01 July 2014

SSAS: OLAP PivotTable Extensions

Excel Pivot tables are a reporting tool that makes it easy to extract information from data sets without the use of formulas.
Excel Pivot tables are great for browsing Analysis Services cubes, since they allow to easily move, pivot and analyze data using drag and drop to see the same data in a number of different ways
OLAP PivotTable Extensions add advanced features to the pivot tables.
OLAP PivotTable Extensions are an Excel add-in which extends the functionality of PivotTables on Analysis Services cubes.
It works with Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013.
The Excel API has certain PivotTable functionality which is not exposed in the user interface. OLAP PivotTable Extensions provides an interface for some of this functionality and it also adds some new features like searching cubes, configuring default settings, and filtering to a list in your clipboard.



For more information and to install the OLAP PivotTable Extensions go to the codeplex website:

http://olappivottableextend.codeplex.com

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