1. Arjun Krishnamoorthi
Twitter: @DataLocoAK

2.  Power View enables self-service BI by providing simple to use ad-hoc
reporting for business users and decision makers.
 Power View provides an interactive data
exploration, visualization, and presentation experience.
 Power View is a browser-based Silverlight application which can be
launched from SharePoint 2010.
 Users can create rich visualizations and interact with data from BISM
models including:
 SSAS Tabular models deployed to SSAS instance in Tabular mode available in SQL
Server 2012 RTM.
 PowerPivot workbooks deployed to Sharepoint 2010 PowerPivot Gallery.
 SSAS Tabular models and PowerPivot are based upon the VertiPaq engine (in-
memory analytics engine), which is now renamed to xVelocity as of March 9, 2012.
 SSAS Molap engine in future, based upon conversation with SSRS product manager.

3.  Always presentation ready
 Export Power View report to PowerPoint and interact with it through that
interface.
 Based on Tabular models
 Visual design experience
 Similar MS Office ribbon.
 Easy data switching between visualizations at all times. No design vs. run-time.
 When creating data visualizations always start with a table then switch between different
available visualizations such matrices , bubble charts, bar and line graphs, and even small
set of multiple charts.
 Easy filtering and highlighting of data because Power View knows the relationships
between the data based upon the underlying metadata.
 Easy sorting of tables, matrices, bar and column charts, and small sets of data either
ascending or descending on attributes or measures.
 Performance
 Power View retrieves rows needed for the data visualization. Even if the underlying table
contains millions of rows, Power View only fetches rows needed for the visualization at
the time.
 Queries
 Power View runs DAX queries against the Tabular models.

4.  SQL Server 2012 RTM – SSRS feature available in Enterprise
(Developer also) and Business Intelligence versions.
 Also, SSAS Tabular and PowerPivot for SharePoint are only available
in Enterprise and BI versions.
 Web browsers support includes IE 7,8,9, Firefox7, and Safari 5.
 SharePoint 2010 Enterprise edition is required with SP1
recommended. Reporting Services Add-On for SharePoint products is
added from the SQL Server 2012 onto SharePoint server.
 Microsoft Silverligh 5.
 If using SSAS Tabular engine, multiple hops, and need to secure the
data at the cell level then Kerberos authentication will have to
configured.
 Installation checklist available on MSDN which provides details on
installation and configuration of SQL Server 2012 BI features with
Sharepoint.
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh231671(v=sql.110).aspx

7.  Pull data from the source systems into either PowerPivot or SSAS
Tabular models.
 Define relationships between the data in the tables. Author any DMX
formulas for calculations.
 Publish the PowerPivot workbook to SharePoint or deploy the SSAS
Tabular model to the server.
 Power View visualizations can be built using a tabular model
connection in any of the following three ways:
 PowerPivot for SharePoint workbook published in a PowerPivot Library view
(Gallery, Theater, or Carousel) in SharePoint.
 BISM report server data source (.rsds) type published in a SharePoint Report Library
that connects to a database running on SQL Server 2012 SSAS Tabular mode server.
 BISM Connection file (.bism) published in a SharePoint Report Library which can
connect to any of the following:
 Database running on SQL Server 2012 SSAS Tabular mode (Windows
authentication only).
 PowerPivot for SharePoint workbook. Workbooks can be created in SQL Server
2008 R2 or SQL Server 2012 versions of PowerPivot for Excel.