This session will cover the enhancements and new features in SQL Server 2012 as Microsoft continues its roadmap with self-service BI. Topics include the changes that have been made to PowerPivot in Excel, as well as the new features. There will be a demo showing how PowerPivot models can be used in SharePoint along with Power View to provide self-service reporting capabilities to end-users. This session will also cover what Power View is, how it works, and what you can do with this new reporting feature that is part of SharePoint SSRS 2012 Integrated Mode.

1. Self-Service BI with
SQL Server 2012
Dan English
Principal Business Intelligence Consultant
Superior Consulting Services, LLC
denglish@teamscs.com

2. Speaker Background
Dan English
http://denglishbi.wordpress.com
@denglishbi
• Developing with Microsoft technologies for over 14 years
• Focused on Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence since
2004
• Microsoft SQL Server MVP, Microsoft Certified IT Professional
(MCITP), and Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
• Architect and develop dashboard solutions for enterprise
reporting and monitoring
• Experienced in ETL and Analysis Services development,
requirements gathering, and data modeling
• Microsoft MN BI User Group 2011/2012 – Leadership Board
• Twitter – http://twitter.com/denglishbi
• Vimeo Videos - http://vimeo.com/denglishbi
• PASSMN 2009/2010 – Executive Board Chair (President)

3. New Book!
Unlock the power of Microsoft
Power View and build rich BI
reports with just a few clicks
http://tinyurl.com/powerviewbook

4. 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, speaker
engagements, and direct assistance to Microsoft

5. Session Outline
• Microsoft Business Intelligence Overview
• What’s new in PowerPivot & DAX
• PowerPivot Demo
• What is Power View (“Crescent”)
• Functionality in Power View
• Power View Demo
• Questions

6. Quick Audience Poll
 How many are from the IT side of the house?
Information workers / business side?
 How many have Excel 2010 deployed?
 How many are currently using PowerPivot? In
production? With SharePoint?
 Anyone currently using or deploying SQL 2012?
 How many have not seen a Power View
(“Crescent”) demo?

7. Microsoft BI Overview

8. Microsoft Business Intelligence Overview
Most Broadly adopted
Productivity & Collaboration
SharePoint SharePoint Excel PowerPivot Tools
Dashboards & Collaboration Workbooks Applications
Scorecards
Analysis Reporting
Services Services
Most widely deployed EIM & BI
Platform
Integration Master Data
Services Services
LOB Odata
Apps Feeds

9. Seamless Transition Across BI Spectrum
Empowered Aligned
My Context Our Context The Org’s Context
BI solution created by BI Solution created by BI Solution created by IT,
user. Context is only for power user. Context is Established corporate
user & exists as for a small team & it’s context & is reusable,
document. managed on a server. scalable and backed up.
PowerPivot For Excel PowerPivot For SharePoint Analysis Services

10. State of Business Intelligence
32% of Excel users are 31% of all BI initiatives
Only 28% of potential
comfortable with using it partially meet or don’t
BI users have any
for “Advanced Analysis” meet the business goals
meaningful access
e.g., PivotTables originally set
Knowledge workers spend too Lines between producers and Requirements change way
much time looking for, not consumers of information too fast for IT and traditional
enough time analyzing the have largely disappeared. technology to keep up.
information.
Agile BI Out of The Box, Forrester Research, Inc., April 22, 2010

11. PowerPivot & DAX

12. What’s new in PowerPivot?

13. What’s new in PowerPivot?

14. What’s new DAX?

15. Demo
POWERPIVOT

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. Styles

22. Functionality in Power View
 Drag and Drop to Canvas
 Charts
 Sorting
 Multiple measure support
 More than 20 series allowed
 Color (series) support in scatter charts
 Image support
 DirectQuery support
 Show items with no data
 Number formatting on tables and matrix
 Slicers cross filter
 Filters
 Measure Filters
 Data Region Filters
 Search
 Multiple pages (views)
 Printing support
 Export to PowerPoint
 Styles

23. Demo
POWER VIEW

24. Power View Demo Screenshot

25. Summary
• Microsoft BI provides end-to-end solution
• personal -> team -> organizational
• PowerPivot in Excel provides comfortable
environment for individual data mashups &
analysis
• Power View is a highly interactive data
exploration tool

26. Resources
• Microsoft Business Intelligence
• http://tinyurl.com/msftbi
• PowerPivot
• http://tinyurl.com/msftpowerpivot
• PowerPivotPro (Rob Collie) Blog
• http://www.powerpivotpro.com
• Power View Overview
• http://tinyurl.com/mspowerview
• Power View Samples – 6 samples to test out
• http://tinyurl.com/msbitryit

27. QUESTIONS

28. THANK YOU!
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