20X the SpeedIn a world that relies so heavily on data, you are either keeping up with the speed of growth or just barely holding on. For Microsoft Excel users who want to better understand the needs of their business, it isn’t…
June 5, 2020
Excel with Google BigQueryI hear it all the time. Many enterprises hate Excel because it’s an analytics “free for all” but the business users love it and can’t live without it. No matter what BI tools an enterprise may have, ultimately, that last…
April 20, 2020
Excelling at Modern AnalyticsHaving spent the better part of 20 years in data analytics, I consider myself fairly savvy in the world of data transformation, complex financial models, and best practices for data visualization. As someone knee deep in the latest and greatest…
July 23, 2019
AtScale + Google BigQuery: Live Excel Connection and OLAP for a Powerful Multi-dimensional Analytics PlatformGoogle BigQuery revolutionized data warehouses with its cloud based, serverless, fully managed data platform. Turn BigQuery into a massively parallel, multi-dimensional powerhouse with AtScale. AtScale and Google BigQuery together provide a cost effective, business friendly, analytics solution that includes a…
February 12, 2019
How to Connect Excel and Google BigQueryDespite the existence of a plethora of data analytics tools, Microsoft Excel is still the preferred choice for many analysts working with data. With the continued growth of data, as well as migration to the cloud, accessing the data necessary…
