An overview of the Power BI offering from Microsoft as of the November 2013 Preview. Presentation covers the components that make it up, how they interact and function, and the role of the Power BI in the market.
1. November 23rd, 2013
Power BI
What It Is
How It Works
Why It Matters
John P White
Chief Technical Officer
UnlimitedViz Inc
jpw@unlimitedviz.com
@diverdown1964
whitepages.unlimitedviz.com
8. Power Query demo
NOAA Raw data
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/land-basedstation-data/land-based-datasets/global-historicalclimatology-network-ghcn
27. Feature
Interaction with Embedded Models
PowerPivot for
SharePoint
Power BI
Yes
Yes
Yes (with export)
Yes
Use embedded model as data source
Yes
No
Auto refresh
Yes
Yes (limited)
Model size limit
2Gb
250 Mb
Thumbnail gallery
Yes
Yes
Pre-optimize workbooks
No
Yes
Publish Odata feeds
No
Yes
Natural language query
No
Yes
Mobile client
No
Yes
Power View rendering
31. Remember to fill out your evaluation forms to win some great prizes!
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Join us for SharePint today!
Nov 23rd, 2013 @6:00 pm
The Observatory Pub,
Algonquin Student’s Association
Address:
A-170 on Algonquin Campus
Parking:
No need to move your car!*
Site: http://www.algonquinsa.com/ob.aspx
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Editor's Notes
At the end of the day, please ensure your evaluation is signed and handed in for door prizes. The draw takes place in Room 102A.
Demo of election results. will include:- Acquiring data from SQL Server- Editing the model with Power Pivot- Building a report with Power View- Sharing to Office 365- Refreshing data- Viewing with mobile client
Power means tabular data model
Power Query is SSIS for personal useEasy Query building toolETL – Extract Transform and LoadQueries are saved, curated, and shared
Using Power Query to analyze troublesome data - show the different data sources - show the query web data
I won’t be doing a separate demo here as I already did one
Public data was available for Hurricane SandyLets turn it into a movie
Configure the gateway - use Riding dataShow the consumption of the data in Power Query
Simple Olympics demo
3 Main AreasMobile StrategyExternal Data MashupsEasy and accessible to those without BI expertise