Excel Services is a server technology included inSharePoint 2010 andSharePoint 2007. This shared service enables users to load, calculate, and displayExcel 2010 workbooks on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010.
UsingExcel Services, users can reuse and share Excel workbooks on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010portals and dashboards. For example, they can create content in Excel 2010 and share it by using an Office SharePoint Server 2007 portal and dashboard. The entire workbook or just parts of it (such as just a single sheet, chart or table) can be shared.
End-users can view live, interactive workbooks using only aweb browser. They can also interact with workbooks to explore data, and analyzePivot Table reports and charts by using a browser. Excel Services supports workbooks that are connected to external data sources. Users can embed connection strings to external data sources in the workbook or save them centrally in a data connection library file.
Selected cells in worksheets can be made editable by making them named ranges or "parameters". Items which are set as "viewable", when they save to Excel Services, will appear in theParameters pane in the browser. Users can change the values of these named ranges in the parameters pane and refresh the workbook. They can also use the portal's filterWeb Part to filter several Web Parts (Excel Web Access and other types ofweb parts) together.
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