1. Power Your Applications with Excel
Microsoft Ignite 2016
5/20/ :27 AM
BRK3306
Power Your Applications with Excel
Yina Arenas
Principal Program Manager
Microsoft Graph and Office Extensibility
@yina_arenas
© 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

2. Agenda 1. Excel Extensibility Overview
5/20/ :27 AM
Agenda
1. Excel Extensibility Overview
Build solution to help 1+ billion Office users to do more.
2. Excel Workbook as a Service (*new*)
Power your solution with Excel in the Microsoft Graph
3. Excel Add-ins
Integrate your solution deeply with Excel
Go. Resources and support
We are here to help you succeed
© 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

3. Office Platform WHAT CAN I BUILD? ADD-INS AND WEB PARTS:
Microsoft Ignite 2016
5/20/ :27 AM
Office Platform
WHAT CAN I BUILD?
ADD-INS AND WEB PARTS:
Make your solution a native part of the modern Office
WEB AND DEVICE APPS:
Build smarter apps by connecting to Office services
VOICE, VIDEO, CONNECTORS, AND BOTS:
Create the next generation of productivity solutions
© 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

4. Excel Extensibility Overview
Microsoft Ignite 2016
5/20/ :27 AM 1
Excel Extensibility Overview
© 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

5. Excel technology journeyPC
1990s
PC + Servers
2000s
Devices + Cloud
2010s
Excel 3 (1990)
XLM/C API/XLL
Excel 5-9 (1993+)
VBA COM Add-ins
Excel 2003
COM interop
VBA VSTO Add-ins
Excel service 2007+
SOAP API
Legacy REST API
Excel 2013
JSOM
Excel 2016
Rich JSOM APIs
REST APIs

6. Type of business applications built using Excel
TechReady 23
5/20/ :27 AM
Type of business applications built using Excel
Reporting
Sales
Expense
Accounting
Management
BI reporting
Batch reporting
Analytics and Modeling
Budgeting and planning
Forecasting
Data analysis
Information worker productivity
© 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

7. Excel Modern Extensibility
5/20/ :27 AM
Excel Modern Extensibility
Cloud ready, modern and powerful
Excel Powered Apps
Excel Web Add-ins
Common underlying code for both JavaScript and REST APIs
© 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

8. Excel Modern Extensibility
5/20/ :27 AM
Excel Modern Extensibility
Cloud ready, modern and powerful new approaches to extend Excel.
Multi platform. Write once and have Excel Add-ins run wherever Office runs.
Easy Distribution. corporate deployment and Store.
Community support. Growing active community around REST and JavaScript.
© 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

9. Excel JS and REST APIs Object Model
1.1
Filter
Workbook
Worksheet
Range
Table
Format
Chart
Named
Item
1.2
Protection
1.3
Sort
Pivot Table
(Refresh)
Range view
Functions
More soon…

10. Future of VBA VBA is not going away
New features have OM, this is how we engineer Office
We are not actively making other investments in VBA
VBA will not ported to other platforms – iOS, Android, etc.
There are no plans to integrate VBA in Visual Studio
Instead, we are focusing on JavaScript and REST-based, cross-platform programmability

11. Demo: Azure ML add-in Excel Bot
Office 365 CloudRoadShow
5/20/ :27 AM
Demo: Azure ML add-in Excel Bot
© 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

12. Azure ML and Excel bot demo
Microsoft Ignite 2016
5/20/ :27 AM
Azure ML and Excel bot demo
Excel file in OneDrive with product review data 3
Access and update forecast on the go
using the Excel bot 2
Forecast sales with Excel calc engine 1
Sentiment Analysis using
Azure Machine Learning and Cognitive services Office Add-in for Excel
© 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

13. 2
Excel powered apps

14. Excel Powered Apps Excel Web Add-ins 5/20/2018 12:27 AM
© 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

15. Excel Powered Apps: Workbook as a service
TechReady 23
5/20/ :27 AM
Excel Powered Apps: Workbook as a service
Power your app with 700+ Excel APIs
Available over drives API in Microsoft Graph
Supports OneDrive Business, Office 365 Groups & SharePoint online files
Access secured by OAuth2.0
Uses JSON format for both input and output
© 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

