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Power BI - The self service BI
Lifecycle in the cloud
Oliver Engels & Tillmann Eitelberg

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Say Thank you to Volunteers:
§ They spend their FREE time to give you this
event. (This group started working on 1st of
July of 2013)
§ Because they are crazy.
§ Because they want YOU
to learn from the BEST IN THE WORLD.
§ If you see a guy with “STAFF” on their back –
buy them a beer/wine, they deserve it.

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3 Sponsor Sessions at 14:45
§ Don’t miss them, they might be getting
distributing some awesome prizes!
§ Rumos – SQL Server Certifications
§ BI4ALL - “Long term relationships” (J)
§ CrossJoin - Operational Business
Intelligence Solution.

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Presenter Team
Tillmann Eitelberg
Mastermind Minion
SQL Server MVP
PASS Regional
Mentor
Germany
Oliver Engels
Marketing Minion
SQL Server MVP
PASS Regional
Mentor
Germany

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Our Sponsors:

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Event Organizers:
TUGA
Associação para a Promoção do Conhecimento
www.tuga.org.pt

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Take away’s
§ Microsoft’s concept and strategy behind
Power BI
§ Understanding of the Power BI landscape
and the possibilities for Self-Service BI
§ Identify any risks and what’s missing
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Agenda
§ Problem
§ Protagonists of BI
§ Self-Service BI Workflow
§ Self-Service BI Lifecycle
§ Résumé
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Problem

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Problem

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create
clean
publish
analyze
transform
curate
govern
secure
Information
Worker
Enable any user to find
reliable, trusted
information needed
to do their job
IT Pro
Surface all
information as a
service to the
organization,
while maintaining
the right level of
control
Data Analyst
Democratize the broad
adoption of advanced
analytics to empower
businesses
discover
recommend
operationalize
Developer
Immediate access to
the data and services
they need to build new
services and applications

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The protagonists of BI
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Information Worker Data Steward IT - Professional
!
Portocheese
Portuguese 0110110110!

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Self-Service BI Workflow
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Discovery
Load
Transform
Mash Up
Analyze
Visualize
Publish
Reuse

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I need to load data
from our ERP,
combine it with
competitor
information and
visualize it!
Until tomorrow!
No chance!
I need a
requirement spec
first and then maybe
in 3-4 weeks you
can get a draft!

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BEE-DO!
I don’t need my IT-Pro
I have Power BI

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DEMO
Discover > Load > Analyze > Visualize

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What you saw
§ Discovery, Load, Transform, Mashup of data
made easy with Power Query
§ Analysis and Visualization: a quick win with
Power View
§ Publishing in seconds with Power BI Portal
on SharePoint 365 and Power BI App
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MS Self-Service BI Lifecycle
Personal Team Enterprise
Share Migrate

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In my Data Steward
Role I can share and
monitor queries and
analysis with the
Power BI Data
Management Portal

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DEMO
Publish > Reuse

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What you saw
§ Reuse queries with Share in Power Query
§ Manage data sources in the Data
Management Portal
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MS Self-Service BI Lifecycle
Share
Personal Team Enterprise
Migrate

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Power BI
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I am lost!

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MS Self-Service BI Lifecycle
§ The missing bit: No possibility to scale
Power Query! No migration to SSIS like with
Power Pivot and Tabular
§ The chain is broken
§ No possibility to use enterprise data and
SSIS in Power BI,
really?
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Don’t cry my IT Pro. Ever
heard of the Power BI
Gateways and SISS Data
Streaming Destination?

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DEMO
SSIS – Streaming Destination
& Power BI Gateway

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Demo
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CountryMaster
Windows Azure
Datamarket
MDS
ERP
(SQL)
Merge
Data
Streaming
Destination
Gateway
Power Query
ODATA
Linked Server

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What you saw
§ SSIS Package using Enterprise Level
Workflows to load data, use masterdata and
publish it by the SSIS data streaming
destination
§ Using Data Management Gateways to
connect to on prem Enterprise data
§ Reuse it via the Power BI Portal
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Résumé
§ Data Quality, Compliance, Profiling, Data
lineage and broader usability on prem should
be the next steps here
§ There is a gap in the landscape if you need
to go from Team to Enterprise, no migration
possible
§ An “M” to SSIS Scripter or an “M” source in
SSIS would close this. This is not easy!
§ But: Wait again!!!! We have something
for you
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World premiere in Lisbon!
!

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DEMO
Power Query Data Source

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SSIS Refresh Excel Task
§ Excel Workbooks with Power Query Sheets
can be refreshed and loaded into data flows
§ Refreshing Power Query workbooks
§ What is is NOT:
§ “M” interpreting component!
§ Downside:
§ Needs Excel installed
§ No crosscheck on data security !

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Pretty cool,
dude!
SSIS Refresh Excel Task
§ Refresh single or all tables
§ Set timer for refreshing time
§ Create backup before refresh
§ Combining Self-Service and
SSIS

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DEMO
SSIS Refresh Excel Task

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Résumé II
§ Power BI will help to reduce the backlog of
development in BI
§ Power BI will enable Information Worker to
do much more and faster, which will result in
more time for analysis
§ Power BI introduces Data Steward
capabilities,
which will help to manage all these new
analysis and data source IWs will create.
There is still a lot missing, but a start
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Thank you!
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For having two German
Power BI Geeks here in
lovely Lisboa! Hope to
see you all soon again!
Maybe download the
SSIS component from
Codeplex and have fun!

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Ressources
§ Power BI:
§ Power Query Free Download (without O365 integration):
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39379
§ With:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39933
§ “M” Documentation:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/learn-about-data-
explorer-formulas-HA104003958.aspx#_Toc354841487
§ Data Explorer / Power BI Blog:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dataexplorer/
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powerbi/
§ Power Query Online Help:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/start-page-
HA104003813.aspx
§ Data Publishing Desitination:
§ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=39931
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Thank you!