Beginning Excel Services (Paperback)

Description

Excel Services is a new technology being delivered as part of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Excel Services will enable managed and secure distribution of Excel reports, incorporating spreadsheets in business intelligence dashboards and portals, protecting the proprietary information in spreadsheets, and building custom applications with Excel-based logic. This book will walk you through the process of understanding what Excel Services is, how your business can benefit from it, and how to incorporate it in your solutions.

This book is designed to be an introduction to Excel Services for all those that want to understand what it is, what it does, what the benefits are, and how to get started. The target audience is IT TDMs and developers that need to come up to speed on the new technologies in Office 2007 and may be responsible for evaluating and deploying Office 2007 and Office SharePoint 2007. This book is also great for all Microsoft partners including system integrators, consulting companies, hosting companies, VARs and independent software vendors that will be building and deploying solutions for their customers based on the new Office technologies. Anyone currently managing or developing solutions with Excel, Windows SharePoint Services, SharePoint Portal Server, or business intelligence solutions should read this book to understand the basics of Excel Services.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Part I Overview of Excel Services

1 Introduction to Excel Services

2 Getting Started with Excel Services

3 Architecture

Part II Working with Excel Services

4 Workbook Support

5 External Data

6 Capacity and Deployment Planning

7 Administration of Excel Services

8 Security

Part III How-To Scenarios

9 Sharing a Spreadsheet

10 Using the Browser to Interact with Spreadsheets

11 Building the BI Dashboards

12 Using Office Sharepoint Server 2007

13 Leveraging Servers for Workbook Calculation

14 Building Custom Solutions

Appendix

A Resources

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part I: Overview of Excel Services.

Chapter 1: Introduction to Excel Services.

Chapter 2: Getting Started with Excel Services.

Chapter 3: Architecture.

Part II: Working with Excel Services.

Chapter 4: Workbook Support.

Chapter 5: External Data.

Chapter 6: Capacity and Deployment Planning.

Chapter 7: Administration of Excel Services.

Chapter 8: Security.

Part III: How-To Scenarios.

Chapter 9: Sharing Workbooks with the Browser.

Chapter 10: Interacting with Workbooks in the Browser.

Chapter 11: Controlling Workbook Distribution.

Chapter 12: Business Intelligence Solutions.

Chapter 13: Offloading Workbook Calculation to the Server.

Chapter 14: Building Custom Solutions.

Appendix: Troubleshooting.

Index.

描述
Excel Services是Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007的一項新技術。Excel Services將實現Excel報告的管理和安全分發，將電子表格納入商業智能儀表板和門戶，保護電子表格中的專有信息，以及使用基於Excel的邏輯構建自定義應用程序。本書將引導您了解Excel Services是什麼，您的業務如何從中受益，以及如何將其納入解決方案中。

本書旨在為所有希望了解Excel Services的人提供介紹，包括它是什麼，它的功能，好處是什麼，以及如何入門。目標讀者是需要熟悉Office 2007中的新技術並可能負責評估和部署Office 2007和Office SharePoint 2007的IT TDM和開發人員。本書也非常適合所有微軟合作夥伴，包括系統集成商、咨詢公司、托管公司、VAR和獨立軟件供應商，他們將基於新的Office技術為客戶構建和部署解決方案。任何目前管理或開發Excel、Windows SharePoint Services、SharePoint Portal Server或商業智能解決方案的人都應該閱讀本書，以了解Excel Services的基礎知識。

目錄：
介紹
第一部分：Excel Services概述
1. Excel Services簡介
2. 開始使用Excel Services
3. 架構
第二部分：使用Excel Services
4. 工作簿支持
5. 外部數據
6. 容量和部署計劃
7. Excel Services管理
8. 安全性
第三部分：操作指南
9. 共享電子表格
10. 使用瀏覽器與電子表格互動
11. 構建商業智能儀表板
12. 使用Office SharePoint Server 2007
13. 利用伺服器進行工作簿計算
14. 構建自定義解決方案
附錄
A. 資源

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介紹
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