Category Archives: PowerPivot
SQL Server Analysis Services to Hive
Over the last few months, we’ve chatted about how Hadoop and BI are better together – it’s a common theme that Dave Mariani (@dmariani) and I have spoke together about … Continue reading
A Primer on PowerPivot Topologies and Configurations
For those who would like a quick primer on PowerPivot Topologies and Configurations, check out the SlideShare below. Enjoy!
BI and Big Data–the best of both worlds!
As part of the excitement of the Strata Conference this week, Microsoft has been talking about Big Data and Hadoop. It started off with Dave Campbell’s question: Do we have … Continue reading
Connecting Power View to Hadoop on Azure–An #awesomesauce way to view Big Data in the Cloud
The post Connecting PowerPivot to Hadoop on Azure – Self Service BI to Big Data in the Cloud provided the step-by-step details on how to connect PowerPivot to your Hadoop … Continue reading
Connecting PowerPivot to Hadoop on Azure – Self Service BI to Big Data in the Cloud
. “I caught a fish thiiiiis biiig” – On stage with Ted Kummert during the PASS 2011 Keynote on Big Data (thanks to Karen Lopez @datachick for the pic) . … Continue reading
Using SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel to Analyze SAP Data
Sorry! I’ve been offline and haven’t blogged or responded to comments for quite some time and frankly I don’t have any good excuses: I fell asleep My dog ate my … Continue reading
Getting ready for enterprise SSAS and PowerPivot at PASS with SQLCAT!
If you’re online this week, and admittedly the last few weeks I have been extremely dormant, you may know that next week is the 2010 SQL Server PASS Summit! It’s … Continue reading
Can I access PowerPivot via a data access API?
I recently got asked the question: Does PowerPivot have any data access APIs? Is there any way to to programmatically access the data store? I figured that a lot … Continue reading
PowerPivot for SharePoint: Existing Farm Installation
So the fate… of the entire human race depends upon my wild guess — Doctor Gaius Baltar (Battlestar Galactica) Actually, the quote that I really wanted to … Continue reading
PowerPivot for SharePoint: Single Server Installation
A long time ago, but not in a galaxy too far away…actually, just in Redmond, WA,… there was A NEW HOPE for easier PowerPivot for SharePoint installations! So hats off … Continue reading
Help, my PowerPivot for SharePoint Lists Atom Feed has fallen and it can’t get up!
One of the cool things with PowerPivot is to click on an SharePoint List’s Export as Data Feed (i.e. an Atom feed) and its data can be imported directly into … Continue reading
PowerPivot Technical Diagram: PowerPivot Security Architecture
Just in case you didn’t already know, we just uploaded the PowerPivot Security Architecture technical diagram on to sqlcat.com / MSDN. To get access to the PDF, XPS, and/or VSD … Continue reading
At TechReady and want a chance to get a PowerPivot Technical Diagram AND win a PowerPivot book?
Are you coming to TechReady and interested in getting yourself a PowerPivot Technical Diagram: PowerPivot Client/Server Architecture? Well, make sure to come to Dave Wickert and my session for a … Continue reading
PowerPivot, Analysis Services, and TechReady….and coffee!
If you’re going to TechReady 11 at the Washington State Convention Center this week in warm, sunny Seattle – first of all, welcome to the Emerald City! And if you’re … Continue reading
