This document discusses using Tableau with PowerPivot to create data visualizations. PowerPivot allows for scaling and empowering access to data through its column-oriented data store. Tableau's strengths are in data visualization and ease of use for business users. The key advantage is that business users can analyze their own data in PowerPivot and then visualize it using Tableau's best practices for data visualization without needing IT assistance. The document demonstrates recreating PowerPivot sample visualizations in Tableau to improve upon them.

1. Using Tableau with PowerPivot Author: Jen Stirrup Twitter: @jenstirrup Email: Jenstirrup@jenstirrup.com www.jenstirrup.com

2. Agenda Capabilities of Microsoft PowerPivot and Tableau Creating and sharing visualizations with drag and drop ease Re-doing PowerPivot samples in Tableau Scalable and empowering access to data 2 6/6/2011 Using Tableau with PowerPivot

3. PowerPivot What is PowerPivot? Two types: Free Excel add-in Sharepoint presentation layer Strength: Vertipaq column-oriented data store Scaleability 3 6/6/2011 Using Tableau with PowerPivot

4. Tableau Tableau’s strengths: Visualisation, visualisation, visualisation! ease-of-use for business users Leveraging the power of DAX to build complex calculations In itself, low reliance on IT 4 6/6/2011 Using Tableau with PowerPivot

5. Tableau & PowerPivot The key advantage is that business users have the power of analysing their own data; no requirement to go to IT Create DAX expressions in PowerPivot Tableau then consumes the DAX expressions 5 6/6/2011 Using Tableau with PowerPivot

6. Demos PowerPivot sample visualisations are not best practice We will re-visualise the sample PowerPivot visualisations in Tableau Demonstrate rapid-fire data visualisation improvements Visualisations in accordance with data visualisation best practices 6 6/6/2011 Using Tableau with PowerPivot

7. Tableau Stand Alone

8. Tableau via PowerPivot and Sharepoint

9. PowerPivot Sample 1 9 6/6/2011 Using Tableau with PowerPivot

10. PowerPivot Sample Dashboard 10 6/6/2011 Using Tableau with PowerPivot

11. PowerPivot Sample 11 6/6/2011 Using Tableau with PowerPivot

12. Empowering Users The key advantage is that business users have the power of analysing their own data in PowerPivot And then visualising their data, in accordance with data visualisation best practices, using Tableau 12 6/6/2011 Using Tableau with PowerPivot

13. Tips If the dataset contains > 1 million sets of data, then it’s more efficient to use x64 PowerPivot If the enterprise doesn’t use Sharepoint, then the workbooks can be shared using Tableau Server 13 6/6/2011 Using Tableau with PowerPivot

14. Summary PowerPivot Reference: Microsoft PowerPivot for Excel 2010 by Marco Russo and Alberto Ferrari Questions Author: Jen Stirrup Twitter: @jenstirrup Email: Jenstirrup@jenstirrup.com www.tableausoftware.com 14 6/6/2011 Using Tableau with PowerPivot