1. An Introduction to Excel Services and PowerPivot Presented by : Mark Stacey 26 February 2011

2. Introduction & Agenda Who am I? – Started BIDN Johannesburg chapter – Author of “Sharepoint 2010 BI” @MarkGStacey Excel as a Front-End Power Pivot Technology Stack Excel Services & Power Pivot Services

3. Levels of BI Scorecards,Workflow,Annotations, Communicati on Scorecards,Workflow,Annotations, Reports, Cubes, Annotations, Workflow, Communication Reports, Cubes, Annotations, Workflow, Communication Reports, Embedded Functions, Mobile BI Business Process Automation Reports, Embedded Functions, Mobile BI Business Process Automation Number of Decisions Strategic Value StrategicTacticalOperational Performance Point, SharePoint Reporting Services Excel Workflow Subscriptions Analysis Services Reporting Services Workflow

4. Excel Services Architecture Client – Local File – Processing on machine Sharepoint – Shared, Version controlled worksheet in DB – Processing on scalable servers

5. Excel as a front-end

6. PowerPivot

7. Excel & PowerPivot Services

9. Questions?

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