As you already may know, we have a couple of forums for PowerPivot at: SQL Server 2008 R2 PowerPivot for Excel SQL Server 2008 R2 PowerPivot for SharePoint Dave Wickert with his PowerPivotGeek.com site has also created two new sections: Reported Problems section which compiles the different issues concerning PowerPivot for SharePoint installations and Troubleshooting [...]
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Posted in PowerPivot, tagged Configuration, SharePoint, Video on January 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Troubleshooting #PowerPivot Excel Services connectivity
Posted in PowerPivot, tagged Connectivity, Excel Services, SharePoint on November 18, 2009 | 5 Comments »
You’re on your way to PowerPivot for SharePoint functionality – you’ve uploaded your PowerPivot for Excel workbook to your SharePoint PowerPivot Gallery. You view the thumbnails of your report and they look nice. From the thumbnail, you click on the report you want to see, and the report renders nicely. But then you [...]
SharePoint Prerequisite Lab Installation Tip (#PowerPivot CTP3 Install)
Posted in PowerPivot, tagged CTP3, SharePoint on November 11, 2009 | 6 Comments »
When you install SharePoint Beta 2 to go with your PowerPivot for SharePoint CTP3 install, some will install SharePoint on a set of servers (or VMs) that do not have internet connectivity. The first step to installing SharePoint Beta 2 is to run the SharePoint Prerequisite Installer. If you are in a lab environment that [...]
What happens when you run a Data Refresh within #PowerPivot for SharePoint?
Posted in PowerPivot, tagged Data Refresh, Internals, SharePoint on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was just recently asked the question by a fellow Analysis Services expert (Greg Galloway): When you have SharePoint automate a data refresh for a PowerPivot workbook, is the new data saved back into the xlsx? So if I download the xlsx onto my laptop the next day, will I see fresh data? Also, if [...]

