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Donald FarmerPrincipal Program Manager
Microsoft Business Intelligence
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SQL Server 2008 R2
First half of 2010
Aligned with Office 2010
Focused on Business Intelligence
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End User
Flexibility
& Power
IT
Insight &
Oversight
Managed Self Service
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End User
Flexibility
& Power
IT
Insight &
Oversight
Managed Self Service
Collaboration
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Self Service Report Authoring
Productive tools
Re-use existing reports
Publish for other users and IT
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Collaboration
“Grab and Go”
Shared Component Library
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The Report Component Library
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Self Service Analysis
Self Service
Reporting
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PowerPivotReporting Services
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Introducing PowerPivot PowerPivot add-in
for Excel
PowerPivot add-in
for SharePoint
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Business users
do not understand
databases
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Business users
do understand
reports
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Reports as data sources
Rendered as Atom Feeds
Associated with PowerPivot
Refreshed from the server
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Reports as data sources for users
You know where to find them
You know what they mean
You already have access
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Reports as data sources for IT
Many are already available
Security is already configured
Users already understand them
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PowerPivot as a data source
Uses PowerPivot for SharePoint
Workbooks look like simple cubes
Connect with a URL
Query with MDX
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Reports as Data Sources
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Report Viewer
Refreshed viewer look and feel
Smoother navigation with AJAX
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Report Manager
Improved workflow
Manage reports without preview
Improved user interface
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Rich presentations
Maps
Sparklines
KPIs
Data Bars
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Maps in Action
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Map Features
Use with SQL Spatial
Use with Virtual Earth tiles
Data Grouping
Multiple Map layers
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Sparklines
“Data intense, word-sized graphics” – Tufte
Automatic axis alignment.
Convert to full charts
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Data bars
Depicts a single value in a cell.
Min-Max set automatically
Highly configurable
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KPIsKey Performance Indicators
Icons show status, goals or a trend.
Change appearance with data
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KPIsKey Performance Indicators
Pre-configured or custom sets
Automatically compare groups
Also supported by Gauges
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Other improvementsLookup functions
Aggregate of aggregates
New Data sources: SQL Server “Madison”, SQL Azure
Reset page number on groups
Expression-based page breaks
Excel worksheet tab naming
Session variables
Renderer-dependent layout
Bottom-to-top text rotation
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Aggregates of Aggregates
Average Monthly Sales
• =Avg(Sum(Sales, "Month"), "Year")
Visual Totals
• Aggregates respect group filters
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Aggregates of Aggregates
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Excel Renderer Worksheet Names
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Reset Page Number on Group
Reset page number for each new group
Get current page & total page for each group
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Bottom-to-Top Text Rotation
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Renderer-based expressions
Control layout for specific renderers
Disable drillthrough for static renderers
Enable drillthrough for interactive renderers
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Renderer-based expressions
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Dynamic page breaks
Use expressions to detect the renderer
Dynamically disable/enable page breaks
If exporting to Excel, disable page breaks
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SQL Server 2008 R2
Public CTP, November 2009
Release, first half of 2010
