If you're new to Data Analyzer, we can help you become a proficient user. This tutorial explains the technology behind Data Analyzer and how to perform the most common analysis tasks. You can follow the tutorial from start to finish, or jump straight to the topic that interests you.

Data Analyzer is a business intelligence tool. You use it to find, analyze, and share business-intelligence information and make informed business decisions. For more information about Data Analyzer, go to the Microsoft Data Analyzer home page.

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• Introducing the technology behind Data Analyzer
  Learn about databases, analysis systems, and common terms
  
• Getting to know a Data Analyzer view
  Tour a Data Analyzer view and learn how to open views
  
• Interpreting the information in a view
  Learn about the graphic displays and colors in a view, and how to understand the relationships depicted in a view
  
• Data Analyzer views versus PivotTable reports
  Learn the differences between views and PivotTable ® reports, and when to use each
  
• Basic drilling
  Steps for navigating among the levels in your data
  
• Basic filtering
  Steps for changing values in a view in order to see how those changes affect other values in the view
  
• Saving views
  Steps for saving views
  
• Collaborating with other users
  Steps for exporting views to Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint®, embedding them in e-mail messages, and saving them as static HTML reports
  
• Data Analyzer resources on the Web
  Links to downloads and information on programming