Palestra realizada no SQL Saturday 147, abordando o assunto Novidades de BI para SQL Server 2012.

1. SQL Server 2012
News in Business Intelligence
Diego Nogare
nogare@outlook.com
@DiegoNogare
www.diegonogare.net

2. Agenda
 BISM
 PowerPivot
 PowerView

4. BISM

5. Tabular Project Development
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A tabular model can be developed using the Tabular Project template in
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)
 The model designer requires connectivity to an SSAS instance in tabular mode
 The project is deployed to an SSAS instance in tabular mode, and results in the
creation of a database
 Excel via an ODC file is the analyzing/testing environment
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The code base used by the model designer is the same used by the
PowerPivot Window
 New tabular design features have been added to both designers in the SQL
Server 2012 release

6. Tabular Project Development
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Diagram view
Calculation area
Active/inactive relationships
Marking date tables and
columns
Sorting a column by a
different column
Multi-level hierarchies
Binary columns (useful for
images)
DistinctCount measure
aggregation
• Column and measure format
properties
• Table, column and measure
descriptions
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Perspectives
• Reporting properties
• Table partitions
• Security roles, including row-level
security
• In-Memory (cached) and
DirectQuery (passthrough) query
modes

7. Demo
Importing Excel to BISM

8. POWERPIVOT ENHANCEMENTS
 PowerPivot in SQL Server 2012 builds upon the SQL
Server 2008 R2 feature set
 There are a new capabilities and features for both addins:
 PowerPivot for Excel Add-in
 PowerPivot for SharePoint Add-in

9. POWERPIVOT FOR EXCEL ADD-IN
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Includes the same designer and the same features available to the IT
Professional in the Tabular Project, except:
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Table partitions
Roles
DirectQuery query mode
Source control integration
Supported features not available in the Tabular Project include:
 Linked tables (from the Excel workbook)
 Implicit measures (defined using the PowerPivot Field List)
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Note it is possible to restore a PowerPivot workbook directly on an SSAS
instance in tabular mode, and then create and manage table partitions and
roles, or configure the query mode

10. Demo
Be fast in Power Pivot with large volume of
data

11. POWER VIEW
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Users create a new Power View report (.rdlx) from:
 A BISM Connection File (.bism)
 A PowerPivot workbook (.xlsx) in the PowerPivot Gallery (in Gallery view)
 An SSRS shared data source (.rsds) based on a tabular BI Semantic Model
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Reports can consist of multiple views and each view can be filtered
Reports may be:
 Printed
 Saved to SharePoint libraries
 Exported to PowerPoint
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Clicking the report will open it in Preview mode
If the user has permission, they can switch to Edit mode

12. POWER VIEW
 The design experience consists of:
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Ribbon
Canvas
Filter area
Field List
Layout selection
 The report may be viewed in Preview or Full Screen
mode
 Visualizations can be added to the canvas and then
configured using the Layout Selection

13. POWER VIEW
 Visualizations include:
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Matrices
Charts
Cards
Tiles
Scatter and bubble charts

14. Demo
Power View in Excel + Sharepoint

15. Extra Demo
ColumnStore Index

16. Thanks
nogare@outlook.com
@DiegoNogare
www.diegonogare.net