1. 2010 Microsoft BI Conference
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SESSION CODE: BIO401
Microsoft Excel and Excel Services: Creating Business Centered Applications in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
John Campbell
Program Manager
Microsoft Corporation

2. Microsoft Business Intelligence
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Self-service access & insight
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Familiar interface & tools you own today
Alignment, accountability & ownership
IT management & developer productivity

3. Excel Services 2007 Thin Rendering in Browser Microsoft Excel
View and interact
Author and publish workbooks
Download a copy or snapshot
Microsoft Excel
Excel Client
Web Services
Custom Applications
Authoring
Exploration and Consumption

4. Excel Services 2010 Thin Rendering in Browser Microsoft Excel
View and interact
Author and publish workbooks
Open workbook for editing, download a copy or snapshot
Microsoft Excel
Excel Client
Web Services, REST, JSOM
Custom Applications
Authoring
Exploration and Consumption

5. Excel Services + Excel Web App
Thin Rendering in Browser
View, interact, create and edit
Author and publish workbooks
Open workbook for editing, download a copy or snapshot
Microsoft Excel
Excel Client
Web Services, REST, JSOM
Custom Applications
Authoring
Exploration, Consumption & Content Creation

6. Architecture Web Front End Application Server Excel Web Access
Web Service API
REST
JSOM
Proxy
Application Server
UDF
Excel Calculation Service
External Data
SharePoint Content Database

7. Web Service API Improvements:
Support for the discovery and retrieval of more objects
Editing (including collaborative editing) capabilities
ASMX location:

8. Overview of new web service functionality
Category
2007 Functions
New 2010 Functions
Calculation
Calculate[A1]
CalculateWorkbook
SetCalculationOptions
Get Data
GetCell[A1]
GetRange[A1]
GetChartImageUrl
GetPublishedNamedItems
GetSheetNames
Set Data
SetCell[A1]
SetRange[A1]
SetParameters
External Data
Refresh
<None>
Workbook Sessions
OpenWorkbook
GetWorkbook
CloseWorkbook
GetSessionInformation
NewWorkbook
OpenWorkbookForEditing
SaveWorkbook
SaveWorkbookCopy
API
CancelRequest
GetApiVersion

9. JavaScript OM React to Events Get Set User actions
Workbook/grid actions
Get
Where the user is
Cell data
Workbook data
Set
Selection

10. REST API
No Code!
Embed
Stateless
Changes are not saved

11. REST Syntax
Path to REST ASPX.
Can include site as well.
Path to workbook.
REST path to elements within the workbook.
Resource
Modifiers (default in bold)
Description
/Model
?atom, ?workbook
Download the workbook.
/Model/Ranges
?atom
List of named ranges.
/Model/Ranges(‘RangeName’)
?atom, ?html
Specific named range.
/Model/Charts
List of charts.
/Model/Charts(‘ChartName’)
?atom, ?image
Specific chart.
/Model/Tables
List of tables.
/Model/Tables(‘TableName’)
Specific table.
/Model/PivotTables
List of PivotTables.
/Model/PivotTables(‘PTName’)
Specific PivotTable.

12. Demo: A Sales Application
Part 1: Submitting a New Sale
DEMO

13. Demo: A Sales Application
Part 2: Managing the Sales Team
DEMO

14. Summary
Powerful new server features for getting Excel data in/out of Office and more
REST – No Code, URL only
Web Services v2
JSOM – Event model, put Excel on any page

15. Call to Action Try it in SharePoint 2010!
Use the Excel Web App on SkyDrive -
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Visit to learn more

16. Questions?

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The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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