InBeginningBigDatawithPowerBIandExcel2013,youwilllearntosolvebusinessproblemsbytappingthepowerofMicrosoft'sExcelandPowerBItoimportdatafromNoSQLandSQLdatabasesandothersources,createrelationaldatamodels,andanalyzebusinessproblemsthroughsophisticateddashboardsanddata-drivenmaps.WhileBeginningBigDatawithPowerBIandExcel2013coversprominenttoolssuchasHadoopandtheNoSQLdatabases,itrecognizesthatmostsmallandmedium-sizedbusinessesdon'thavetheBigDataprocessingneedsofaNetflix,Target,orFacebook.Instead,itshowshowtoimportdataandusetheself-serviceanalyticsavailableinExcelwithPowerBI.Asyou'llseethroughthebook'snumerouscaseexamples,thesetools-whichyoualreadyknowhowtouse-canperformmanyofthesamefunctionsasthehigher-endApachetoolsmanypeoplebelievearerequiredtocarryoutinBigDataprojects.
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