1. Sandy Rivas | Program Manager
04 | Building Stellar Data Visualizations Using Power View
Sandy Rivas | Program Manager

2. Meet Sandy Rivas| @SandyRivas
Program Manager
Sandy Rivas is a Program Manager for Power View in the SQL Server Business Intelligence / Visual Analytics team at Microsoft. A 15+ year Microsoft veteran, Sandy has helped to ship 6 versions of Microsoft Office, working closely with a wide variety of Office products such as Access, Excel and SharePoint. Her real-world use of Power BI with her brother’s business has given her a keen insight to the practical uses and value of self-service BI. Sandy has a passion for empowering customers to master their data through self-service business intelligence and data visualization resulting in better business decisions. Her practical experience and enthusiasm for the power, impact and FUN of Power BI is contagious!

3. Server & Tools Business
11/13/2018
Data & Analytics Self-service BI with the familiarity of Office and the power of the cloud
Create in Excel
1 Billion Office Users
Analyze
Visualize
Discover
Collaborate in Power BI for Office 365
1 in 4 enterprise customers on Office 365
Share
Find
Q&A
Mobile
Scalable | Manageable | Trusted
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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.

4. Server & Tools Business
11/13/2018
Data & Analytics Self-service BI with the familiarity of Office and the power of the cloud
Create in Excel
1 Billion Office Users
Analyze
Visualize
Discover
Collaborate in Power BI for Office 365
1 in 4 enterprise customers on Office 365
Share
Find
Q&A
Mobile
Scalable | Manageable | Trusted
© 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.

5. presentation experience
What is Power View?
interactive
, data exploration
visualization and
presentation experience

6. Who uses Power View?
Power Users
Data Analysts
Office workers

7. How to use Power View?
Excel 2013

8. Scenario Retail sales collected via a Point of Sale system
Synonymous with any type of retail operation.
Hierarchy - Category, Sub-Category, Item
Employees execute transactions selling the items via POS system

9. Our Role
We are playing the role of the ‘bar owner’ who has limited technical knowledge, wants to analyze his business to help make better decisions and target promotions.

10. Data Insights Conversation
11/13/2018
© 2013 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.

11. Recap Ease of going from a blank canvas to visual insights
(Insert | Power View)
Created a variety visualizations (bar/column charts; matrix; tiles; cards; maps)
Utilized a number of features in our exploration (cross highlight; filter; slicers; drill)
Used Power Query to pull in external data affecting our business
(online search; Web URL; file)
Interacted with the visuals to direct business decisions

12. presentation experience with Power View
Result
Business owner is empowered to understand his data and make decisions based on his
interactive
, data exploration
visualization and
presentation experience
with Power View

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