Originally a separate download, PowerPivot is now part of the original package upon purchase. Overwhelmingly, the way they learn about new Excel capabilities is by inspecting the latest version once it lands on their desktop.”Īll of that is about to change now that Office 2013 has more tightly integrated PowerPivot into Excel.

“Unlike programmers, BI specialists, and other IT pros, the Excel audience doesn’t congregate at conferences and they don’t closely monitor what Microsoft is saying about the next version of their toolset.

PowerPivot has yet to receive a lot of attention among the Excel audience. More adoption of PowerPivot in the Excel community. Software Advice sat down with Rob Collie, CTO of PivotStream and one of the founding engineers of PowerPivot, to get his perspective on how the new Excel will affect Business Intelligence and Excel professionals.ġ. With Microsoft’s release of Office 2013, now fully equipped with features such as PowerPivot and PowerView, news outlets and blogs are abuzz speculating this is a push to make Excel the next Business Intelligence (BI) tool.

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