Building Stylish Power View Reports

Riccardo Muti

Microsoft Corporation

DBI302

Building Stylish & Effective Power View Reports

Questions During the Session

Riccardo.muti@microsoft.com

@riccardomuti

Objectives

Introduction to Power ViewPower View Feature Deep DiveDemo, Demo, DemoRevealing the magic

Tips and Tricks to Get the Most Out of Power View

Part 1

Breakthrough Insights with Power View

POWER VIEW

Highly visual design experience

Rich metadata-driven interactivity

Presentation-ready at all times

END USER ALERTING

Defined from within operational or

ad-hoc reports

Intuitive Alert rules

Alerts self-managed through SharePoint

ENABLED AS SHAREPOINT SHARED SERVICE

Built-in scale-out for RS Service Apps

SharePoint Cross-farm reporting

Integrated backup & recovery, ULS logging, PowerShell etc.

SSRS INVESTMENTS IN SQL SERVER 2012

Managed Self Service BI – Corporate BI

WHAT IS POWER VIEW?

Easily change data and layout with quick clicks

Collaborate with full interactivity

Share dynamic reports quickly and easily

From Authoring to Presentation in Clicks

Cross Browser & Platform Managed & Discoverable

SQL SERVER 2012 POWER VIEW

Interactive, web-based authoring and sharing of informationFamiliar Microsoft Office design patternsPowerful and flexible data layout with banding, callout and small multiples visualizations

SQL SERVER 2012 POWER VIEW

Fully integrated with PowerPivot and the BI Semantic ModelDrive greater insight through smart and powerful queryingZero configuration highlighting and filteringAnimated trending and comparisons

SQL SERVER 2012 POWER VIEW

Interactive Presentation turns pervasive information into persuasive informationDeliver and collaborate through SharePointFull screen presentation mode for interactive boardroom session

DESIGNED FOR NEW WAVE OF INFORMATION WORKERS

VISUAL EMBELLISHMENTS SUPPORT & ENRICH DATA STORY TELLING

1-way to do things

2 clicks to Return on Investment (ROI)

All tasks done in context

Everything happens on the canvas, with the data

Less is more

Choose the right default, by default

Easy for the user, hard on us

Highly performing and efficient

Power View UI Design Principles

Easily change data and

layout with quick clicks

Collaborate with full

interactivity

Share dynamic reports

quickly and easily

MANY POWER VIEW 2012 FEATURES

Model Explorer and Field list for model navigation and data region structure

Motion charts

Interactivity: highlight, cross filter, play axis, popup,

transition animations, bubble trails…

View and data region level filtering with

slicers and filter paneExport to

PowerPoint

Multiple views in a single report

Canvas, ribbon, application infrastructure

Table & Matrixincluding subtotals,

totals, blockingTab Strip and Cover Flow Tiles for data navigation

Data region conversions

SharePoint integration (launch from doc lib,

manage, preview, Power Pivot gallery)

Common chart types, chart titles, legend, axes,

configure chart, chart series

Small multiples layout

Presentation mode with interactivity

Filter pane supports lists, measure slider, calendar, and

advanced mode

Sorting

Graceful recovery from model changes

Drag and Drop to Canvas

Measures as Non Measures

Non Measures as Measures

Textboxes with rich text formatting

Show All

Embedded image support

Automatic Grouping improvements

demo

Power View

Sophisticated Design Environment

Report Viewer Controls

Rich Design Capabilities

Productive Authoring

Re-use of insights

Flexible layout

Visual data representation

Highly Interactive

Rich Presentation

POWER VIEW FOR ALL USERS

Embedded Operational Business

Report Designer Report Builder Power View

POWER VIEW SHAREPOINT ARCHITECTURE

SharePoint Farm

Web Front End App Server

HeterogeneousData sources

SSDT BISM ModelPower View client

Excel PowerPivot

Part 2

Revealing the Magic

Power Pivot and the BI Semantic Model

Image URLsDefault Field ListSort ByNumber FormattingRelationships

The Value of DAX

Count & Distinct Count

Sum Min & Max Average

Included in Power View by Default

Addition and Subtraction

Ratios

Time Intelligence Rank Inventory

Calculations

Standard Deviation &

Variance

Text Functions

Define Your Own

Context

Power View with DAX

Power View with DAX

demo

DAX and the BI Semantic Model (BISM)

Key Takeaways

Power View is a new Reporting Services offeringPower View is an interactive, ad hoc, query and visualization experience.Power View enables you to go from static to interactive presentationsTo help your users get the most out of Power View you need:

an understanding of Power Pivot, BI Semantic Model settings, andDAX

Power View is fun because it’s smart, simple and flexible.

Call To Action & Resources

Web and WhitepapersPower View TechNet Wiki (Links, Videos, and Training)Learn DAX in 30 Minutes (includes downloadable workbook with DAX)

BlogsReporting Services Team Blog

FAA SampleFAA

Try it today. No install required.Public facing demos

TwitterJoin the discussion #PowerView, #PowerPivot, #msbi

Sean Boon

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@seanboon

Track Resources

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SQL Server 2012 Eval Copy

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Learning

Microsoft Certification & Training Resources

www.microsoft.com/learning

TechNet

Resources for IT Professionals

http://microsoft.com/technet

Resources for Developers

http://microsoft.com/msdn

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