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tsimionescu
on March 16, 2022
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Because if I want to do a graph from some data, it's much much easier to open the csv in Excel (or LO Calc) and create a graph from a sum of the subset of three columns VS a fourth column than it use to write an SQL query.
throwaway984393
on March 16, 2022
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Does Excel support SQL? Because I feel confident that Excel+SQL would 100% replace Tableau and save us a million dollars
smackeyacky
on March 16, 2022
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You have been able to include the results of sql queries in excel for decades.
kbelder
on March 16, 2022
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Plus Excel includes PowerQuery with the M programming language which lets you do everything you can in SQL, just slower and with more verbosity.
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