New to PowerPivot

Hi All,
I am new to powerpivot, I have the below structure on a SQL Server database. This is basically tracking when a desktop was rebooted, rebooted user name, createddate (scheduled to run daily 3 times).
Based on the data below, how to create powerpivot report, there are few questions end user would be interested.
1. Top 10 Desktop rebooted over the time
2. Top 10 Rebooted user over the time
3. Top 10 offline Desktops
5. Pivot chart by selecting a server name - displays the latest uptime, how many times rebooted, who rebooted.
CREATE TABLE [Server].[DesktopActivity](
[Server_Name] [nvarchar](128) NOT NULL,
[Uptime] [varchar](50) NULL,
[RebootedUser] [varchar](50) NULL,
[CreatedDate] [datetime] NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
ALTER TABLE [Server].[DesktopActivity] ADD CONSTRAINT [DF_DesktopActivity_CreatedDate] DEFAULT (getdate()) FOR [CreatedDate]
and the sample data as follows
CSR-35R5M02,9/24/2014 10:36:58 AM,NULL,2014-09-24 23:01:14.363
CSR-35J4M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-24 23:01:41.893
CSR-34K5M02,9/24/2014 2:01:49 AM,NULL,2014-09-24 23:02:01.007
CSR-34P3M02,9/24/2014 2:01:49 AM,NULL,2014-09-24 23:02:20.117
CSR-34Q4M02,9/20/2014 11:07:01 AM,NULL,2014-09-24 23:02:39.257
CSR-35H4M02,9/24/2014 10:36:26 AM,NULL,2014-09-24 23:02:58.773
CSR-35R4M02,9/24/2014 5:11:44 PM,NULL,2014-09-24 23:03:16.230
CSR-35Z2M02,9/24/2014 8:17:00 PM,NULL,2014-09-24 23:03:39.420
CSR-3656M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-24 23:03:59.900
CSR-3662M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-24 23:04:20.900
CSR-3663M02,9/24/2014 10:33:01 AM,NULL,2014-09-24 23:04:28.060
CSR-36N5M02,9/24/2014 10:32:39 AM,NULL,2014-09-24 23:04:47.657
CSR-3607M02,9/24/2014 3:22:02 AM,NULL,2014-09-24 23:05:06.770
CSR-34Q1M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-24 23:05:28.403
CSR-3626M02,9/24/2014 4:19:50 AM,NULL,2014-09-24 23:05:47.670
CSR-3642M02,9/24/2014 2:18:10 PM,NULL,2014-09-24 23:05:54.893
CSR-35C4M02,9/24/2014 5:07:41 PM,NULL,2014-09-24 23:06:04.603
CSR-36D2M02,9/24/2014 10:34:03 AM,NULL,2014-09-24 23:20:00.053
CSR-34H3M02,9/24/2014 10:34:23 AM,NULL,2014-09-24 23:20:18.190
CSR-34S6M02,9/21/2014 7:59:33 AM,NULL,2014-09-24 23:20:56.640
CSR-3615M02,9/16/2014 12:19:05 PM,NULL,2014-09-24 23:21:08.527
CSR-35D5M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-24 23:21:25.443
CSRS-D5HKVY1,Offline,NULL,2014-09-25 07:00:40.623
CSRS-5WKKVY1,Offline,NULL,2014-09-25 07:00:49.123
CSR-34F4M02,9/24/2014 7:24:59 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 07:01:17.377
CSR-3563M02,9/25/2014 2:01:49 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 07:01:40.923
CSR-35P2M02,9/25/2014 2:01:50 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 07:02:00.390
CSR-34Q4M02,9/25/2014 4:48:46 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 07:02:21.007
CSR-35H4M02,9/25/2014 2:01:50 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 07:02:39.280
CSR-35R4M02,9/25/2014 2:01:50 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 07:02:55.990
CSR-35J3M02,9/25/2014 2:01:50 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 07:03:15.500
CSR-34H5M02,9/25/2014 2:01:50 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 07:03:35.613
CSR-36N2M02,9/25/2014 2:01:52 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 07:03:59.180
CSR-3627M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-25 07:04:31.133
CSR-36H1M02,9/25/2014 2:01:51 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 07:04:55.837
CSR-35G5M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-25 07:05:19.133
CSR-3626M02,9/25/2014 4:33:55 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 07:05:36.423
CSR-34M4M02,9/25/2014 2:01:49 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 07:06:02.407
CSR-3565M02,9/24/2014 10:34:39 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 07:06:25.737
CSR-3676M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-25 07:06:50.137
CSR-34S6M02,9/21/2014 7:59:33 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 07:07:07.180
CSR-35B4M02,9/24/2014 6:41:01 PM,NULL,2014-09-25 07:07:34.383
CSR-6K00J02,9/24/2014 4:56:26 PM,NULL,2014-09-25 07:07:58.527
CSR-34H1M02,9/25/2014 2:01:50 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 15:07:07.943
CSR-35S1M02,9/25/2014 2:01:58 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 15:07:12.697
CSR-35D7M02,9/25/2014 2:01:50 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 15:07:34.050
CSR-34Q2M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-25 15:07:52.250
