gunter staes ( gstaes@microsoft – blogs.msdn/gunterstaes )
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BI Funcasts The Mac-Guyver Techniques BI - The Mac-Guyver Techniques : Office Sharepoint Excel Services. Gunter Staes ( [email protected] – http://blogs.msdn.com/gunterstaes ) Partner Technology & Solution Advisor Microsoft Belgium. Don’t Forget Gunter. Push the record Button - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
BI Funcasts The Mac-Guyver Techniques
BI - The Mac-Guyver Techniques : Office Sharepoint Excel Services
Gunter Staes ([email protected] – http://blogs.msdn.com/gunterstaes )Partner Technology & Solution AdvisorMicrosoft Belgium
Don’t Forget Gunter
Push the record ButtonStart Internet Broadcasting
Agenda
• The Mac-Guyver Techniques Series• What we did until now• Demo • Resources• What’s next
The Mac-Guyver Techniques Series
• Lower the barrier.• Enable quick time to market.• High-level overview of end-2-end BI Solution.
• Does not replace any form of training.• Provide solutions for common problems.• Guide you to the best resources.• Down to earth technical introduction14/2 : BI - The Mac-Guyver Techniques : SQL Server Integration Services.28/2 : BI - The Mac-Guyver Techniques : SQL Server Analysis Services.14/3 : BI - The Mac-Guyver Techniques : SQL Server Reporting Services.21/3 : BI - The Mac-Guyver Techniques : SQL Server Analysis Services & Excel 2007, better together.4/4 : BI - The Mac-Guyver Techniques : Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 - Excel Services.18/4 : BI - The Mac-Guyver Techniques : Performance Point 2007 (Monitoring)2/5 : BI - The Mac-Guyver Techniques : Performance Point 2007 (Analytics)16/5 : BI - The Mac-Guyver Techniques : Performance Point 2007 (Planning)
Agenda
• The Mac-Guyver Techniques Series• What we did until now• Demo • Resources• What’s next
What is Excel ServicesWhat it is NOT :
Browser based Excel replacement/Alternative.What it is :
Web Based UI to publish Excel Workbooks Excel Hell solutionWeb Service API Secure sharing of Workbook
Control over items to shareManage permissions using SharePoint Security.Trusted File/Connection Location
Include Workbook in BI DashboardsReliability & AvailabilityOffload Calculation workloads to ServerMulti User Scenario’s
Excel Services Overview
Excel 2007
Design and authorBI AbilitiesVisualization
Browser
High quality web rendingZero-footprintInteractive
View and Interact
Customapplications
Set & get spreadsheet valuesPerform calculationsRetrieve full workbook file
Programmatic Access
Open snapshotsOpen full spreadsheet
Excel 2007
Export/Snapshot into Excel
Spreadsheets stored in document librariesServer calculation and rendering External data retrieval and cachingChoose the parts you want to publish
Protect, Share & Reuse Spreadsheets
Publish Spreadsheets
Office SharePoint Servers
Extensibility
Explore Workbook by Web Services.Manage SessionSet ValuesData/Workbook processingReturn Results
User Defined FunctionsVBA or native code languages. Managed Code extension
Understanding the components
Excel Calculation ServicesExcel Web AccessExcel Web ServicesExcel Calculation Service Proxi (on the front end). Also Balances Load on multiple App ServersTrusted File Locations
Connecting to External DataConnections
Embedded connectionsLinked connections (with embedded copy or not)
Trusted Subsystem & DelegationTS : Front&Back end have 2-Way Trust. Files can be retrieved Security token cannot be delegated to other computers. D : Front-ends delegate user’s identity to back-end servers which can delegate it to other servers.
Unattended AccountUsed when XLS-Services accesses a Data-Source not using Windows Authentication
AuthenticationWindows authenticationSSONone
Connecting to External DataTrusted Data Providers
ODBC, MSOLAP, ...Must be explicitly trusted.
Data Connection LibrariesCentral management Securing by Sharepoint’s Access Control Lists
Trusted Data Connection LibrariesExcel Services will only load Data connection files from trusted resources.Relying on Sharepoint Security (Approval, Worlflow, Item-Level sec, ...)
Putting it All TogetherBI in the tools where you need it+ workflow + portal+ ecm+ Business Data Catalog+ Search + …
Ready to use, easy to customizeThe sum is greater than the parts.
Agenda
• The Mac-Guyver Techniques Series• What we did until now• Demo • Resources• What’s next
Agenda
• The Mac-Guyver Techniques Series• What we did until now• Demo • Resources• What’s next
Agenda
• The Mac-Guyver Techniques Series• What we did until now• Demo • Resources• What’s next
Resources• Blog : http://blogs.msdn.com/gunterstaes • Book : The Microsoft Data Warehouse toolkit. • Whitepaper - External Data Connections For Excel Services• Using Excel Web Services in a SharePoint Web Part • Deploying
and Optimizing a SharePoint Web Part That Calls Excel Web Services • SharePoint
Server 2007 Sample: Web Part That Calls Excel Web Services
Agenda
• The Mac-Guyver Techniques Series• What we did until now• Demo • Resources• What’s next
What’s next14/2 : BI - The Mac-Guyver Techniques : SQL Server Integration Services.28/2 : BI - The Mac-Guyver Techniques : SQL Server Analysis Services.14/3 : BI - The Mac-Guyver Techniques : SQL Server Reporting Services.21/3 : BI - The Mac-Guyver Techniques : SQL Server Analysis Services & Excel 2007, better together.4/4 : BI - The Mac-Guyver Techniques : Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 - Excel Services.18/4 : BI - The Mac-Guyver Techniques : Performance Point 2007 (Monitoring)2/5 : BI - The Mac-Guyver Techniques : Performance Point 2007 (Analytics)16/5 : BI - The Mac-Guyver Techniques : Performance Point 2007 (Planning)