This document discusses PowerPivot for SharePoint. It covers configuring PowerPivot for SharePoint, working with PowerPivot workbooks, and managing PowerPivot for SharePoint. PowerPivot allows users to easily create self-service BI applications using Excel. It stores large datasets in memory for fast analysis. PowerPivot workbooks can be uploaded, accessed, and managed through the PowerPivot Gallery in SharePoint.

1. SQL Server Data Mining and Power Pviot (Data Discovery)Level 300Dr. Eduardo Castro MartinezArquitectoecastro@grupoasesor.nethttp://ecastrom.blogspot.comhttp://tiny.cc/comwindowsTwitter edocastro

2. What Will We Cover?•What is PowerPivot for SharePoint•Managing PowerPivot for SharePoint

3. AgendaReview•Configuring PowerPivot for SharePoint•Working With PowerPivotWorkbooks•Managing PowerPivot for SharePoint

4. Evolution of BISelf-Service BITraditional BIProvisionAnalysisReportsDashboards & ScorecardsData StagingAnalysis CubesData WarehouseETL/Data QualitySpecialized ToolsEnd UsersSpreadsheetsExisting DataIT Pro?LOB ApplicationsData MartsFilesIT has been busy keeping up with the growing demand for BI…Harvesting existing data, cleaning it and staging it …To provision reports, dashboards & scorecards to meet End User demand.But business is outpacing IT and End Users are demanding Agility …Rapidly breaking down the barriers of Control with Self-Service BI!Is it possible to balance Control with Agility?

5. Evolution of BISelf-Service BITraditional BINiche Startups

6. Microsoft Business IntelligenceMost Broadly adopted Productivity & Collaboration ToolsSharePointScorecardsExcel WorkbooksPowerPivot ApplicationsSharePointSearch & DashboardsAnalysis ServicesReporting ServicesMost widely deployed EIM & BI PlatformIntegration ServicesMaster Data ServicesOdataFeedsLOB Apps

7. Background Self-Service Business IntelligenceNew paradigm“Business intelligence for the masses”“Managed self-service business intelligence”Put simple, powerful BI tools in the hands of “knowledge workers”Familiar tools: ExcelPeople who own the dataExcel spreadsheet, Access database or SharePoint list dataReality: Office power users

8. PowerPivotTechnologiesAbility to easily create self-service BI applications using familiar tools (MS Excel)Easy to update and modify without being a BI developerDon’t need to install SQL Server 2008 R2

9. Analysis Services in VertiPaq ModeIn SQL Server 2008 R2, the VertiPaq storage engine is used for in-memory multidimensional databases withinExcel workbooksIncludes PowerPivot workbooks that have been published to a SharePoint site.

10. Analysis Services in VertiPaq ModePowerPivot for Excel is the only client that is supported for creating and querying in-memory databases that use VertiPaq mode. The multidimensional database that you create in PowerPivot tools is contained within the Excel workbookYou cannot access the VertiPaq storage engine by using traditional SSAS clients and tools

11. What is Microsoft PowerPivot?PowerPivot for Excel: Free TechnologyExcel add-in that enhances Excel’s capabilities for creating and editing PowerPivot applications. Requires Excel 2010Runs best with lots of RAM and Windows x64PowerPivot for SharePoint: LicensedSharePoint 2010 extension that enhances SharePoint’s enterprise capabilities for sharing and managing PowerPivot applications. Requires SharePoint 2010

12. PowerPivot ApplicationsAppear to be ordinary Excel workbooksHave a UI that looks like a collection of tabbed Excel spreadsheetsCan store 2-3 orders of magnitude more rows of data than a spreadsheet can store (100’s millions of rows vs. 1 million rows) 2GB File Size limit

13. DAX Calculated Columns

14. PowerPivot for Excel Architecture

15. VertiPaqVertiPaq Storage EngineLots of cheap RAM => In-memory storageColumn-oriented data compression > 10:1Support for column-oriented DAX queries

