Excel PowerPivot

Legacy Excel Pivot Tables

Allow easy crosstab summarization

Works on single “table” (sheet)

“Table” size constrained by ExcelSame as and other sheet

What is Power Pivot?

Similar to Excel Pivot Table

But more industrial strengthRemoves most size constraints

Thinks more like database than spreadsheet

Add on to ExcelFree, but installed separately

Power Pivot Features

Combine data from variety of sources

Fast local database

Disconnect while analyzing data

Support relationships across tables inside Excel

Power Pivot/SSBI

Little or no IT support required

Slicers: Allow easy subset selection after report is built

DAX Programming Language

Formulas like excel

But work on rows, not cells

Sensitive to selection

Resources

The official PowerPivot web site: http://www.powerpivot.com/

The PowerPivot team blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/powerpivot/

http://www.powerpivotpro.com

Thanks!

Alberto (Al) Santaballa

Email: al@technowati.com

Twitter: @asantaballa

Blog: http://technowati.blogspot.com