Publisher's Synopsis
Create and Distribute High-impact Microsoft Power View ReportsExplore data in insightful new ways and transform the way your enterprise uses BI with help from this expert guide. Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power View shows how to effectively analyze and communicate complex information through elegant interactive reports. Discover how to create and populate tables, connect to databases, build multi-view reports in real-time, and publish your results to end-users. BI Semantic Model development and administration are also covered in this comprehensive volume.Launch Power View and navigate its user interfaceLoad BI from SQL databases and external sourcesBuild basic and multi-level table visualizationsDevelop card-, chart-, and matrix-based reportsIncorporate auto-sizing, filtering, tiling, and slicingSecurely distribute reports via SharePoint and PowerPivotAdd functionality with hierarchies, perspectives, and KPIsDesign, deploy, and support custom BI Semantic ModelsDVD includes:More than four hours of video demonstrationsA complete package of sample data—a Power View-optimized BI Semantic Model, a SQL Server database, and additional underlying data sourcesComprehensive instructions for creating a learning environment, including Windows Server, SharePoint Server 2010, and Microsoft SQL Server 2012 with PowerPivot and Reporting Services SharePoint integrationSix completed Power View Reports that include multiple views, visualizations, and performance dashboardsBI Semantic Model with advanced extensions using DAX functions, including date and time, mathematical, logical, informational, and statistical functions