CSR-3686M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-25 15:08:17.250
CSR-36C2M02,9/25/2014 10:56:55 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 15:08:39.120
CSR-36L5M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-25 15:09:04.757
CSR-34J1M02,9/25/2014 7:12:03 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 15:09:24.123
CSR-35Y4M02,9/25/2014 2:35:30 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 15:09:44.747
CSR-3692M02,9/25/2014 2:01:50 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 15:10:03.857
CSR-34M4M02,9/25/2014 2:01:49 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 15:33:38.300
CSR-3542M02,9/25/2014 6:17:04 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 15:33:57.437
CSR-35R6M02,6/10/2014 9:05:08 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 15:34:31.080
CSR-3615M02,9/16/2014 12:19:05 PM,NULL,2014-09-25 15:34:57.917
CSR-35P4M02,9/25/2014 7:55:17 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 15:35:19.560
CSR-34S1M02,9/25/2014 2:01:48 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 23:05:13.580
CSR-3632M02,9/25/2014 4:41:10 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 23:05:34.410
CSR-35C4M02,9/25/2014 2:01:49 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 23:05:56.323
CSR-34Q7M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-25 23:15:30.360
CSR-3542M02,9/25/2014 6:17:04 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 23:15:39.897
CSR-36H7M02,9/25/2014 9:31:06 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 23:16:06.240
CSR-35N5M02,9/25/2014 4:01:27 PM,NULL,2014-09-25 23:16:16.977
CSR-34N4M02,8/4/2014 8:00:58 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 23:16:38.230
CSR-3503M02,9/4/2014 3:03:16 PM,NULL,2014-09-25 23:16:47.820
CSR-35D5M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-25 23:16:59.857
CSR-36F2M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-25 23:17:13.857
CSR-6K10J02,9/25/2014 11:41:49 AM,NULL,2014-09-25 23:17:28.983
CSR-BCFQBZ1,9/26/2014 6:47:54 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:00:09.470
CSRS-3HYKVY1,Offline,NULL,2014-09-26 07:00:13.443
CSR-6K0YH02,9/26/2014 2:01:52 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:00:40.293
CSR-34R3M02,9/26/2014 2:01:54 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:00:50.220
CSR-34J5M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-26 07:01:09.430
CSR-35J4M02,9/26/2014 2:01:49 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:01:19.130
CSR-34W3M02,9/26/2014 2:01:50 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:01:33.583
CSR-34K5M02,9/26/2014 2:01:49 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:01:38.330
CSR-34P3M02,9/26/2014 2:01:49 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:01:58.957
CSR-35C2M02,9/26/2014 2:01:47 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:02:13.427
CSR-34K3M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-26 07:02:19.430
CSR-34H1M02,9/26/2014 2:01:52 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:02:39.360
CSR-35R4M02,9/26/2014 2:01:48 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:02:53.797
CSR-35P6M02,9/26/2014 2:01:49 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:02:56.250
CSR-35S4M02,9/26/2014 2:02:13 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:03:09.637
CSR-35Z2M02,9/26/2014 2:01:50 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:03:16.773
CSR-35H1M02,9/26/2014 2:01:50 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:03:19.150
CSR-35T4M02,9/25/2014 1:33:10 PM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:03:21.520
CSR-35M4M02,9/26/2014 2:01:50 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:03:27.900
CSR-34H5M02,9/26/2014 2:01:48 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:03:33.883
CSR-35H5M02,9/26/2014 2:01:48 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:03:36.360
CSR-3656M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-26 07:03:39.930
CSR-34R7M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-26 07:03:43.930
CSR-3653M02,9/25/2014 9:21:02 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:03:46.380
CSR-3652M02FORD,Offline,NULL,2014-09-26 07:03:52.587
CSR-36N2M02,9/26/2014 2:01:51 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:03:57.433
CSR-3663M02,9/26/2014 2:01:49 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:04:09.870
CSR-36C2M02,9/26/2014 2:01:50 AM,NULL,2014-09-26 07:04:14.740
CSR-36H2M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-26 07:04:18.433
CSR-35W6M02,Offline,NULL,2014-09-26 07:04:22.433
Ganesh

