Business Intelligence in Excel 2013
Excel, PowerPivot and Power View
Stéphane Fréchette
Friday April 26, 2013

Who am I?
My name is Stéphane Fréchette
I’m a Database & Business Intelligence Professional and CEO | Founder of
I have a passion for architecting, designing and building solutions that matter.
Self proclaimed Open Data Hacker/Advocate I founded Gatineau Ouverte a citizen led
initiative which aims to promote open access to civic data of the city of Gatineau.
Twitter: @sfrechette
Email: stephanefrechette@ukubu.com
Blog: stephanefrechette.com

Session Outline
• Microsoft Business Intelligence (The Stack)
• Self-Service Business Intelligence
• Excel 2013 (Key new features and demos)
• Excel
• PowerPivot
• Power View
• Upgrading from earlier versions
• Data Explorer and GeoFlow
• Summary
• Resources

Analysis
Services
Reporting
Services
Integration
Services
Master Data
Services
SharePoint
Collaboration
Excel
Workbooks
PowerPivot
Applications
SharePoint
Dashboards & Scorecards
Data Quality
Services
OData
Feeds
Line of Business
Applications
Hadoop Big Data
Microsoft Business Intelligence

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Access
Clean
Mash-up
Explore
Visualize
Share
Challenges:
• Multiple BI tools
• High learning curve
• “Spreadmarts”/Silos
• Not scalable
What Do Users want to Do?
Self-Service Business Intelligence

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Excel 2013: Complete and Powerful Self-Service BI Tool
Access
Clean
Mash-up
Explore
Visualize
Share
Self-Service Business Intelligence
Publish to
SharePoint

Self-Service BI in Excel 2013
• Advances Data Modeling, rich interactive reporting capabilities
• In a single Workbook you can develop a Data Model;
• Integrate multiple data sources and different source types
• Encapsulate Hierarchies, Calculations and KPIs
• Reports can be based on that same data model
• Power View
• PivotTables, PivotCharts
• CUBE Functions
• Published to SharePoint
• Schedule automatic Data Refresh
• Share embedded Data Model and Reports

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Gain Insight quickly with guided data exploration and formatting
Quick Explore and Analysis in Excel 2013

Excel 2013 – Key New Features
• Analyze Data in Real-Time Using Quick Analysis
• Flash Fill: Intelligently Organize Your Data
• Follow the Excel Recommendations
• Chart Formatting Control
• Slicer and Timeline
• Extensive List of Data Sources

Demo
Excel 2013

Self-Service BI in Excel 2013 - PowerPivot
• PowerPivot enriches Excel by compressing storage and provide fast querying
and reporting from tabular data
• xVelocity in-memory analytics engine (formerly VertiPaq)
• Highlights;
• Load data from a variety of sources
• Extremely large volumes can be stored
• Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
• Can be enriched with Hierarchies, KPIs, Perspectives and Reporting metadata
• First introduced as an add-in with SQL Server 2008 R2

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Access and mashup data from virtually any source to create powerful reports
PowerPivot in Excel 2013

PowerPivot in Excel 2013 – Key New Features
• No longer requires separate install add-in
• Basic data model functionality now built in Excel 2013
• Calculated fields (‘Measures’) created automatically when field is numeric
• In-memory analytics engine native to Excel
• Excel and PowerPivot now have a single, uniform Field List
• Data categorization and suggestions from DataMarket
• Support for more languages (40 languages)
• Support for larger file sizes in 64-bit Excel (*unlimited)

PowerPivot in Excel 2013 – Advanced modeling capabilities
• Optional PowerPivot add-in for advanced modeling capabilities
• Filter data when importing
• Rename tables and columns as you import data in PowerPivot
• Manage the model and create relationships with the Diagram View
• Apply formatting for Power View and PivotTable reports
• Define Calculated Fields and advanced DAX calculations
• Define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Create User-defined Hierarchies
• Define Perspectives
• Advanced formulas that use the Data Analysis Expression (DAX)

Creating a Workbook Data Model
• Two integration points;
• Implicit – with native Excel capabilities
• Based on internal Workbook tables, and/or external data sources
 PowerPivot add-in is not required to be enabled
 Manage Data Model (limited) with the PivotTable Field List (Relationships, implicit
Calculated Fields)
• Explicit – with the PowerPivot add-in enabled (Data Modeling Window)
• Data Model is managed with the PowerPivot Window
 PowerPivot add-in must be enabled
 Can be based on existing implicit Data Model

Demo
PowerPivot in Excel 2013

Self-Service BI in Excel 2013 – Power View
• Power View provides an interactive data exploration, visualization and
presentation experience
• Strong visual design experience (WYSIWYG)
• Rich meta-driven interactions
• First introduced with SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services in SharePoint Mode
(BI and Enterprise editions)
• Now part of Excel 2013 (need to enable add-in)
• Power View sheets can be added to Workbook
• Can be based on a Workbook Data Model, or SSAS Tabular Data Model
(currently not possible for Multidimensional Model)
• Requires Silverlight 5 to be installed

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Visually discover and share insight across all levels of the organization
Power View in Excel 2013

Power View in Excel 2013 – Key New Features
• Power View sheets can connect to different data models in one workbook
• Modify the internal Data Model without leaving the Power View sheet
• Power View in Excel Services, Excel Web App and Office 365
• SharePoint Server
• Pie charts
• Maps
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Hierarchies
• Drill up and drill down
• Hyperlinks

Demo
Power View in Excel 2013

Upgrading from earlier versions
• Prior versions of PowerPivot Workbooks must be upgraded if they are to be
queried or managed using Excel 2013
• Will be prompted to upgrade the embedded Data Model when:
• A new Report (PivotTable, PivotChart) is created
• Existing Report need to be refreshed
• A CUBE Function attempts to connect to the Data Model
• Need to manage the Data Model
• Once the Workbook is upgraded it cannot be opened by a previous version of
PowerPivot
* KPIs not migrated need to be redefined

Data Explorer
“Data Explorer" is an Excel add-in that enhances the self-service Business Intelligence
experience in Excel by simplifying data discovery and access.
Enable self-service data discovery, query, transformation and mashup experiences for
Information Workers, via Excel and PowerPivot
• Discovery and connectivity to a wide range of data sources, spanning volume as well as
variety of data.
• Highly interactive and intuitive experience for rapidly and iteratively building queries over
any data source, any size.
• Consistency of experience, and parity of query capabilities over all data sources.
• Joins across different data sources; ability to create custom views over data that can then
be shared with team/department.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36803
*Requires Microsoft Excel 2013

GeoFlow
Project codename “GeoFlow” Preview for Excel 2013 allows you to plot geographic and
temporal data visually, analyze that data in 3D, and create interactive tours to share with
others.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38395
*Requires Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013 or Office 365 ProPlus.

Summary
• Excel 2013 delivers both advanced Data Modeling and Reporting capabilities
• Data Modeling features and capabilities are delivered with the xVelocity in-memory
analytics engine
• Power View sheets extend the Reporting capabilities of Excel 2013
• Many new features are available in both PowerPivot and Power View

Resources
• PowerPivotPro http://www.powerpivotpro.com/
• Analysis Services & PowerPivot Blog (MSDN)
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/analysisservices/
• Kasper de Jonge PowerPivot Blog http://www.powerpivotblog.nl/
• Chris Webb’s BI Blog https://cwebbbi.wordpress.com/category/powerpivot/
• SQLBI – Marco Russo http://www.sqlbi.com/
• PowerPivot-info.com http://powerpivot-info.com/

What Questions Do You Have?

Thank You
For attending this session