16. Excel REST API in Microsoft Graph
5/20/ :27 AM
Excel REST API in Microsoft Graph
Your App
Microsoft Graph API (graph.microsoft.com)
USERS
GROUPS
FILES
MAIL
CALENDAR
EXCEL
Microsoft Graph rich relationships and insights
© 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

17. Excel REST API in Microsoft Graph
TechReady 23
5/20/ :27 AM
Excel REST API in Microsoft Graph
Get workbook
GET
Microsoft Graph
Path to file in
OneDrive,
SharePoint or
Office 365 groups
Excel REST API
© 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

18. Sample queries - reporting
Change the background fill color of range A1:A6
PATCH .../workbook/worksheets('Sheet1')/range(address='A1:A6')/format/fill
{ color: "#FF0000" }
Create a column clustered chart with data from A1:C6
POST .../workbook/worksheets('Sheet1')/charts/add
{ "type": "ColumnClustered", "sourcedata": "A1:C6", "seriesby": "Auto" }
Get the chart created as an image
GET .../workbook/worksheets('Sheet1')/charts('Chart1')
/image(width=0,height=0,fittingMode='fit')

19. Sample queries – calc and data manipulation
Use functions
POST .../workbook/functions/pmt
{ "rate": 0.035, "nper": 20, "pv": }  
Sort data in range A1:A6
POST .../workbook/worksheets('Sheet1')/range(address='A1:A6')/sort/apply
{ fields: [{ key: 0, ascending: true }] }
Filter the Table1 to get the top 3 items based on the 1st column
POST .../workbook/worksheets('Sheet1')/tables('Table1')/columns/itemAt(index=0)/filter/apply
{ criteria: { filterOn: "topPercent", criterion1: "3" } }

20. Demo: Excel REST queries Excel Bot Code
Office 365 CloudRoadShow
5/20/ :27 AM
Demo: Excel REST queries Excel Bot Code
© 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

21. Language Understanding
Microsoft Ignite 2016
5/20/ :27 AM
Excel Bot
Language Understanding
(LUIS.ai)
Bot Framework
Excel Bot
Microsoft Graph
© 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

22. Sessions: Choose whether to save changes
Create a persisted session:
POST .../workbook/CreateSession
content-type: Application/Json
authorization: Bearer {access-token} 
Body: { "persistChanges": true }
Response
201 "
"id": "{session-id}",  "persistChanges": true}
Usage
GET .../workbook/Worksheets
authorization: Bearer {access-token}
workbook-session-id: {session-id}

23. Microsoft Graph SDKs support Excel REST API
GA: .Net/Xamarin and Android
Preview: Node.js, JavaScript
Coming: iOS, Ruby, PHP
// Create a chart based on the table range.
var workbookChart = await graphClient.Me.Drive.Items[excelFileId]
.Workbook
.Worksheets[“Sheet1"]
.Charts
.Add("ColumnStacked", "Auto", tableRange.Address)
.Request()
.PostAsync();

24. Excel REST API Scenarios
TechReady 23
5/20/ :27 AM
Excel REST API Scenarios
Data Management
Automate data collection through API and integration with other services.
Consuming existing data in Excel.
Worksheet Automation
Manage worksheet remotely from your app without UI.
Automate workflows around worksheets.
Calculation Service
Leverage the most powerful calculation engine.
Reporting Service
Get professional charts, powerful data analysis, even PivotTable all with a simple API call.
© 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

25. Partner showcase

26. Sage 50 and Microsoft Office 365
Together, Sage and Microsoft are revolutionizing cloud accounting by creating seamless integration between two of the most popular and trusted business applications for the business builders of the world - Sage 50 and Microsoft Office 365
Satya Nadella, Sage Summit, July 2016

27. Sage 50 and Microsoft Office 365
Leveraging the Microsoft Graph API and Office 365 to unleash Sage 50 data to the Cloud…
Sage Contact – surfacing Sage 50 data in Outlook
Sage Intelligence – powerful financial reporting in Excel
Sage Cloud Backup – schedule and store Sage 50 backups in One Drive
Sage Capture – record transactions and send them to Sage 50c
Sage KPI Dashboards – access important business KPIs from Office 365 with any device