Hi Greg,
I really appreciate your time to discuss it. Here are my answers.
Server name - unique key for servers.
Nope, since I run it 3 times a day it will have 3 entries for each of the server.
Uptime - I'd expect this to be a length of time since last reboot, but this is clearly not the case.
It is datetime which is basically the last reboot time
Is this the time of the last reboot? Yes
Does offline mean it's offline at the time the row was loaded, or has been offline? Yes
How long has it been offline? There is a specific set most of the time it is offline
RebootedUser - these are all null so you cannot have top rebooteduser. Is this an error or am I missing
something? If it is NULL, the computer is offline.
CreatedDate - Is this the insert time into the table? Yes
These are all strictly greater than the dates in Uptime (I had to create a new field and remove the
'Offline' entries and cast to datetime) I don't see this field would have a Offline value.
Why do you have datetimes in a text field (Uptime)?. Because it will have either a datetime, Offline, Access
Denied.
How do I know how many time a server has been rebooted?
From the table data, for a given period of time, if I get the distinct Uptime for each server
is the no. of times it got rebooted.
Since RebootedUser is strictly null, how do I identify top rebooted users?
It is strictly NULL only for offline computer.
Let me give clean data and we will go from there.
Thanks again for your time.
Ganesh

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4
b
118
40
The second is dLookupList
Week number
Work center
mantenace in minutes per week
Break dows in minutes per week
2
a
10
10
2
b
20
5
3
a
15
12
3
b
30
10
4
a
20
10
4
b
10
10
I’m trying to create Pivot that has filter on Week number to show the number of orders, Sum of Production time in minutes and the total of the values form the lookup table dLookupList that matches the work center and the selected week
numbers. So that I can calculate the total time for each work center. Filter criteria is Week number and Work center.
For example if someone select all weeks numbers the result sould look like this
Week number
(All)
Work center
Count of order number
Sum of Production time in minutes
mantenace in minutes per week
Break dows in minutes per week
Total time
a
4
260
45
32
337
b
4
210
60
25
295
Grand Total
8
470
Result for week 2
Week number
2
Work center
Count of order number
Sum of Production time in minutes
mantenace in minutes per week
Break dows in minutes per week
Total time
a
2
130
10
10
150
b
1
60
20
5
85
Grand Total
3
190
How can I relate these two tables to get the above result?
Any help is highly appreciated.
Regards
Priyan

Hi Recio
Thank you very much for the swift response. I was able to get it work.
I got two questions:
How do you add a total time column to the pivot table like you did? Because there are no calculated field in power pivot.
I prefer that the filter is based on the Orders table. So that if you select all Week numbers in the filter, that pivot will show result for all orders and relevant sums from the lookup list.
Link download the example file
For example: I add Week number 5 to the work center “a”
Week number
Work center
WNandWC
mantenace in minutes per week
Break dows in minutes per week
2
a
WN2WCa
10
10
2
b
WN2WCb
20
5
3
a
WN3WCa
15
12
3
b
WN3WCb
30
10
4
a
WN4WCa
20
10
4
b
WN4WCb
10
10
5
a
WN5WCa
1
1
In the orders table there are no records for week number 5
Week number
Work center
WNandWC
order number
Production time in minutes
2
a
WN2WCa
111
60
2
a
WN2WCa
112
70
2
b
WN2WCb
113
60
3
b
WN3WCb
114
50
3
a
WN3WCa
115
40
3
b
WN3WCb
116
60
4
a
WN4WCa
117
90
4
b
WN4WCb
118
40
4
a
WN4WCa
119
50
But the pivot sums up the week number 5 also.
Do you have any idea how to solve it?
Thank you very much.
Regards
Priyan

Subtotals - sum of average column

Hi,
I am new to PowerPivot so please excuse me if this is a stupid question. I have a pivot table that uses a SQL view as its data source. The pivot table looks like this:
Price = average
Qty = sum
Value = sum
Budget = average
The way the view has been written the budget figure is given to grouping Customer + Product + MonthYear. So, if I drop it into the pivot table as an average it comes up correctly. The problem for me is that I want to turn on subtotals
and get the sum of the average'd budget lines in the rowgroup above. I have read that I can do this with PowerPivot by createing measures. I guess my question really is "How do I use a measure in place of a subtotal in a pivot table
report - how would I drag and drop it into place so it repeats as a subtotal would?" The next question would be how would I write this measure?
TIA

