Deep Dive into PowerPivot
in Office and SharePoint
Diego Oppenheimer, Microsoft
Kay Unkroth, Microsoft
April 10-12, Chicago, IL
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April 10-12, Chicago, IL
Goal
Deep dive into Excel Services and
PowerPivot for
based on a sample
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Demo
XLTweet
April 10-12, Chicago, IL
Thanks to author Aaron Meyers for permissions
to reuse his original code.
Solution Architecture Overview
Client
Front-End
Service Apps
Analysi
s
Service
s
SPClient
Browser
PPS Web
Service
Power View
Impor
t Now
Search
Terms
RS add-in
Excel client
PowerPivot
Web Service
Web Parts
Data Refresh
Timer Job
MSOLAP
SSPM
PPS Service App
RS Service App
PowerPivot
System Service
WorkItem
DataImport
TimerJob
SPClien
t
XLTweet.xlsx
Excel
Calculation
Services (ECS)
ADOMD.NET
EWA
Data Model
SPClient
XML/A
Client
DataImport
TimerJob
Status List
Search
Terms List
Tone
Dictionary
List
SharePoint Content Database
SharePoint
Work Item
Queue
Twitter Data
Import
during
Model
Processing
PPivot App
Database
(WorkQ Table)
Twitter
Twitter
Import DB
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What we needed to get started
Client
Front-End
Service Apps
SPClient
EWA
Browser
MSOLAP
Power View
RS add-in
Excel client
RS Service App
PowerPivot
Web Service
Data Refresh
Timer Job
PowerPivot
System Service
SPClien
t
SSPM
ADOMD.NE
T
XLTweet.xlsx
Excel
Calculation
Services (ECS)
Analysi
s
Service
s
Data Model
SPClient
XML/A
Client
PPivot App
Database
(WorkQ Table)
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Our demo lab in Windows Azure
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What we built
Client
Front-End
Service Apps
Analysi
s
Service
s
SPClient
Xlviewer.aspx
EWA
Browser
RS add-in
Search
Terms
RS Service App
Excel client
PowerPivot
Web Service
Web Parts
Data Refresh
Timer Job
PowerPivot
System Service
WorkItem
DataImport
TimerJob
SPClien
t
SSPM
Power View
Impor
t Now
MSOLAP
ADOMD.NET
XLTweet.xlsx
Excel
Calculation
Services (ECS)
Data Model
SPClient
XML/A
Client
DataImport
TimerJob
Status List
Search
Terms List
Tone
Dictionary
List
SharePoint Content Database
SharePoint
Work Item
Queue
Twitter Data
Import
during
Model
Processing
PPivot App
Database
(WorkQ Table)
Twitter
Twitter
Import DB
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What key features our solution uses
Browser Interactivity
and Web Parts
Office Apps
Workbooks as a Data
Source
Data Feed Support
(List Import)
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Workbooks as a Data Source
Client
Front-End
Service Apps
SPClient
EWA
Browser
MSOLAP
Power View
RS add-in
Excel client
RS Service App
PowerPivot
Web Service
Data Refresh
Timer Job
PowerPivot
System Service
SPClien
t
SSPM
ADOMD.NE
T
XLTweet.xlsx
Excel
Calculation
Services (ECS)
Analysi
s
Service
s
Data Model
SPClient
XML/A
Client
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Demo
Accessing a
Workbook as a
DataSource
April 10-12, Chicago, IL
Scheduled Data Refresh
Twitter
SharePoint Timer Service
PowerPivot Data
Refresh Timer Job
Analysis Services Engine
XLSX
SharePoint
Content
Database
PowerPivot App
Database (Work
Queue and Refresh
History)
SharePoint
Configuration
Database
RDBMS
Server
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Demo
Running a Scheduled
Data Refresh on
Demand
April 10-12, Chicago, IL
Excel Services SOAP API for Refresh
HttpContext.Current = null;
LogStatus(currentSite, "Performing PowerPivot Workbook Refresh", "Refresh Direct");
Status[] status;
ExcelService ecs = new ExcelService(this.workbookPath);
string sessionId = ecs.OpenWorkbookEx(this.workbookPath, "en-US", "en-US", true, out status);
CheckExcelServicesReturnValue(status);
WorkbookModelInfo modelInfo = ecs.EnsureWorkbookModel(sessionId, out status);
CheckExcelServicesReturnValue(status);
if (modelInfo.Version == 15)
{
string[] workbookConnections = ecs.GetWorkbookConnections(sessionId, out status);
CheckExcelServicesReturnValue(status);
if (workbookConnections != null && workbookConnections.Length > 0)
{
ecs.RefreshEx(sessionId, workbookConnections[workbookConnections.Length - 1], null, out status);
CheckExcelServicesReturnValue(status);
ecs.SaveWorkbook(sessionId, out status);
CheckExcelServicesReturnValue(status);
}
}
ecs.CloseWorkbook(sessionId, out status);
CheckExcelServicesReturnValue(status);
Demo
Building the
workbook
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