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Microsoft Business Intelligence Platform
Reduce complexity
OLTP
Transformation
Aggregation
Time
Enterprise
Information
Management
Microsoft
or other
EIM Tools
Data
Warehouse
Microsoft
or other
DWH’s
Product
Year
Category
Quater
Subcategor
y
Month
Brand
Day
Item
Business
Intelligence
Semantic Model
MOLAP Cubes, inMemory Models,
KPI’s, Security,
Aggregation,
Currency Conversion
...
FrontEnd
Device
Browser
Mobile
Device
Desktop
Application Lifecycle Management
Presentation & Collaboration Layer
Social
Excel
PowerPivot
Search
PerformancePoint Services
Power View
Forms &
Workflow
Excel Services
Data Layer (DWH, Semantic Model, Big Data)
Data
Warehouse
BI Semantic
Model
Integration
Services
Master Data
Services
Big
Data
Data Quality
Services
Enterprise Information Management
Cloud &
Datacenter
Management
CREDIBLE CONSISTENT DATA
One Single model for Business Intelligence
Client Tools
Analysis, Reports, Scorecards,
Dashboards, Custom Apps
BI Semantic Model (BISM)
Data model
Business logic
and queries
Data access
Data Sources
Databases, LOB Applications,
Odata Feeds,
Spreadsheets, Text Files
Personal BI
Created by user
Individual context
Exists as document
Team BI
Created by user or IT
Team context
Managed on server
Corporate BI
Created by IT
Organizational context
Actively managed on
server
3rd Party
apps
Power
View
Reporting
Excel
PowerPivot
SharePoint
BISM
Data model
Business logic
& queries
Data access
Databases
Tabular mode (new)
Multidimensional OLAP
• End-User-friendly
Multi- pivoting,
drilldown
dimensional
• High performance in-Memory
• Flexible business logic
MDX
• Rapid time to solution based
on PowerPivot experiences
• Build
by IT/Business
IT,
ROLAP
MOLAP
governed by IT
• Often called “Cubes”
Tabular
• End-User-friendly pivoting,
drilldown, drill-through
• Aggregated, complex data
DAX
models & business logic
• High performance, Scalability,
inMemorysecurity Direct
complex
(xVelocity)
Query
• Build and governed by IT
LOB
Applications
Files
Data Feeds
Cloud
Services
Power
View
3rd Party
apps
Reporting
BISM
Data model
Business logic
& queries
Data access
Databases
Analysis Services
SharePoint integrated
Tabular
Tabular
DAX
DAX
inMemory
(xVelocity)
LOB
Applications
PowerPivot
Excel
Direct
Query
Files
inMemory
(xVelocity)
Data Feeds
Cloud
Services
ANALYSIS SERVICES ARCHITECTURE
SharePoint
Internet Explorer
SQL Server Data Tools
Power View
Excel Services
Excel
Reporting Services
xlsx
PowerPivot
Power View
Analysis Services
PowerPivot for
SharePoint
(Analysis Services)
xlsx
BI Semantic Model
Third Party Apps
Personal BI
Team BI
Corporate BI
PowerPivot for
Excel
Feels like
Excel
Rapid
response to
business
problems
Optimized for
Excel power
user
Personal
SQL Server
Data Tools
Feels like Visual
Studio
One file,
Save to
SharePoint
Optimized
for BI Pros
It’s a project
(business case,
budget, dates)
Larger data
volumes
Teams building BI
solutions
Solutions live
for weeks or
months
Source Control,
TFS
Team
Deployment
scripts,
versions
Corporate
Feature
Multidimensional
Tabular
RAM
Some (16/32 Gb)
A lot (64/128 Gb)
RAM Speed
Important
Crucial
Number of cores
4/8/16
4/8/16
Core speed
Less Important
Crucial
Disk speed
Very Important
Useless
SSD Disk Usage
Strongly recommended
Useless
Network speed
Important
Important
Don’t use the same
server for both
DEMO BISM
The case for the data warehouse
• Still need to combine and refine source data
• Improve consistency and accuracy
• Capture History
• Near real time BI
Testing
Analysing
Distributing
Detailing
Leading
Monitoring
Informing
Information Worker
Data Scientist
Sandbox
Briefing Book
Power
Pivot
Excel
Templates
Document
Libraries
Casual User
Guided
Navigation
Reports
Report
Builder
Drill
Report
Storyboarding
Dashboard
Performance
Point
Scorecard
SharePoint
Dashboard
Power
View
NEW SHAREPOINT INTEGRATION BENEFITS
REPORTING SERVICES SHARED SERVICE
• Hosted in SharePoint Shared Service App pool
• Reporting Services catalog DBs are SharePoint Service App DBs
• WCF and Claims based communication
• PowerShell Cmdlets
• Central Admin UI for all RS administration
• ULS Logging integration
• Built-in scale-out and load balancer
REPORT PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS
• For reports in AJAX Viewer
• Parity with SQL Server 2012 Native mode performance
• Top SharePoint mode pain point
•
•
Small reports used to be 2-3 times slower: Fixed
~30-60% faster than 2008 R2 SharePoint mode
SIMPLIFIED INSTALLATION
•
Interactive, web-based authoring
and sharing of information
•
Familiar Microsoft Office interface
•
Fully integrated with PowerPivot
and BISM Tabular projects
•
Zero configuration highlighting
and filtering
•
Animated trending and
comparisons
•
Deliver and collaborate through
SharePoint
•
Full screen presentation mode for
interactive boardroom session
POWER VIEW SHAREPOINT ARCHITECTURE
SharePoint Farm
Web Front End
App Server
SSDT BISM
Model
Power View
client
Excel PowerPivot
and Power View
Heterogeneous
Data sources
MOBILE VIEWING SUPPORT
• SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 SP1 new mobile viewing
support on Windows and iOS iPad tablets
• Report Manager administration features are not available on iOS
• Report editing is not supported on mobile devices
• Power View is not available on iOS
DEMO POWER VIEW
TECHNICAL SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE
Sample BI Architecture
User access via FrontEnd Tools
(Excel & Web Browser)
User
Network Load Balancer
BI Dashboard (Web Analytics
Reporting Server (SSRS)
Portal/Dashboard (MOSS)
Ad-Hoc & Standard Reporting to
Cubes or other data sources)
Query Cube (no cube processing)
Analysis Server
Cube Delivery (SSAS)
Extract, transform, cleanse & load data
to aggregated Data Warehouse
ETL (SSIS)
Datawarehouse (SSDB)
Cube Processing (SSAS)
Report Configuration (SSRS)
Cube processing and publishing based
on DWH data
Configuration & temporary data for
report processing
Data sources: SAP, Oracle, DB2, SQL,….
Data Sources
SSDB: SQL Server Database
SSAS: SQL Server Analysis Services
SSRS: SQL Server Reporting Services
SSIS: SQL Server Integration Services
MOSS: SharePoint Server
No Downsides
Easy to Use:
Collaboration:
Powerful:
Mashups:
Secure:
Cool:
Agile:
Control:
users get it
make your own
Deploy in a
click or 2
Between IW & IT
Fine grain
control
Process &
versions
Enterprise scale
End user
analysis
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bi/default.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee692578.aspx
http://www.powerpivot.com/
http://sqlcat.com/
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms130214.aspx