Hi Julina,
I had seen those threads before but didn't quite understand them. I have got it now. This is the formula that I have come up with, but I still get the averages of the averages, and not the sum of the averages:
IF(COUNTROWS(VALUES(vwComprehensiveDeliveries_YRN[CustomerName]))>1,
SUMX(
SUMMARIZE(
vwComprehensiveDeliveries_YRN,
vwComprehensiveDeliveries_YRN[CustomerName],
vwComprehensiveDeliveries_YRN[Product],
vwComprehensiveDeliveries_YRN[BL_Year],
vwComprehensiveDeliveries_YRN[BL_Qtr],
vwComprehensiveDeliveries_YRN[BL_Month],
"Customer Subtotal", AVERAGE(vwComprehensiveDeliveries_YRN[BudgetValue])
[Customer Subtotal])
AVERAGE(vwComprehensiveDeliveries_YRN[BudgetValue])
I have tried it with only grouping SUMMARIZE by CustomerName, and combinations of the ones you see above. What have I done wrong?
Thanks,
C

Missing "Switch to advanced mode"

I'm missing the Advanced tab in PowerPivot, and the option to switch on advanced mode is not there either. I've checked and downloaded the right version (32-bit), so there shouldn't be any problems. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?

I'm using the 10.50.4000.0.
That's an old version of Power Pivot, build 10.50 = SQL Server 2008 R2. The advanced tab was irst introduced in PP SQL Server 2012 = build 11.00, as in my screenshot; see
What's New in PowerPivot SQL Server 2012.
You can download the new version for Excel 2010 here:
Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 SP1 PowerPivot for Microsoft Excel® 2010
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SharePoint PowerPivot feature failing after site collection was backed up and restored (moved to new content database)

Hi there,
I am having some strange issue with my PowerPivot for SharePoint but can't figure out what is causing this. Here is what happened:
I setup PowerPivot (PP) for SharePoint and activate it on few site collections in production environment; I upload a PP workbooks in a library, manage the data refresh schedules, run the data refresh for an external SQL databases, etc. Everything works
fine for several days.
One day we decide the move one of the site collections (X) from its current content database to its own (new) content db. The way we did it is that we took the site collection backup in production, restored it in test environment (in its own content
db; we deleted the old site collection in test first before restoring), checked everything including PP data refreshes etc.; all worked fine.
Then we did the same thing in production - we deleted the old site collection X, restored the site collection from the same backup file that we used in test environment, everything works fine EXCEPT the PowerPivot refreshes!! :-(
I am getting these errors: When I click on the workbook, it gives this error "An error occurred during an attempt to establish a connection to the external data source. The following connections failed to refresh: PowerPivot Data"
When I click OK on error dialogbox, it opens the workbook fine but no slicers/refreshes work now. When I go back to the library and click on "Manage PowerPivot Data Refresh" to open the refresh history/schedule page, it gives this generic but scary
error: "An unexpected error has occurred. Troubleshoot issues with Microsoft SharePoint Foundation." ULSViewer or Event viewer is not showing anything related to this error!
Strange thing is that PP refresh works fine in Test environment, as well as on other site collections in production that we didn't touch (which tells me there is nothing wrong with my PP configuration). Did the backup/restore in prd cause anything? Did moving
it in its own contentdb cause anything? (But then why it works in test environment?) Is there anything wrong with site collection PP feature? Can force reactivating it help??????? I am just lost and going crazy now!
Please help.
Asif

