Why is allocation always selecting the same machine?
By powerpivotgeek (dwickert@microsoft.com), on June 14th, 2010 If you are running PowerPivot for SharePoint on more than one backend app server, then it is a common issue that folks are seeing only one...
View ArticlePowerPivot, you are so insensitive! (case that is)
June 18, 2010 by dennyglee Working with my compatriots Ayad Shammout (@aashammout) and Peter Myers, we had found out that PowerPivot at times can be really insensitive…in terms of case that is. That...
View ArticleIncoming emails to a PowerPivot Gallery
From time to time you run into something on SharePoint that is a known SharePoint ‘issue’, but you wouldn’t necessarily see PowerPivot being impacted. After all SharePoint is this huge juggernaut of a...
View ArticleWhat is a “snapshot” when you enable client-side tracing
By powerpivotgeek (dwickert@hotmail.com), on August 2nd, 2010 In getting ready for a recent internal presentation on PowerPivot, I was asked what this button actually does . . . (see below) The primary...
View ArticleWorking with the 2010 Office ACE provider
By powerpivotgeek (dwickert@microsoft.com), on August 18th, 2010 Ok. I’ve promised some best practices – here is my first one. What is the 2010 Office ACE provider and why is this important to...
View ArticlePowerPivot Technical Diagram: PowerPivot Security Architecture
Just in case you didn’t already know, we just uploaded the PowerPivot Security Architecture technical diagram on to sqlcat.com / MSDN. To get access to the PDF, XPS, and/or VSD files, please click...
View ArticleHowto: Get more flexibility when importing data from text files
By powerpivotgeek (dwickert@microsoft.com), on August 18th, 2010 Question: By default PowerPivot has two limitations when working with text files (using the Office ACE OLE DB provider): (1) will only...
View ArticleHelp, my PowerPivot for SharePoint Lists Atom Feed has fallen and it can’t...
August 21, 2010 by dennyglee One of the cool things with PowerPivot is to click on an SharePoint List’s Export as Data Feed (i.e. an ATOM feed) and its data can be imported directly into a PowerPivot...
View ArticleHow much data can I load into PowerPivot?
By powerpivotgeek (dwickert@microsoft.com), on August 22nd, 2010 Recently a question has come up on one of the forums about the number of rows that PowerPivot can load. Clearly PowerPivot can hold a...
View ArticlePowerPivot Technical Architecture Diagram Released: Security Architecture
Because PowerPivot for Excel and PowerPivot for SharePoint involves so many components from SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services, Office 2010, and SharePoint 2010, this poster provides an end-to-end...
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