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A part of the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack, Excel 2013 can give you the power and analytical capabilities that you need through new analysis capabilities such as timeline slicer, Quick Explore and calculated OLAP fields.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\">You can read more about the power and capabilities of Excel 2013 in this blog post, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.office.com\/b\/microsoft-excel\/archive\/2012\/07\/26\/office-business-intelligence-the-way-people-experience-data.aspx\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Office Business Intelligence \u2013 The Way People Experience Data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: small\">, presented by Diego Oppenheimer who will partner with Kay Unkroth at the PASS Business Analytics Conference this April to present <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">Deep Dive into Power Pivot in Office and SharePoint<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">. 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