I have found some entries in ULS logs seemingly relevant to this issue as below: Please help. Thanks.
Note: I have replaced urls with <url> or <server> and username with "domain\user".
ExternalSource.GetExternalKeyAndStateAndMarkUsed: Populating the session's credentials for external data. Index=0, Credentials=[14337250,
domain\user]
ConnectionRequest.ConnectionRequest: New connection request. SessionId=1.V24.1916ClMR0rOQ1F8mQPqtil0V90.5.en-US5.en-US73.-0600#0000-04-00-01T03:00:00:0000#+0000#0000-10-00-01T02:00:00:0000#-006036.7dcb49ef-0dc4-45d2-a0f8-4dc0e18a70f41.N,
WorkbookVersion=ConnectionInfo.WorkbookVersion: Uri=http://<url>/SQL_PowerPivotTest.xlsx, Version=Monday, 09 September 2013 06:29:42
Check whether "http://<url>/SQL_PowerPivotTest.xlsx" is in the farm.
Connecting to "http://<server>/_vti_bin/PowerPivot/Redirector.svc/?DataSource=/team/IT/SiteCollectionDocuments/SQL_PowerPivotTest.xlsx&LocaleID=1033".
WcfSendRequest: RemoteAddress: 'http://<server>:32843/0a4610a7f75f4ff582ca7329256f0fe3/SSASMidTierService.svc' Channel: 'Microsoft.AnalysisServices.SharePoint.Integration.IGeminiServiceApplicationClient'
Action: 'http://tempuri.org/IGeminiServiceApplication/GetDatabase' MessageId: 'urn:uuid:44f67e36-7ec2-4fe8-bd4c-277c9d9ddde7'
WcfReceiveRequest: LocalAddress: 'http://<server>:32843/0a4610a7f75f4ff582ca7329256f0fe3/SSASMidTierService.svc' Channel: 'System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel'
Action: 'http://tempuri.org/IGeminiServiceApplication/GetDatabase' MessageId: 'urn:uuid:44f67e36-7ec2-4fe8-bd4c-277c9d9ddde7'
Entering monitored scope (ExecuteWcfServerOperation)
Obtaining routing information for the request using <SERVER> - User:domain\user, DataSource: http://<url>/SQL_PowerPivotTest.xlsx,
Version: 09/09/2013 06:29:42. (RequestStartTime=[<SERVER>])
Leaving Monitored Scope (ExecuteWcfServerOperation). Execution Time=10.7664521608193
EXCEPTION: System.ServiceModel.FaultException`1[System.ServiceModel.ExceptionDetail]: Unable to find the specified file. (Fault Detail
is equal to An ExceptionDetail, likely created by IncludeExceptionDetailInFaults=true, whose value is: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Unable to find the specified file.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFile.EnsureUniqueId()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFile.get_UniqueId()
at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.SharePoint.Integration.Redirector.BackendRedirectService.GetDatabase(String loginName,
String dataSource, String versionLabel, DateTime fileLastModifiedTimestamp, Int32 localeId, Boolean collectHeathInfo, Boolean createLocal, String serverEndpointAddress)
at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.SharePoint.Integration.GeminiServiceApplication.GetDatabase(String loginName, String
dataSource, String dataSourceVersion, DateTime fileLastModifiedTimestamp, Int32 localeId, Boolean collectHeathInfo, Boolean createLocal, String serverEndpointAddress)
at SyncInvokeGetDatabase(Object , Object[] , Object[] )
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.SyncMethodInvoker.Invoke(Object instance, Object[] inputs, Object[]& outputs)
at Sy...).
Proxy encountered an error while trying to get the sandbox information. This request will be terminated
EXCEPTION: System.ServiceModel.FaultException`1[System.ServiceModel.ExceptionDetail]: Unable to find the specified file. (Fault Detail
is equal to An ExceptionDetail, likely created by IncludeExceptionDetailInFaults=true, whose value is: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Unable to find the specified file.
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFile.EnsureUniqueId()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFile.get_UniqueId()
at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.SharePoint.Integration.Redirector.BackendRedirectService.GetDatabase(String loginName,
String dataSource, String versionLabel, DateTime fileLastModifiedTimestamp, Int32 localeId, Boolean collectHeathInfo, Boolean createLocal, String serverEndpointAddress)
at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.SharePoint.Integration.GeminiServiceApplication.GetDatabase(String loginName, String
dataSource, String dataSourceVersion, DateTime fileLastModifiedTimestamp, Int32 localeId, Boolean collectHeathInfo, Boolean createLocal, String serverEndpointAddress)
at SyncInvokeGetDatabase(Object , Object[] , Object[] )
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.SyncMethodInvoker.Invoke(Object instance, Object[] inputs, Object[]& outputs)
at Sy...).
PF_CHECK_ERROR returned 'critical hresult error' 0x80004005 ; Stack Trace:NA
PF_CHECK_ERROR returned 'critical hresult error' 0x80004005 ; Stack Trace:NA
PF_CHECK_ERROR returned 'hresult error' 0x80040e41 ; Stack Trace:NA
ConnectionManager.GetConnection: Failed to create new connection, exception=Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.Interop.ConnectionException:
Exception of type 'Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.Interop.ConnectionException' was thrown.
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.Interop.ConnectionInterop.InitConnection()
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.ConnectionManager.<>c__DisplayClass3.<CreateConnection>b__0()
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.Credentials.TryExecuteImpersonated(WindowsIdentity wi, ExecuteImpersonatedMethod
method, Boolean dispose)
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.Credentials.TryExecuteImpersonated(ExecuteImpersonatedMethod method, Boolean
dispose)
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.CredentialsDelegation.TryExecuteImpersonated(ExecuteImpersonatedMethod
method)
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.ConnectionManager.CreateConnection(Credentials credentials,
