Exploring, Visualizing and Presenting Data with Power View

Steve HughesPractice Lead, Data and BI

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

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

Microsoft Reporting Tool ComparisonSSRS Power View Excel/Power

PivotPerformance 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

Sophisticated

Design Environment

Re-use

of insights

Report Designer Power ViewReport Builder

Report

Viewer Controls

Rich Design

Capabilities

Productive

Authoring

Flexible

layout

Highly

Interactive

Rich

Presentation

Visual data

representation

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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

Supported Operating Systems & Browsers

Browser Windows 7 Windows VistaWindows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2008

Macintosh OS 10.6 – 10.7 (Intel-based)

Internet Explorer 9

32-bit, 64-bit 32-bit, 64-bit 32-bit, 64-bit 32-bit, 64-bit Not supported

Internet Explorer 8

32-bit, 64-bit 32-bit, 64-bit 32-bit, 64-bit 32-bit, 64-bit Not supported

Internet Explorer 7

Not supported 32-bit, 64-bit Not supported 32-bit, 64-bit Not supported

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

Architecture

SharePoint 2010

Reporting Services

Power View

SQL Server

Web Browser

SSAS Tabular Database

PowerPivot

PowerPoint

Silverlight 5

Silverlight 5

Data Source Preparation

Getting your data source ready to create Power View reports

Building a BISM Tabular Model Database

Deploying a BISM Tabular Model Database

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

Demo

Exploring Power View

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

Resources

Analysis Services and PowerPivot Team Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/analysisservices/

SQL Server Reporting Services Team Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlrsteamblog/

The PowerPivot Online Demoshttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/oneclickbi/archive/2011/12/27/more-demos-of-power-view-available.aspx

New Map features in PowerPivothttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/seanboon/archive/2012/08/13/shark-week-special-mapping-shark-attacks-drillable-maps-and-hyperlinks.aspx

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

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