Describes the Excel BI as the basis for sharing analysis.

1. SSAS TABULAR The sharing economy and
sharing your Excel analysis

2. BRIEF HISTORY OF POWERPIVOT
o PowerPivot’s history started with two internal Microsoft papers
o The first paper introduced the concept of a BI “sandbox,” and the second paper
was about an in-memory BI engine.
o BI applications to be created in a much easier way—in a controlled environment
that would include relational databases, multidimensional databases, and a
reporting tool
o SQL Server 2008 R2 was used as the development cycle for the product that
eventually became PowerPivot.
o PowerPivot for Excel 2010 was released in May 2010
o The Excel 2013 release moved PowerPivot to a BI solution with the introduction
of :
o PowerUpdate
o PowerQuery
o PowerView

3. EXCEL BI ECOSYSTEM
POWERQUERY
POWERUPDATE
(GET DATA)
Connects to data
source(s)
Imports data into data
model
Transform data using
M language
POWERPIVOT
(AUTHORING)
Transform data into
information
Write measures in
DAX
SSAS TABULAR
SHAREPOINT
(HOSTING)
Hosts PowerPivot
data models
POWERVIEW EXCEL
(VISUALIZATION)
Build visualization
using the data hosted
on SSAS tabular /
share point
Visualizations in “thin”
workbooks
Visualizations can be
published to Share
Point and mobile
devices.

4. CAN A NON BI PROFESSIONAL
SETUP HOSTING?
If I can hosted the data model on SSAS Tabular, I
can:
 Build visualizations in smaller workbooks
 The visualization and the data model is no longer
tied together
 I can provide multiple people access to the data
model and they will be able to build their own
visualization
SSAS TABULAR
SHAREPOINT
(HOSTING)
Hosts PowerPivot
data models