Tableau and Microsoft

Best of both worlds!

Stphane Frchette
Wednesday December 4, 2013
Who am I?
My name is Stphane Frchette

Im a Database & Business Intelligence Professional and Founder | CEO of
and also a SQL Server MVP. I have a passion for architecting, designing and building
solutions that matter.

Self proclaimed Open Data Hacker/Advocate I founded Gatineau Ouverte a citizen led
initiative which aims to promote open access to civic data of the city of Gatineau.


Twitter: @sfrechette
Blog: stephanefrechette.com
Email: stephanefrechette@ukubu.com



Session Outline
Microsoft Business Intelligence (The Stack)
Self-Service Business Intelligence in Excel Power BI
Power Pivot, Power Query, Power View, Power Map Power BI Office 365
Tableau Software
Versions
Core Technologies
Microsoft Data Sources
Business Integration
SharePoint, PowerPoint
Demos
Summary
Resources



Analysis
Services
Reporting
Services
Integration
Services
Master Data
Services


SharePoint
Collaboration
Excel
Workbooks
Power Pivot
Applications
SharePoint
Dashboards & Scorecards
Data Quality
Services


OData
Feeds
Line of Business
Applications
Hadoop Big Data
Microsoft Business Intelligence
Self-Service BI in Excel 2013
Excel delivers powerful, intuitive capabilities for self-service BI

Power Query (codename Data Explorer)
Power Pivot (previously PowerPivot)
Power View
Power Map (codename GeoFlow)
(Thats A Lot of Power!)
Power Query
Power Query Preview for Excel is an add-in that enhances the self-service Business
Intelligence experience in Excel by simplifying data discovery and access.

Enable self-service data discovery, query, transformation and mashup experiences for
Information Workers, via Excel and Power Pivot

Discovery and connectivity to a wide range of data sources, spanning volume as well as
variety of data.
Highly interactive and intuitive experience for rapidly and iteratively building queries over
any data source, any size.
Consistency of experience, and parity of query capabilities over all data sources.
Joins across different data sources; ability to create custom views over data that can then
be shared with team/department.




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Access and mashup data from virtually any source to create powerful reports
Power Pivot
Power Pivot
Power Pivot enriches Excel by compressing storage and provide fast querying
and reporting from tabular data
xVelocity in-memory analytics engine (formerly VertiPaq)
Highlights;
Load data from a variety of sources
Extremely large volumes can be stored
Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
Can be enriched with Hierarchies, KPIs, Perspectives and Reporting metadata
First introduced as an add-in with SQL Server 2008 R2
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Visually discover and share insight across all levels of the organization

Power View
Power View
Power View provides an interactive data exploration, visualization and
presentation experience
Strong visual design experience (WYSIWYG)
Rich meta-driven interactions
First introduced with SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services in SharePoint Mode
(BI and Enterprise editions)
Now part of Excel 2013 (need to enable add-in)
Power View sheets can be added to Workbook
Can be based on a Workbook Data Model, or SSAS Tabular Data Model,
*SSAS Multidimensional Model (SQL Server 2012 SP1 CTP3)
Requires Silverlight 5 to be installed


Power View Key New Features
Power View sheets can connect to different data models in one workbook
Modify the internal Data Model without leaving the Power View sheet
Power View in Excel Services, Excel Web App and Office 365
SharePoint Server
Pie charts
Maps
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Hierarchies
Drill up and drill down
Hyperlinks



Power Map
Power Map Preview for Excel 2013 allows you to plot geographic and temporal data
visually, analyze that data in 3D, and create interactive tours to share with others.











https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38395
*Requires Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013 or Office 365 ProPlus.
Tableau Desktop

Explore and visualize data
Self-service analytics for everyone
Ease of use to ease your mind
10-100x Faster
Perform mashups
Smart, fit and beautiful dashboards

(Personal and Professional Editions)


Tableau Server
Interactive dashboards in any browser
Mobile Business Intelligence
Blazing speed against massive data
Blend disparate data with a click
Secure information management
Enterprise scalability




Tableau Online
The power of Tableau, in the cloud
Share dashboards
Edit your data anywhere
Centralize your data
Update automatically
Stay secure, by design and by default



Tableau Public
Platform for stories on the web
Embed live visualizations, no programming needed
Go Mobile
Drive traffic via sharing
Publish updates in seconds

(Public Premium Suppress underlying data)





Core Technologies
VizQL Natively visual-and therefore faster
Allowing simple drag and drop functions to create sophisticated visualizations

In-memory Data Engine
Breakthrough in-memory data engine
Column storage, architecture aware
Fast performance with massive data

Live Query Engine
Attaches directly to corporate data stores
Compatible with data of all formats and sizes



Data Sources - Microsoft
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Access
Microsoft PowerPivot
SharePoint published and local file
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft Analysis Services
Multidimensional and Tabular
SharePoint Lists
Windows Azure Marketplace DataMarket
OData, ODBC
Business Integration
JavaScript API
Subscriptions
Data Extract API
Administrator Views
Data Source Filters
SharePoint Web Part
Custom User Interfaces
Web Site Integration
PowerPoint Live Views

Info: http://www.tableausoftware.com/new-features/8.0?tid=1821#feature-list
SharePoint Web Part
How to insert Tableau Views in SharePoint Pages (Web Part)
Embed View into SharePoint (Microsoft SSPI)
http://onlinehelp.tableausoftware.com/current/server/en-us/help.htm#embed_ex_SP.htm

Embed Views into SharePoint (Local Authentication)
http://onlinehelp.tableausoftware.com/current/server/en-
us/help.htm#embed_ex_trustedauth.htm#Embed_Views_into_SharePoint_(Local_Authentication)

PowerPoint Live Views
Embedding Live Tableau Server Views into PowerPoint
http://kb.tableausoftware.com/articles/knowledgebase/embed-live-views-powerpoint

LiveWeb required - http://skp.mvps.org/liveweb.htm


Demos
Summary
Microsoft
Self-service BI in Excel, Power BI provides the tools you need to find data, shape
and filter it how you want, model it, and visualize it.
All users can transform data into insight with the tools they already know

Tableau
True Best of Class Visual Analytics and Dashboards
Mobile BI for a wide variety of mobile device types
Strong Application Integration, APIs and SharePoint Web Part
Supplements, complements instead of replacing Microsoft

Try them yourself today!

Resources
Examples Connecting to Data Sources
http://onlinehelp.tableausoftware.com/current/pro/online/en-us/help.html#exampleconnections_overview.html
Custom SQL and Parameters
http://onlinehelp.tableausoftware.com/v8.0/public/online/en-us/customsql.html
Tableau Dashboard Actions
http://kb.tableausoftware.com/articles/knowledgebase/combining-sheet-links-and-dashboards
Embedding Tableau Views
http://onlinehelp.tableausoftware.com/current/server/en-us/embed.htm
Training & Tutorials
http://www.tableausoftware.com/learn/training


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