Exploring PowerPivot & Power View in Excel 2013

Speaker: Peter Myers

PowerPivot is an add-in for Excel that empowers business users to create their own tabular data models.http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/a/3/a/4/event_183041892.jpeg (http://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2012/Sessions/SpeakerDetails.aspx?spid=424)

Power View is also available in the Excel 2013 client. It was first released as a server-based report authoring tool with SQL Server 2012 and is available in SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise.

Peter's theory and demonstrations will be based on the RTM of Excel 2013.

You'll learn:

How to work with the add-in in the Excel 2013 client How compelling interactive reports can be created quickly and easily The new PowerPivot features - including pie charts, maps, KPIs, hierarchies, drill down/drill up, and report styleshttp://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/a/7/5/a/event_183042842.jpeg (http://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2012/Sessions/SpeakerDetails.aspx?spid=424) Peter Myers (http://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2012/Sessions/SpeakerDetails.aspx?spid=424) specializes in Microsoft Business Intelligence, and provides mentoring, technical training and course content authoring for SQL Server and Office.

Peter has a broad business background supported by a bachelor degree in applied economics, and he extends this with current SQL Server and MCT certifications. He was first awarded Microsoft MVP (Most Valued Professional) in 2007 and has been re-awarded every year since.