Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Bible

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CHAPTER

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Creating and Deploying Power

View Reports

IN THIS CHAPTER

Understanding Power View Requirements

Creating Report Data Source and BI Semantic Model Connection Files

Creating and Deploying Reports with Power View

P

ower View is the new ad-hoc reporting tool part of SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services add-in

for SharePoint 2010. It is a browser-based Silverlight application available through SharePoint

2010 that provides end users with the ability to create rich and interactive reports through a

true drag-and-drop experience, with no coding or report development experience necessary.

This new tool provides end users with the familiar Ribbon interface of Microsoft Offi ce with the

benefi ts of a WYSIWYG development environment. Power View launches directly from a BI Semantic

Model found in a PowerPivot workbook or from an Analysis Services Tabular database.

Power View Requirements

You can categorize Power View requirements as server-side requirements and

client-side requirements.

Server-Side Requirements

Power View server-side requirements include feature installations of SQL Server 2012 and

SharePoint 2010. Power View is a SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services feature available in SharePoint

mode only and as part of the following SQL Server 2012 Editions:

■ Enterprise Edition

■ (^) Business Intelligence Edition
■ Developer Edition
■ (^) Evaluation Edition
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