1. UBAX09 Exploring the Possibilites with PowerPivot and Microsoft Dynamics AX Cristian Nicola, www.DynamicsBIGuide.comwww.DynamicsBIGuide.com Yvonne Haarloev, Microsoft Business Solutions

2. Introduction to PowerPivot What is PowerPivot? Quick Demonstration Dynamics AX and PowerPivot Example of creating a Dynamics AX PowerPivot DataSource Open Discussion: Questions and User Experiences

3. What is PowerPivot? Official Microsoft Definition: PowerPivot is a powerful data mashup and data exploration tool based on xVelocity in-memory technologies providing unmatched analytical performance to process billions of rows at the speed of thought

4. What is PowerPivot? PowerPivot is a free extension to Excel 2010 and 2013, built by Microsoft that offers a much more agile and cost effective approach to Business Intelligence

5. PowerPivot offers the Low Startup Cost and Agility of Spreadsheets Blended with the Robustness and Low Ongoing Cost of “Traditional BI”

6. PowerPivot Benefits Ability to handle up to 100 million rows in a single workbook, while maintaing manageable file sizes and fast performance PivotTable and PivotCharts built over multiple tables of data without requiring those tables to be VLOOKUP’d together into a single table The capability to quickly create mashups that cross reference and integrate data from multiple sources New formula engine for PivotTables that goes far beyond any formulas capabilities available in Excel to date

7. AX Data Sources for PowerPivot ODATA SSRS Reports Direct SQL Access (tables and views) AX Cubes

8. AX ODATA Feed Setup Demo

9. Open Discussion User Questions Current User Experiences

10. Topics to consider Data Creation Target Audience Security Data Consumption Target Audience Security Methods of Access and Presentation Performance

11. PowerPivot vs. “Traditional” BI AND or OR? Start with PowerPivot: Free option building on existing Microsoft stack investment Adhoc analysis tool or ONLY analysis tool Good introduction to “Traditional” BI process and design thus allowing for better evaluation of “Traditional” BI options available from Microsoft and 3 rd Party vendors if the answer is “AND”