Dinusha Kumarasiri

Introduction to Excel Services 2010

Agenda• Excel 2010• Excel & SharePoint• What is Excel Services• Excel Services Architecture• Components of Excel Services• What’s new in Excel Services 2010

Excel 2010• Why Excel– Easy to use– Large amount of data– Graphical representation– Business logic

Excel 2010• New Features in Excel– Ribbon UI– Improvements in integrating with Outlook– Excel sparklines & slicers

Excel & SharePoint

What is Excel Services• Sharing, Securing, Managing & Using of Excel

2010 workbooks• Service Application in SharePoint

What is Excel Services• Features of Excel Services– Share Spreadsheet through browser– Build BI dashboards– Reuse of logic encapsulated in workbooks– Report building

Demo 1

Excel Services Architecture

Components of Excel Services• Excel Calculation Service (ECS)– Roles• Load spreadsheets & workbooks• Calculate spreadsheets• Call User Defined Functions (UDF)• Refresh external data• Maintain session state for interactivity

Components of Excel Services• Excel Web Access (EWA)– Web front end for Excel Services– Web Part– Interaction with workbook using• Dynamic Hierarchical Tag Markup Language (DHTML)• JavaScript

– No need for ActiveX controls – Can connect to other web parts

Components of Excel Services• Excel Web Service (EWS)– Can use as an API to develop custom applications– Excel Services REST API– Excel Services SOAP API

Demo 2

What’s New in Excel Services 2010

• Security using Unattended Service Account• Windows PowerShell capabilities• As a Service Application• Trusted locations• Delegate service permissions• Multi user collaboration• PowerPivot add-on• REST & JSOM APIs• Slicers & Sparklines

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