Presentation from Code Mastery-Chicago. Steve Hughes, Principal Consultant

1. Exploring, Visualizing and
Presenting Data with Power View
Steve Hughes
Practice Lead, Data and BI

2. What is Power View
» New feature of SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services
» Soon to be integrated into Excel 2013 as well
» Interactive data exploration, visualization, and presentation experience
» Point and click interface
» End user orientated
» Supplements current Microsoft tools
» Fills gap in the current Microsoft BI reporting toolset
» Tightly integrated with PowerPivot & BISM

3. Features of Power View
» Presentation-ready – True WYSIWYG
» Visual design experience
» Creating data visualizations
» Based on data models
» Filtering and highlighting data
» Sorting
» Reports with multiple views
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh213579.aspx

4. Microsoft Reporting Tool Comparison
SSRS Power View Excel/Power Performance
Pivot Point
Traditional, high fidelity reports Yes No Partial No
Alerting & subscription functionality Yes No No No
Interactive data exploration No Yes Partial Partial
End user development No Yes Partial No
Dashboard creation No No Partial Yes
Native mobile support No No Partial Partial
Customizability Yes No Partial No
Number of data sources supported Many Two Many Few

5. Sophisticated Productive Visual data
Design Environment Authoring representation
Report Re-use Highly
Viewer Controls of insights Interactive
Rich Design Flexible Rich
Capabilities layout Presentation
Report Designer Report Builder Power View
Embedded Operational Business
© 2011 Microsoft Corporation.

6. Current System Requirements
» SQL Server 2012
» Enterprise
» Business Intelligence
» Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Edition (SP1 Recommended)
» Client browsers
» Internet Explorer 7/8/9
» Firefox 7
» Safari 5
» Silverlight 5

7. Supported Operating Systems & Browsers
Macintosh OS
Windows Windows
Browser Windows 7 Windows Vista 10.6 – 10.7
Server 2008 R2 Server 2008
(Intel-based)
Internet
32-bit, 64-bit 32-bit, 64-bit 32-bit, 64-bit 32-bit, 64-bit Not supported
Explorer 9
Internet
32-bit, 64-bit 32-bit, 64-bit 32-bit, 64-bit 32-bit, 64-bit Not supported
Explorer 8
Internet
Not supported 32-bit, 64-bit Not supported 32-bit, 64-bit Not supported
Explorer 7
Firefox 7 32-bit 32-bit Not supported 32-bit Not supported
Safari 5 Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported 32-bit, 64-bit
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms156511.aspx#bkmk_powerview

8. Architecture
SharePoint 2010 SQL Server
Web Browser
Reporting Services
Silverlight 5
Power View
PowerPoint SSAS Tabular
Silverlight 5 Database
PowerPivot

9. Data Source Preparation
Getting your data source ready to create Power
View reports

10. Building a BISM Tabular Model Database

11. Deploying a BISM Tabular Model Database

12. BI Semantic Model (BISM) Connections
» Portable connection file
» Created and accessed via SharePoint
» Supported databases
» Tabular model database
» PowerPivot workbooks
» Security/Authentication
» Kerberos on the first attempt
» If Kerberos fails will use effectiveusername parameter
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg471575.aspx

13. Demo
Exploring Power View

14. Summary
» Great tool for business users & analysts
» Fills gap in Microsoft BI reporting toolset
» Extremely polished version 1.0 product
» Needs SharePoint Enterprise Edition
» Currently requires Tabular SSAS database or PowerPivot
workbook
» Currently no mobile support

15. Resources
Analysis Services and PowerPivot Team Blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/analysisservices/
SQL Server Reporting Services Team Blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlrsteamblog/
The PowerPivot Online Demos
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oneclickbi/archive/2011/12/27/more-demos-of-power-view-available.aspx
New Map features in PowerPivot
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/seanboon/archive/2012/08/13/shark-week-special-mapping-shark-attacks-drillable-
maps-and-hyperlinks.aspx

16. Steve Hughes
» Practice Lead with Magenic
» Over 15 years with SQL Server
» Chair of Minnesota SQL Server User Group (PASSMN)
» PASS Regional Mentor for US-NorthEast Region
» Contact Info
» Blog: http://www.dataonwheels.com
» Twitter: @DataOnWheels
» Email: steveh@magenic.com

17. Thanks for joining us