ConnectionInfo connectionInfo, Int32 keyLcid, Uri workbookUrl, Boolean auditConnection, SessionId sessionId), sessionId=1.V24.1916ClMR0rOQ1F8mQPqtil0V90.5.en-US5.en-US73.-0600#0000-04-00-01T03:00:00:0000#+0000#0000-10-00-01T02:00:00:0000#-006036.7dcb49ef-0dc4-45d2-a0f8-4dc0e18a70f41.N,
connectionString=Provider=MSOLAP.4;Persist Security Info=True;Initial Catalog=Microsoft_SQLServer_AnalysisServices;Data Source=$Embedded$;MDX Compatibility=1;Safety Options=2;MDX Missing Member Mode=Error;Optimize Response=3;Cell Error Mode=TextValue pool
count=0
ConnectionManager.GetConnection: Caught an exception: Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.Interop.ConnectionException:
Exception of type 'Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.Interop.ConnectionException' was thrown.
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.Interop.ConnectionInterop.InitConnection()
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.ConnectionManager.<>c__DisplayClass3.<CreateConnection>b__0()
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.Credentials.TryExecuteImpersonated(WindowsIdentity wi, ExecuteImpersonatedMethod
method, Boolean dispose)
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.Credentials.TryExecuteImpersonated(ExecuteImpersonatedMethod method, Boolean
dispose)
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.CredentialsDelegation.TryExecuteImpersonated(ExecuteImpersonatedMethod
method)
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.ConnectionManager.CreateConnection(Credentials credentials,
ConnectionInfo connectionInfo, Int32 keyLcid, Uri workbookUrl, Boolean auditConnection, SessionId sessionId)
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.ConnectionManager.CreateConnectionAndAddToList(ConnectionRequest
connectionRequest, ExtendedConnectionInfo extendedConnInfo, Credentials credentials, Boolean auditConnection, Int32 keyLcid, ConnectionInfo connectionInfo, ConnectionKey connectionKey, AutoReaderWriterLock autoPoolLock, Connection& connection, ConnectionList&
connectionList)
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.ConnectionManager.GetConnection(ConnectionRequest connectionRequest,
ExtendedConnectionInfo extendedConnInfo, Credentials credentials, Int64 privateConnectionId, Boolean auditConnection)
Refresh failed for 'PowerPivot Data' in the workbook 'http://<url>/SQL_PowerPivotTest.xlsx'.
[Session: 1.V24.1916ClMR0rOQ1F8mQPqtil0V90.5.en-US5.en-US73.-0600#0000-04-00-01T03:00:00:0000#+0000#0000-10-00-01T02:00:00:0000#-006036.7dcb49ef-0dc4-45d2-a0f8-4dc0e18a70f41.N User: 0#.w|domain\user]
ExternalSource.ValidateConnection: Unable to get a connection: Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.Interop.ConnectionException:
Exception of type 'Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.Interop.ConnectionException' was thrown.
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.Interop.ConnectionInterop.InitConnection()
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.ConnectionManager.<>c__DisplayClass3.<CreateConnection>b__0()
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.Credentials.TryExecuteImpersonated(WindowsIdentity wi, ExecuteImpersonatedMethod
method, Boolean dispose)
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.Credentials.TryExecuteImpersonated(ExecuteImpersonatedMethod method, Boolean
dispose)
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.CredentialsDelegation.TryExecuteImpersonated(ExecuteImpersonatedMethod
method)
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.ConnectionManager.CreateConnection(Credentials credentials,
ConnectionInfo connectionInfo, Int32 keyLcid, Uri workbookUrl, Boolean auditConnection, SessionId sessionId)
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.ConnectionManager.CreateConnectionAndAddToList(ConnectionRequest
connectionRequest, ExtendedConnectionInfo extendedConnInfo, Credentials credentials, Boolean auditConnection, Int32 keyLcid, ConnectionInfo connectionInfo, ConnectionKey connectionKey, AutoReaderWriterLock autoPoolLock, Connection& connection, ConnectionList&
connectionList)
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.ConnectionManager.GetConnection(ConnectionRequest connectionRequest,
ExtendedConnectionInfo extendedConnInfo, Credentials credentials, Int64 privateConnectionId, Boolean auditConnection)
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.ExternalSource.TryGetValidatedConnection(Request request, Credentials
credentials, ExtendedConnectionInfo extendedConnectionInfo, Boolean shouldReportFailure, Boolean auditConnection, Connection& connectionOut). sessionId=1.V24.1916ClMR0rOQ1F8mQPqtil0V90.5.en-US5.en-US73.-0600#0000-04-00-01T03:00:00:0000#+0000#0000-10-00-01T02:00:00:0000#-006036.7dcb49ef-0dc4-45d2-a0f8-4dc0e18a70f41.N,
externalSource=PowerPivot Data
ConnectionInfoManager.InitConnInfoFromOdcFile: ODC File Uri is not valid:
ExternalSource.ExecuteOperation: We exhausted all available connection information. Exception: Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.Interop.ConnectionInfoException:
Exception of type 'Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.Interop.ConnectionInfoException' was thrown.
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.ConnectionInfoManager.GetConnectionInfo(Request request, String
externalSourceName, Int32 externalSourceIndex, Boolean& shouldReportFailure)
at Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.CalculationServer.ExternalSource.ExecuteOperation(Request request, ExternalSourceStateInfo externalSourceStateInfo,
ExternalSourceStateInfo prevExternalSourceStateInfo, Int32 index, ConnectionInfoManager connectionInfoManager, ExternalDataScenario scenario, DataOperation dataOperation, Boolean verifyPreOperationConnection), Data Connection Name:
PowerPivot Data, SessionId: 1.V24.1916ClMR0rOQ1F8mQPqtil0V90.5.en-US5.en-US73.-0600#0000-04-00-01T03:00:00:0000#+0000#0000-10-00-01T02:00:00:0000#-006036.7dcb49ef-0dc4-45d2-a0f8-4dc0e18a70f41.N, UserId: 0#.w|domain\user

