Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 SP1

PowerPivot® for SharePoint® 2013

Brian Russo

This presentation will demonstrate

Excel 2013 PowerPivot plugin, SQL Server 2012

PowerPivot for SharePoint Server and creating

dashboards from the published business

intelligence content.

What Is PowerPivot?

• 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.

• PowerPivot

– What this presentation is about.

• PerformancePoint

– SharePoint Server Service for Dashboarding

• PowerView

– Microsoft’s Newest Interactive Reporting Tool

• PowerPoint

– Microsoft’s Presentation Application

SQL Server 2012

PowerPivot System Overview

• SharePoint Server 2013 o Excel Services

o Secure Store Service

o PowerPivot Add-in

• SQL Server 2012 SP1 o Analysis Services Server in SharePoint Mode

for SharePoint 2013 (SQL Server 2012 SP1)

Setup & Configuration

Setup & Configuration

• SSAS Tabular Mode (SSAS for SharePoint)

• Excel 2013 Client COM Add-in

• PowerPivot SharePoint add-in

• PowerPivot Configuration Tool

• SSAS Tabular Mode

• Excel Services – Execution Account

• Secure Store Service

Analysis Services Server in SharePoint Mode for

SharePoint 2013

Excel 2013 COM Add-in

Excel 2013 COM Add-in

DEMO

PowerPivot for SharePoint Add-in

• spPowerPivot.msi

– Windows Installer (92 MB)

– 64-bit Only

• Install on all SharePoint servers in the farm

PowerPivot for SharePoint 2013 Configuration Tool

• Creates PowerShell

DEMO

Setup & Configuration

• SSAS Tabular Mode (SSAS for SharePoint)

• Excel 2013 Client COM Add-in

• PowerPivot SharePoint add-in

• PowerPivot Configuration Tool

• SSAS Tabular Mode

• Excel Services – Execution Account

• Secure Store Service

Troubleshooting

• Error Message “We cannot locate a server to load the workbook Data Model”

• Workaround:

To work around this issue, configure the Excel Services service application on the SharePoint server. To do this, follow these steps: 1. In the Application Management section of the Central Administration home page, click Manage service applications. 2. On the Manage Service Applications page, click the Excel Services service application that you want to configure. 3. On the Manage Excel Services page, click Data Model. 4. Click Add Server. 5. In the Server Name box, type the name of the Analysis Services instance that you want to add. 6. Click OK.

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting PowerPivot Data Refresh

What to check first

- Check the PowerPivot Data refresh timer job in Central Administration to ensure it is running. It should be configured to run every minute.

- If data refresh is failing across the board, check the following accounts: PowerPivot service application (the service will be stopped in SharePoint), the Analysis Services instance (the service will be stopped). If data refresh is failing for just some workbooks, check the account used to run data refresh (unattended data refresh account, user account, other stored account), and then check the service account of the remote database servers that provide the data.

- Verify the account used to run the data refresh job has Contribute permission on the workbook. This account is specified in the Credentials section of the data refresh scheduling page. It will be one of the following: unattended data refresh account, account of the person who set up the schedule, an account associated with a target application in Secure Store Service.

- Verify the account used to run the data refresh job has read permissions on the data source. - Verify the account is the same domain or a trusted domain, and that neither the account nor it’s password

are expired. - Verify the account password has not expired.

Troubleshooting

PowerPivot Data Refresh with SQL Server PowerPivot for SharePoint 2013

The Excel Services Application is not configured to use a Analysis Services sever in SharePoint mode. Review the Data Model Settings of the Excel Services application in SharePoint Central Administration. - The Excel Services Application is not configured to use a Analysis Services sever in SharePoint mode. Review the Data Model Settings of the Excel Services application in SharePoint Central Administration. - Verify that the service account used for your Excel Services Application is an Analysis Services administrator. - Review the ULS log file, after you configure the Excel Service Application for verbose logging, in the Diagnostic logging section of SharePoint Central Administration.

Interactive Troubleshooting

PowerPivot Data Refresh with SQL Server PowerPivot for SharePoint 2013

Vote for which Issue is the cause!

- Account Permissions

- Expired Password

- Other?

BI Content DEMO

• Connections

• Data Tables

• Relationships

• Hierarchies

• Publishing Workbooks

Questions?

References

• Tabular Modeling (SSAS Tabular) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh212945.aspx

• PowerPivot for Excel Tutorial Introduction http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg413497.aspx

• Learn About PowerPivot Capabilities http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg399131.aspx

• Take a Tour of the PowerPivot UI http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg399149.aspx

• Troubleshooting PowerPivot Data Refresh http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/3870.troubleshooting-powerpivot-data-refresh.aspx#What_to_check_for_first

• PowerPivot Sample Data and Resources http://powerpivotsdr.codeplex.com/

• Install SQL Server BI Features with SharePoint 2013 (SQL Server 2012 SP1) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj218795.aspx

• "We cannot locate a server to load the workbook Data Model" error on a SharePoint site when you refresh a PivotTable in an Excel 2013 workbook http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2769345

• What’s new in PowerPivot in Excel 2013 http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/whats-new-in-

powerpivot-in-excel-2013-HA102893837.aspx

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