Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Building Visually Compelling BI Experiences with PowerPivot #spc11 #sharepoint @kieferconsult

Presented by Peter Myers
  • PowerPivot Model Development
    • SQL server PowerPivot for SharePoint Add-in
    • PowerPivot Window
      • Select the view/table from the Table Import Wizard
    • Creating lookup relationships in Excel for imported tables
    • Pivot Table config
      • Hide columns from Pivot Tables
      • Rename columns in Pivot Tables
    • Enriching with DAX calculations
  • 1/10th the size of importing data into workbook
  • Free-form Reports
    • functions
      • CUBEMEMBER
      • CUBEVALUE
      • CUBESET
      • CUBESETCOUNT
      • CUBERANKEDMEMBER
    • native excel features
      • conditional formatting
      • sparklines
      • slicers
      • charts
    • Fixed row/column configurations
      • use top x functions (ex: top 5, last 5 years, etc.)
  • PowerPivot Field List
    • Search for tables and columns
    • Define slicers
    • etc.
  • PowerPivot plugin for SharePoint
    • PowerPivot Gallery is a library template
  • Powerpivot.com

No comments:

Post a Comment