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Many people are unaware of the full capabilites of Excel. Sadly most of us consider it an instrument for tables, data sets and charts, workmanlike, unappealing and sort of boring. However there is in fact a wide range of options …

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So far we have looked at the standard stacked bar charts, separated stacked bar charts and partially overlapping stacked bar charts as potential Excel charts that can be added to a business dashboard using Infocaptor. All of these are viable …

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Previously we looked at two types of stacked bar charts which can be utilised effectively by business intelligence applications such as Infocaptor. These were the 'standard' approach, with two or more columns stacked on top of each other, and the …

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Setting up a Visual FoxPro System DSN In Control Panel, click the ODBC icon. In the Data Sources dialog box, click the System DSN button. Note that this step is very important because the Internet Database Connector only works with …

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The vast majority of Excel and business intelligence software users are familiar with the concept of bar charts. They are among the first charts that are introduced in school, and offer simple, clear and intuitive graphical representations of datasets. While …

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When it comes to creating a dashboard most people will be aware that they will need to create some charts and that they will need to choose a layout that suits their particular business intelligence requirements. However while all of …

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When you create a chart for the first time using Excel you will most likely be happy if it turns out correctly, with everything where it should be. The same applies when you first make use of some business intelligence …

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