16. DemoUsing PowerPivot

28. PowerPivot for SharePointServer, Services, and Componentsc2wts/proxySharePoint Farmc2wtsAppClientWFEContentExcel Calculation ServicesExcel Web AccessSQLExcel Services Application ProxyMSOLAPTCPExcel Web ServiceMSOLAP DriverHTTPExcel Calc ServicesChannelData SourcesPowerPivot Web ServicePowerPivot Service Application ProxyPowerPivot System ServiceExcel ServicesAnalysis Services in VertiPaq ModePowerPivot Services

29. Microsoft Business Intelligence ApplianceEnd-to-end, pre-configured stack quickly enables BI for Excel power usersRich insight: Empower users to easily create PowerPivot workbooks from real-time business data for faster, more accurate insightsReduced complexity: Overcome cost and complexity of BI; shift IT resources from running ad-hoc reports to innovation initiativesImproved deployment & manageability : Appliance management dashboard and BI Center Getting Started Guide streamline deployment and simplify administration.

30. Power Pivot for SharePoint Components

31. Access to PowerPivot for SharePoint

32. PowerPivot for SharePoint Features

33. Demonstration: Configuring PowerPivot For SharePoint•Install SQL Analysis Services and PowerPivot for SharePoint•Configure SharePoint for Workbook Uploads•Configure Excel Services

34. PowerPivotWhat cannot be done with a workbook loaded in a browser window?1.View the current data set2.Refresh the data3.Save changes to SharePoint4.Change the view by selecting different slicers

35. PowerPivotWhat cannot be done with a workbook loaded in a browser window?3.Save changes to SharePoint

36. PowerPivotSQL Server Analysis Services in VertiPaqmode provides what features?1.Efficient data compression2.Management of large data sets within memory3.Real-time restructuring of data based on user requests4.All of the above

37. PowerPivotSQL Server Analysis Services in VertiPaqmode provides what features?4.All of the above

38. Agenda•Configuring PowerPivot for SharePoint•Working With PowerPivotWorkbooks•Managing PowerPivot for SharePoint•Using StreamInsight

39. PowerPivot Document Sharing

40. Working With PowerPivot Worksheets

41. Demonstration: Sharing PowerPivot Workbooks•Upload a Workbook to the SharePoint PowerPivot Gallery•Access a SharePoint Workbook•Manually Refresh the Workbook

42. Demonstration: Sharing PowerPivot Workbooks•Upload a Workbook to the SharePoint PowerPivot Gallery•Access a SharePoint Workbook•Manually Refresh the Workbook

43. ReviewPowerPivot workbooks are uploaded, accessed, and managed in the…?1.SharePoint Site Pages2.PowerPivot Gallery3.Document Library4.SharePoint Customized Reports page

44. ReviewPowerPivot workbooks are uploaded, accessed, and managed in the…?2.PowerPivotGallery

45. AgendaReview•Configuring PowerPivot for SharePoint•Working With PowerPivotWorkbooks•Managing PowerPivot for SharePoint•Using StreamInsight

46. Service and Administrative Accounts

47. Demonstration: Managing and Monitoring PowerPivot for SharePoint•Examine Server Health•Configure Usage Data Collection•View Workbook Activity•View Error Logs

48. ReviewThe Analysis Services service account for all servers in a SharePoint farm with PowerPivot installed must be…1.The same user2.A different user3.A local Machine User4.A domain user

49. ReviewThe Analysis Services service account for all servers in a SharePoint farm with PowerPivot installed must be…1.The same user4.A domain user

50. AgendaReview•Configuring PowerPivot for SharePoint•Working With PowerPivotWorkbooks•Managing PowerPivot for SharePoint

51. Session Summary•PowerPivot For SharePoint is Part of SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services•PowerPivot Enables Business Intelligence Collaboration for the Average User•Easy Access To PowerPivot Workbooks Using a Web Browser or Excel 2010

52. What’s Next…•Data Warehouse Scaling and Performance–SQL Server 2008 R2 Data Warehouse Optimizations–New Data Warehouse Scalability Features in SQL Server 2008 R2.

53. Preguntas?Q&A

54. SQL Server Data Mining and Power Pviot (Data Discovery)Level 300Dr. Eduardo Castro MartinezArquitectoecastro@grupoasesor.nethttp://ecastrom.blogspot.comhttp://tiny.cc/comwindowsTwitter edocastro