28. Sage Intelligence Reporting – with Excel
Access financial reports in the cloud on Tablet and Desktop. Available in HTML through the Browser and Excel

29. 3
Excel Web Add-ins

30. Excel Powered Apps Excel Web Add-ins 5/20/2018 12:27 AM
© 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

31. Office Web Add-ins
Extend Office clients across platforms using web technologies.
HTML
manifest.xml
Your own web app
Office Add-in

32. Benefits of Office Add-ins
Build once, run everywhere
Streamlined Lifecycle
Developers
Consumers &
Corporate Users
Web Standards, Open Platform
O365 Integration

33. Excel Web Add-ins A new way to build extensions for Excel
Microsoft Office
5/20/2018
Excel Web Add-ins
A new way to build extensions for Excel
Task pane add-in
Add-in that runs beside a document/mail with read/write access.
Content add-in
Add-in that runs within a document content with read/write access
Excel.
Add-in command
Command in the Excel UI to launch add-in or perform UI-less operation
Dialog
A modal window that allows focused interaction with the user
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
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.

34. Task pane add-in

35. Content add-in

36. Add-in commands
RIBBON BUTTONS
CONTEXT MENUS

37. Office Javascript APIs
Office.js is a simple JS library
Single HTML <script> include
Smart dependency loading depending on host Office application
Simple backwards compatible versioning
Two types of APIs
Common: Generic functionality that works across office applications (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
App-specific: Deep and specialized access to the different application object models
Support
Intellisense
TypeScript

38. Excel APIs 5/20/2018 12:27 AM VERSION 1.1 VERSION 1.2
Basic worksheet management
CRUD and advanced operations on Range and Table.
Chart creation and customization
Retrieve Named Items
Basic formatting including font, borders and solid fill.
WORKBOOK
WORKSHEETS
TABLES
NAMES
ROWS
VERSION 1.2
Data analytics with sort/filter
Worksheet protection
Worksheet functions
Get a chart as an image
R1C1 range addressing support
RANGE
CHARTS
COLUMNS
LEGEND
FORMAT
AXES
VERSION 1.3 (Preview)
PivotTable Refresh
RangeView for visible cells
Add multiple rows
Range addressing enhancements
TITLE
FONT
SERIES
FILL
BORDERS
© 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. 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.

39. Coding pattern Excel.run(function (ctx) { //Batch of instructions
}).then(function() {
//Handle Success
//Can chain promises
}).catch(function(error) {
//Handle Error
});

40. Code sample Excel.run(function (ctx) { //Batch of instructions
var range = ctx.workbook.worksheets.getActiveWorksheet().getUsedRange();
range.format.fill.color = "red";
return ctx.sync()
.then(function () {
//Handle Success
console.log("Used Range is highlighted in Red!");
});
// Error handling
}).catch(function(error){
console.log("Error: " + error);
if (error instanceof OfficeExtension.Error) {
console.log("Debug info: " + JSON.stringify(error.debugInfo)); }

41. Demos: Office.js Playground WoodGrove Bank Insurance
Office 365 CloudRoadShow
5/20/ :27 AM
Demos: Office.js Playground WoodGrove Bank Insurance
© 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

42. Recap: Excel Modern Extensibility
5/20/ :27 AM
Recap: Excel Modern Extensibility
Cloud ready, modern and powerful
Excel Powered Apps
Excel Web Add-ins
Common underlying code for both JavaScript and REST APIs
© 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

43. API Roadmap Upcoming features in open spec:
Custom XML parts
Document properties
Conditional Formatting
Eventing
REST support for OneDrive consumer

44. Demo: Mail Merge with Excel and Microsoft Graph
Office 365 CloudRoadShow
5/20/ :27 AM
Demo: Mail Merge with Excel and Microsoft Graph
© 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

45. GO!
Resources and Support

46. https://dev.office.com/excel

47. Deploy, ramp-up on new services and onboard new users with Microsoft FastTrack:

48. Join the Microsoft Tech Community to collaborate, share, and learn from the experts:

49. Please evaluate this session
5/20/ :27 AM
Please evaluate this session
Your feedback is important to us!
From your PC or Tablet visit MyIgnite at
From your phone download and use the Ignite Mobile App by scanning the QR code above or visiting
© 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

50. 5/20/ :27 AM
© 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.