Easily build powerful dashboards with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and Excel 2013

Overview
Build a dashboard using Excel 2013 with information from Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013
Make Excel a true business intelligence tool with charts, sparklines, slicers, and more
Utilize PowerPivot’s full potential to create even more complex dashboards

In Detail

Accounting systems like Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 hold a wealth of information. Excel 2013 provides a great tool for linking to, extracting, analysing, and presenting that rich data to help companies make better, faster, and smarter decisions.

Building Dashboards with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and Excel 2013 covers how to get the rich, detailed information contained in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and present it in an attractive, easy-to-understand way using Excel 2013. The book shows in detail how to build great-looking dashboards that enhance a company’s decision-making process.

This book shows you how to get at the rich, detailed information contained in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and present it in an attractive, easy-to-understand way using Excel 2013. This guide will take you from the basics of setup and deployment to creating secure, refreshable Excel reports. Using a whole host of tools available within Excel, this tutorial will show you how to visualize your data using simple conditional formatting techniques, easy-to-read charts, and allow you to make your data interactive with Slicers.

Building Dashboards with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and Excel 2013 provides a way for you to easily build that interactive dashboard that your CFO keeps asking for.

What you will learn from this book
Get Dynamics GP 2013 information into Excel 2013
Set up, deploy, and secure refreshable Excel reports in Dynamics GP 2013 to get live GP data to Excel
Consolidate and present GP 2013 data using Excel pivot tables
Improve the look and feel of a dashboard with conditional formatting
Enhance data clarity with charts and sparklines
Add interactivity to a dashboard using Slicers
Link dashboard data back to Dynamics GP 2013
Approach more complex dashboards and sources using PowerPivot

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