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All you have to know about
Power BI V2
Benoît Jester | Etienne Bailly

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Thank you for being part of 5th
SharePoint Saturday Dubai
• Please turn off all mobile devices or set them to vibrate
• If you must take a phone call, please go out of the room so as not to
disturb others.
• Thanks to all our sponsors

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Hi. I’m Benoît.
Paris, FRANCE Asipe SharePoint MVP
@SPSParis, Forum
Moderator #TNWiki,
WikiNinjas @SPASipe
http://SPAsipe.wordpre
ss.com

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Hi. I’m Etienne.
Lyon, FRANCE istep
Office 365 &
SharePoint enthusiast :)
MCT @etienne_bailly www.istep.fr/blog

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Agenda
Power BI? The concepts
Power BI
connections
In a developer
perspective
Demos Conclusion

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Power BI V2 – For end-users

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Power BI - Based on MS experience

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Power BI - Pricing

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Power BI – Core components
• Power BI Desktop, an authoring tool that enables you to transform data, create
powerful reports and visualizations, and easily publish to the Power BI service
• powerbi.com, a Saas solution where you can quickly create dashboards, and directly
connect to (and incorporate) all the data that’s important to you

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Key concepts (1)
• Dashboards
• Monitor your most important data
• Each metric is displayed on the dashboard as a tile
• Combines on-premises and cloud data
• Reports
• One or more pages of visualizations
• Charts and graphs
• Datasets
• Something that you import or connect to
• Represents a single source of data

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Key concepts (2)
• Tiles
• A snapshot of your data, manually pinned to a dashboard
• Created from a dashboard, report, dataset,, from the Q&A box, …
• Content Packs
• Package up and share your own dashboard, reports, and datasets with your coworkers

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Power BI Service
• SaaS solution
• Centered on powerbi.com
• Create dashboards, share reports, and directly connect to data
• Extended to all your mobile devices
• Key concepts
• Dashboards
• Reports
• Datasets
• Tiles
• Content Packs

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Downloadable Components

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Power BI Desktop
• Free downloadable desktop software
• Optimized for use with the Power BI Service
• Effortlessly publish and share reports which Power BI users
• Visual data exploration and reporting
• Reports (data exported into PBIX files)
• Manage relationships
• Edit queries

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Power BI Mobile

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Data refresh
• Ensure that your data are up-to-date in your reports/dashboards
• Works on datasets
• Additional component needed for on-premises data source
• Depends on your subscription
• Components associated with data refresh
• On-premises data sources: Power BI Personal Gateway
• On-premises SQL Server Analysis Services: Analysis Services Connector
• Power BI Gateway - Enterprise (preview)

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Power BI Personal Gateway
• Runs as a service on your/a computer
• Act as a bridge for data transfer between
• The Power BI service
• On-premises data sources that support refresh
• Data transfer between Power BI and the Gateway is secured through Azure Service Bus
• Scheduled refresh cannot occur if the gateway is offline

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Power BI Analysis Service Connector
• Connect to a SQL Server Analysis Services
• One connector per server
• Only for SSAS tabular models
• All databases will be listed on the SSAS page in Power BI

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Content packs
• Available in Power BI Pro
• Package and share dashboards, reports, datasets
• Stored in the content pack library
• Same permissions as the content pack creator - Except for SSAS

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File
Database
Most important kind of databases :
Azure
Connect to Azure DataSources
Amazing connectivity possibilities
Other
On-Premise Systems
WebSite
SharePoint
Business Apps
Analytics
Open Data Source
Source Repository

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Connect to 3rd party Online Services

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Developer perspective – 3 ways
Integrate
• Integrate Power BI Tiles
• Integrate Power BI Reports
Extend
• Create Custom
Visuals
REST API
• Create & get Dataset
• Get & update Tables Schemas
• Add & delete Rows
• Get Groups
• Import
• Get Dashboards & Tiles

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Developer perspective – 3 ways
Try the Power BI REST API
with Apiary API Console
http://docs.powerbi.apiary.io/
Exemple : Get all Tiles
Generate code with your favorite language

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Developer perspective – 3 ways
Integrate
• Integrate Power BI Tiles
• Integrate Power BI Reports
Extend
• Create Custom
Visuals
REST API
• Create & get Dataset
• Get & update Tables Schemas
• Add & delete Rows
• Get Groups
• Import
• Get Dashboards & Tiles

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Powerful
no need to argue, you just saw it
Easy to use and to get started
full documentation & samples
Free
and Free Trial for Pro Version
Connect everything
All kind of databases, Excel, One Drive,
SharePoint List, Cloud Services, Google Analytics,
Visual Studio Online, Active Directory, Exchange, …
Easy to Share
support Office 365 Groups
Full Mobile Experience
a mobile app for all store
Centralize and Mix
a unique point for all your data intelligence
Extend & Integrate
REST API. Custom Visuals. Apps
It’s just the beginning…
continuous innovation & improvements
Conclusion : Power BI

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Benoit Jester @SPAsipe
Etienne Bailly @etienne_bailly