Integrating Power BI with
Excel 2016 and Excel Online
Presented by Ted Pattison
About Ted Pattison and Critical Path Training
Ted Pattison
• 25 years as an author, technical trainer & conference speaker
• Specializing in Power BI, Office 365, SharePoint & Azure
• SharePoint MVP since 2004
Critical Path Training
• Advanced technical training on Power BI, SharePoint & others
• Offering Power BI Bootcamp as 3-day deep dive into Power BI
My Upcoming Power BI Training Events
• PBIUG Focus Event in Chicago on June 7-8
• Power BI Bootcamp in Tampa on Aug 29
Agenda
• Building Data Models using Excel 2016
• Visualizing Data in Excel 2016
• Excel Worksheets: Import versus Connect
• The Power BI Publisher for Excel Add-in
• The Analyze in Excel Add-in
Revisiting The Excel Data Model
• Every Excel Workbook can have a data model
• Provides a foundation for BI project solution
• When importing data with Power Query…
• You can add the data as a table in a worksheet
• You can add the data as a table in the data model
Excel Workbook
worksheet
worksheet
worksheet
Database
Working with the Power Query Add-In
• Power Query Add-In adds a tab to Excel ribbon
• Click Manage button display Power Query window
• You must switch back and forth between Excel application window
Extracting and Modeling Data in
Microsoft Excel 2016
Getting Started with the Power BI Service
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Importing a Dataset
• Connect to files in OneDrive
• Select the file and click Connect
• Choose between Import or Connect
Designing Reports
• Power BI service provides browser-based report designer
• Report contains one o more pages
• Pages contain visuals (aka visualizations)
• Visuals display fields from underling data model
Creating Dashboards
• Dashboards contain tiles
• Tiles created from visuals on report pages
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Workbook Import versus Connect
Power BI Publisher for Excel
• Power BI Publisher for Excel
• Download for free from Power BI service website
• Installs as an add-in to Microsoft Excel
Publishing Excel Items to Power BI
Analyze in Excel
• Analyze in Excel Add-in
• Allows Excel to connect to Power BI Dataset in Cloud
• Provides foundation for SSAS in the cloud
Analyze in Excel
Agenda
• Building Data Models using Excel 2016
• Visualizing Data in Excel 2016
• Excel Worksheets: Import versus Connect
• The Power BI Publisher for Excel Add-in
• The Analyze in Excel Add-in