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the road so far…• 2009 - 2010– Project Gemini– aka PowerPivot (without a space!)• SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel (add-in for
Office 2010)• SQL Server PowerPivot for SharePoint 2010
(integration through SQL Server 2008R2)
the road so far…• 2010 – 2011– Project Crescent– aka PowerView (quickly renamed to Power
View)– SharePoint only! (imagine the uproar)• on top of PowerPivot or Tabular
– Ships with SQL Server 2012 SSRS
the road so far…• 2012 – 2013– release of Office 2013– Power Pivot and Power View are included!
(note the spaces)• both have new features
– SharePoint 2013 also support Power Pivot and Power View• later: Power View supports SSAS Multidimensional
the road so far…• 2013– Data Explorer• aka Power Query (immediately with a space)
– Excel 2010 / 2013 add-in
No logo, sorry
the road so far…• 2013– GeoFlow• aka Power Map (also with a space)
– Excel 2013 add-in– the black sheep of the family
the road so far…• 2013 - 2014– Power BI for Office 365
• no fancy code name here
– Bundles Power Query, Power Pivot and Power View• no Power Map• has frequent updates / new features / bug fixes
– Introduces Q&A– More mobile friendly
the road so far…• 2015– Power BI v2• still in the cloud, but not Office 365• free vs paying
– Introduces Power BI Designer• New dashboarding experience• Power Query + Power View + Power Pivot
– Also has mobile apps
the road so far…• the future?– What will DataZen bring?– Power Query gets integrated into everything– More links with Azure / Big Data stuff– More R integration?– More out-of-the-box dashboards for Power BI– Great new features in Excel 2016– …
Power BI• Managed self-service BI• Start in Excel• … end in the cloud (or in SharePoint)
• Umbrella term– Excel add-ins– Cloud environment
Power BI• Why would I need a paid cloud
service?
• Power BI is just like YouTube– But without the videos…
• How did you share a video in the ‘90s?
Power BI• Every awesome thing we do with
Power BI is saved into Excel
Source: http://www.powerpivotpro.com/2014/09/what-is-power-bi/
Power BI• Email is not really a good way to
share those workbooks
Source: http://www.powerpivotpro.com/2014/09/what-is-power-bi/
Power BI - recap• Excel add-ins
– Power Query– Power Pivot– Power Map– Power View
• YouTube for Workbooks– Cloud-based version of SharePoint portals for sharing Excel content– Data Management Gateway so IT controls data sources published on Power
BI sites (and user access)– Mobile BI support for Windows 8, Windows RT, iOS through either native app
or HTML5
Power Pivot• Offers an easy-to use tabular
modelling environment– data is compressed• millions of rows possible• columnar storage
– new scripting language: DAX
Power Pivot• Design the datamodel
– Pull data from (different) sources– Add relationships
• Enrich the datamodel– Set Datatypes– Format Numbers / percentages– Add Calculations / Measures– Hide Overhead (link fields)
• Use the datamodel – Power Pivot Report
Power Query• “Self-service” ETL tool• Can extract data from dozens of
source– list is growing each month
Power Query• Possible sources include
– SQL Server, SSAS– SharePoint Lists (& OData)– Excel & Flat files
• Some sources “fold” back to the server– E.g. filtering, sorting, grouping
• Power Query loads data– into Excel– into Power Pivot
Power Query• Not supported currently in SharePoint– Power Pivots populated by Power Query
are a problem
• Supported in Office 365– But not every source out of the box– Data Management Gateway is needed
Power View• Intuitive and interactive
dashboarding• No code has to be written–Works on top of a data model• Power Pivot or SSAS
Power View• Supported in Office 365 & v2– As a Power View sheet in Excel– Result of Q&A
• Supported in SharePoint 2010 & 2013– SharePoint offers browser based editing– Export to PowerPoint feature
Power Map• Allows you to plot data on a globe– custom maps are possible
• You can make avideo showing offyour data
• Useful to tellstories
Power BI for Office 365• YouTube for Workbooks• Share reports with colleagues
– (No organisational SharePoint / not the right SharePoint version / features)
• Interactive reports available via browser– Silverlight & HTML5
• Up to date report• Controlled Database load
– Refresh the data overnight
Power BI – Q&A• Natural Language query– aka English language query
• Ask a question, and Power BI will give you the answer in the correct format
• Retrieves data from uploaded Power Pivot models– create synonyms to refine model
Power BI v2• Currently in preview• Two subscriptions– one free, one paying
• More interactive dashboarding• Integration of (almost) all Power BI tools• Frequent changes and updates
Power BI Designer• Offline client to develop Power BI
reports / dashboards– For customers who don’t have the right
version of Excel
• Integrates Power Query, Power View and Power Pivot– Allows you to write DAX as well
Conclusion• It has been a bumpy road– but there’s been a lot of progress
• Microsoft is finally starting to unifying everything
• There are some amazing capabilities– but also some big shortcomings– these will be tackled in the future
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