Where is Power View in Excel 2016?
Last week Microsoft announced their reporting roadmap at PASS Summit. They have been talking about pieces about it for a while, starting with the release of Excel 2016 on September 22, 2015. In the latest version of Excel, you have to add Power
View and Pivot Tables to the toolbar to be able to use them as these features are considered to be an integral part of reporting outside of Excel. Right click on the blank part of the toolbar, and select Customize the Ribbon. On the bottom right side of the screen there is a button called New Group. You will need to add a group, and then add icons to the Group. I called my group OldExcel, as these items are all considered depreciated features by Microsoft. Once the group has been created, change the dropdown box on the left to All Commands and then you can add Pivot Tables, Power View, Pivot Charts or any other features on the list on the left. The reason you have to add these items is they are no longer part of the reporting roadmap. According to the roadmap, if you want to do interactive reporting you can use Power BI or Datazen, which if you read my earlier blog will be part of SSRS. One thing to note in the reporting roadmap, Excel is not listed, which must mean is not meant to be part of the reporting of the future. This may also why the Power Pivot Gallery is not going to be part of SharePoint 2016.
SQL Server Reporting Services Compatibility with Power BI
Part of the upgrades to SQL Server Reporting Services [SSRS] allow for interoperability with Power BI. Starting with SQL Server 2016 CTP 3, reports created in SSRS can be integrated with reports on Power BI for a single location for reports. Reports created in SSRS can be pinned to Power BI to any existing dashboard via an icon within report manager. For Power BI to integrate directly with SSRS, the SSRS Reporting Services Configuration Manager needs to registers a Power BI account.
Once the account exists, you can pin your SSRS report to a Power BI Dashboard the same way that previously you printed it. If you look at SSRS, it looks a lot like Power BI, since it now uses the same black color scheme, and includes visualization of the various new chart types in Power BI like that are now included like Tree Maps and Sunburst charts. For those of us who have written a lot of reports in the past, one of the really nice features is the ability to configure the parameters any way you want them. With the updates to SSRS, it appears that Microsoft’s slide showing support for on premise applications is more than just a slide, but a commitment which is reflected in the many updates to their on premise reporting solution SSRS.
Yours Always
Ginger Grant
Data aficionado et SQL Raconteur
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