New-PowerPivotServiceApplication : The PowerPivot System Service does not exist in the farm

PS C:\Users\_svc_admin> New-PowerPivotServiceApplication -ServiceApplicationName $AppPoolName -DatabaseServerName $DatabaseServer -DatabaseName $DatabaseName -AddtoDefaultProxyGroup:$true
New-PowerPivotServiceApplication : The PowerPivot System Service does not exist in the farm. At line:1 char:1
+ New-PowerPivotServiceApplication -ServiceApplicationName $AppPoolName -DatabaseS ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Analy...viceApplication:
   NewPowerPivotServiceApplication) [New-PowerPivotServiceApplication], Gemin
iException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.AnalysisServices.SPAddin.PowerShell.Ne
   wPowerPivotServiceApplication
Installation created these files on (14\TEMPLATE\SQL) different folder than
C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\SQL
PowerPivotDbLogic.sql
PowerPivotDbSchema.sql
I copied the files to the correct location and it works

PS C:\Users\_svc_admin> New-PowerPivotServiceApplication -ServiceApplicationName $AppPoolName -DatabaseServerName $DatabaseServer -DatabaseName $DatabaseName -AddtoDefaultProxyGroup:$true
New-PowerPivotServiceApplication : The PowerPivot System Service does not exist in the farm. At line:1 char:1
+ New-PowerPivotServiceApplication -ServiceApplicationName $AppPoolName -DatabaseS ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Analy...viceApplication:
   NewPowerPivotServiceApplication) [New-PowerPivotServiceApplication], Gemin
iException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.AnalysisServices.SPAddin.PowerShell.Ne
   wPowerPivotServiceApplication
Installation created these files on (14\TEMPLATE\SQL) different folder than
C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\SQL
PowerPivotDbLogic.sql
PowerPivotDbSchema.sql
I copied the files to the correct location and it works

Excel 2010 analyzing in another workbook using PowerPivot. Update in the source workbook (insert a new column) doesn't show

Excel 2010 workbook (A).
Analyzing in another workbook (B) using PowerPivot.
After a column insert in the source workbook (A) that update is not shown in the updated table in workbook (B)
I can however have an updated table in (B) if I define a new connection. But that is in another tab then.
So How to update the data that is input to the pivot tables using the "old" connection (connection to A)

Linked tables must reference Excel
data found in a separate Excel window within
the same PowerPivot workbook.

