Explanation

Excel can work with data stored in SQL databases. Instead of manually copying thousands of database records into Excel, you can connect Excel to the database and retrieve the required data.

Typical Workflow

SQL Database

      ↓

Excel Connection

      ↓

Power Query

      ↓

Clean / Transform

      ↓

Excel Report

Common Uses

  • Sales reporting
  • Customer analysis
  • Inventory reports
  • Employee reports
  • Financial analysis

Key Benefit

The database remains the source of truth while Excel can be used for analysis and reporting.

Practice

Design a workflow where a Sales database provides data to an Excel report.

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