Comments on: Importing Data From Multiple Log Files Using Data Explorer http://cwebbbi.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/importing-data-from-multiple-log-files-using-data-explorer/ Analysis Services, MDX, PowerPivot, DAX and anything BI-related Fri, 24 May 2013 17:15:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Andy http://cwebbbi.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/importing-data-from-multiple-log-files-using-data-explorer/#comment-9342 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:51:21 +0000 https://cwebbbi.wordpress.com/?p=2041#comment-9342 Thanks for the response Chris, best way to see similarities/differences is using it. And with that I’m off to run through your tutorial posts.

]]> By: Chris Webb http://cwebbbi.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/importing-data-from-multiple-log-files-using-data-explorer/#comment-9329 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:08:06 +0000 https://cwebbbi.wordpress.com/?p=2041#comment-9329 Hi Andy,

Basically, Data Explorer is all about moving data from external data sources, transforming it, and bringing it into Excel, and also making that a repeatable process. PowerPivot is very different: it’s all about being able to do fast, ad-hoc analysis and complex reporting on the data. Although I highlighted the scenarios where they are interchangeable in this post, in a lot of ways they are very different tools.

HTH,

Chris

]]> By: Andy http://cwebbbi.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/importing-data-from-multiple-log-files-using-data-explorer/#comment-9328 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:01:59 +0000 https://cwebbbi.wordpress.com/?p=2041#comment-9328 Just a quick question…what’s the fundamental functional difference between this and PowerPivot? Aside from the available data sources (and the product architecture) what would cause people to use one over the other?

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