The world of self-service BI just keeps getting better. From self-service analysis with PowerPivot to self-service reporting with Microsoft Power View. This session will discuss the new BI Semantic Model concept, show you how to build models with PowerPivot and Analysis Services, and then go over using the new browser based reporting tool Power View to provide highly interactive reporting solutions. There is fun to be had by all and who knew that analyzing data could be so fun, come and find out more and see how it all works and what to expect with the upcoming release of SQL Server.

1. Power View
Bringing your Data to Life!
Dan English
Principal Business Intelligence Consultant
Superior Consulting Services, LLC
denglish@teamscs.com

2. Speaker Background
Dan English
http://denglishbi.wordpress.com
@denglishbi
• Microsoft SQL Server MVP
• Microsoft BI User Group MN
Leadership Team Member
• Blog / Vimeo Screencasts / Twitter
• Published Author

3. SCS Background
• Founded in 1997, SCS is a technical consulting firm
focused exclusively on Microsoft technologies to
provide custom solutions
• Headquartered in Burnsville, MN
• Microsoft Gold Partner since 2006
• Microsoft Managed Partner
• Provide solutions in the areas of Business Intelligence,
Reporting, Application Development, Networking,
SharePoint, and Special Projects
• Industry recognized authorities via books, speaking
engagements, and direct assistance to Microsoft

4. Session Outline
• What is the BI Semantic Model
• PowerPivot & Tabular SSAS
– Demo
• What is Power View (“Crescent”)
– Demo
• What’s coming in SQL 2012 SP1 & Excel 2013
• Questions

5. Quick Audience Poll
 How many are currently using Analysis
Services?
 How many have Office 2010 deployed?
 How many have used PowerPivot? In
production? With SharePoint?
 Anyone using SQL Server 2012 yet?
 How many have not seen a Power View demo?

6. BI Semantic Model

7. BI Semantic Model
One Model for all End User Experiences
Client Tools
Analytics, Reports, Scorecards,
Dashboards, Custom Apps
BI Semantic Model
Personal BI Team BI Organizational BI
PowerPivot for Excel PowerPivot for SharePoint Analysis Services
Data Sources
Databases, LOB Applications, OData Feeds,
Spreadsheets, Text Files
Flexibility Richness Scalability

8. BI Semantic Model: Architecture
Third-party Reporting SharePoint
Excel PowerPivot
applications Services Insights
Databases LOB Applications Files OData Feeds Cloud Services

9. IW and Pro Model Design Tools
Information Workers BI Developers
Feels like Feels like Visual
Excel Studio
It’s a project Optimized
One file, for BI Pros
Rapid (business case,
Save to
response to budget, dates)
SharePoint Large data
business Teams building BI volumes
problems solutions
Solutions live
Deployment
Optimized for for weeks or Source Control,
scripts, versions
Excel power user months TFS
PowerPivot for Excel BI Development Studio
Personal BI Team BI Organizational BI

10. PowerPivot &
Tabular SSAS

11. What is PowerPivot?
PowerPivot for Excel is a free
download that significantly expands
the data analysis capabilities of Excel.
Excel 2010 (32-bit or 64-bit) is
required to install PowerPivot for
Excel.
PowerPivot supports files up to
2GB in size. The 64-bit version of
PowerPivot enables you to work
with up to 4GB of data in memory,
and the 32-bit version enables you
to work with up to 2GB of data in
memory (500 to 700MB files)

12. What can it do?
Microsoft
Microsoft Analysis
Text Files SQL Azure Services
IW Tool Relationships
Microsoft
Excel
Measures
DAX
ODBC / PivotCharts Agile
Reporting
OLEDB Teradata
Services
Microsoft
Team BI SQL Server
Data Slicers
Calculated
Bars ATOM
Columns Personal
datafeeds
Microsoft BI
PDW
Oracle Microsoft Azure
Microsoft
Access PowerPivot DataMarket
Self-
Sybase service Sparklines
PivotTables IBM DB2
Informix

13. What’s new in PowerPivot (v2)?

14. What’s Tabular Analysis Services?

15. Demo
POWERPIVOT & TABULAR SSAS

16. Power View
(Project “Crescent”)

17. What is Power View?
Power View is an
interactive data exploration
and visual presentation
experience.

18. Power View
Highly Visual Design Experience
• Interactive, web-based authoring, and sharing of information
• Familiar Microsoft Office design patterns
• Powerful data layout with banding, callout, and small multiples
visualizations
Rich metadata-driven interactivity
• Fully integrated with PowerPivot and Tabular SSAS
• Drive greater insight through smart and powerful querying
• Zero configuration highlighting and filtering
• Animated trending and comparisons
Presentation-ready at all times
• Interactive Presentation turns pervasive information into persuasive
information
• Deliver and collaborate through SharePoint
• Full screen presentation mode for interactive boardroom session and
ability to export to interactive PowerPoint slidedeck

19. Report Designer Report Builder Power View
Embedded Operational Self-Service

21. Demo
POWER VIEW

22. Power View Demo Screenshot

23. What’s coming next in
SQL 2012 SP1 & Excel 2013?
 Power View in Excel 2013!
 New Chart Types
 Pie Charts
 Maps
 KPI support
 Hierarchy support
 Drill up/down
 More style and theme options
 Backgrounds and images
 Hyperlinks
 And more

24. QUESTIONS

25. THANK YOU!
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