1. SQL PASS Columbus Self-Service BI with SQL Server and Excel
Jeff Kanel
Jkanel (LinkedIN)
Centric Consulting
October 10, 2013

2. Dad & Husband
OSU Chemical Eng. 1993
Business Intelligence Fanatic
Data Architect
Centric BI Practice Lead

3. PowerPivot
Yes
Yes
Power Query No
Yes
Power Map No
Yes
Power View No
Yes

4. Excel Workbook
SSAS Tabular Workspace
PowerPivot
Tabular
Tabular
SQL Server 2012 Only
Part of Workbook
Attached and Self-Contained
Cached Data
Security Concerns!
Try renaming .XLSX to .ZIP and look inside

5. FEATURES SOURCES Perspectives Hierarchies KPIs
Element Descriptions (Yeah!!)
FEATURES
Tabular
SQL Server RDB
SQL Server Analysis Services Cube
Excel Workbook
Locally Linked Worksheet
Delimited Files
ODBC
SQL Azure Marketplace
Hadoop/HIVE
Odata Feed
Another PowerPivot!
SOURCES

6. % Forecast = Actual Sales / Forecast Sales
Actual Sales = SUM(Sales)
Forecast Sales = SUM(Forecast Sales)
Daily Sales
Product
Monthly Forecast
Month
Customer
Unlike SSAS, we cannot connect datasets from attributes that are not the lowest grain, e.g. cannot connect MONTH_KEY from a DATE_KEY grain CALENDAR table.

7. FEATURES Import Through SS Data Tools (Visual Studio) Partitions
Roles/Security
Folders
FEATURES
NOTE: Change SSAS Tabular
Service Account to one with read privileges.
NOT BEST PRACTICE BUT NECESSARY FOR NOW!