My Excel with PowerPivots acts weird, it hangs when i try to change font color

Hi
I am facing a weird issue using PowerPivot in my workbook, there is a worksheet named Charts in my workbook and all the charts i am using resides in that worksheet. Whenever i try to change the font color in that sheet, my excel's color palette goes blur
and then everything just freezes and turns black. This problem is happening only with Charts worksheet, when i try to change the color in other sheets, it works just, the problem is only with Charts sheet. File
size is 16 MB, there are just 10 pivot tables with some calculations and some calculated fields. There are no add-ins other than PowerPivot.
Thanks,
Shanker

Hi,
In regarding of the issue, please provide us more information to assist you better.
Do you receive any error message?
Which Excel version are you using? Excel 2013 or other?
Which workbook format are you using? XLS or XLSX?
Are you performing any specific task?
According to your description, this issue seems only occur with the special worksheet "Charts".
Firstly, I recommend we copy all of the content to a new/blank Excel file to test.
If it works fine, this issue might be caused by the "Charts" workbook itself. We'd better check the "Charts" workbook. Or re-build the file with a new workbook.
If it still makes Excel hang with a new file, this issue might due to the content. Please check the content first.
Secondly, we could follow below KB to troubleshoot this issue:
https://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2758592/en-us?wa=wsignin1.0
Thirdly, if the issue still exists, we may try to collect the Event log and App crash dump file to do advanced troubleshooting.
Event log:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Open-Event-Viewer
App crash dump file:
First enable app crash dump collection by copying following words into notepad, saving it as dump.reg and importing
it:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\localdumps\EXCEL.EXE]
"DumpFolder"=hex(2):63,00,3a,00,5c,00,63,00,72,00,61,00,73,00,68,00,64,00,75,\
00,6d,00,70,00,73,00,00,00
"DumpCount"=dword:00000010
"DumpType"=dword:00000001
"CustomDumpFlags"=dword:00000000
Then, open Excel
to repro the issue. If crash issue appeared, please find the crashdump file under c:\.
To further help you, please upload this file into Skydrive and shared the link here.
Also, you can try to analyze dump by yourself if you would like to：
How to analyze app crash dump file:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2007/05/29/basic-debugging-of-an-application-crash.aspx
Hope it's helpful.
Regards,
George Zhao
TechNet Community Support
It's recommended to download and install
Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office
programs.

PowerPivot - refresh excel with Data Feed

Dear all,
I created a PowerPivot chart out of a SharePoint exported list to Data Feed.
I then published it to a trusted Document Library.
The Chart is working well but is not updating.
So if I go to the document library and on the drop down meny of the publsihed excel file I choose Manage PowerPivot Data Refresh and force it to refresh, it fails with the following error message>
Errors in the high-level relational engine. The following exception occurred while the managed IDbConnection interface was being used: The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized.. A connection could not be made to the data source with the DataSourceID
of '3b4d4c28-909c-47d3-b4d6-07684f5e2ee9', Name of 'DataFeed mywebapp.domain TestPowerPivotDataFeed'. An error occurred while processing the 'testPowerPivot' table. The operation has been cancelled.
On the SQL Server I ran a profiler and got the follwoing:
exec [DataRefresh].[AddRunDetails] @RunID=54,@DataSourceID=N'3b4d4c28-909c-47d3-b4d6-07684f5e2ee9',@FriendlyName=N'DataFeed mywebapp.domain.local TestPowerPivotDataFeed',@Source=N'http://portal.gonzofish.local',@Provider=N'Microsoft.Data.DataFeedClient',@Catalog=N'dev/scrum/Data
Feed Library/TestPowerPivotDataFeed.atomsvc',@ConnectionString=N'Data Source=http://mywebapp.domain.local/dev/sc/Data%20Feed%20Library/TestPowerPivotDataFeed.atomsvc;Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=false;Namespaces to Include=*;Service Document
Url=http://mywebapp.domain.local/dev/sc/Data%20Feed%20Library/TestPowerPivotDataFeed.atomsvc',@Result=N'F',@RunStartTime='2014-06-04 15:33:04.590',@RunEndTime='2014-06-04 15:33:04.727',@Comments=N'Errors in the high-level relational engine. The following exception
occurred while the managed IDbConnection interface was being used: The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized..
A connection could not be made to the data source with the DataSourceID of ''3b4d4c28-909c-47d3-b4d6-07684f5e2ee9'', Name of ''DataFeed mywebapp.domain.local TestPowerPivotDataFeed''.
An error occurred while processing the ''testPowerPivot'' table.
The operation has been cancelled.
I followed the link http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh487291%28v=office.14%29.aspx to set up the Data Refresh for the PowerPivot.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Gonçalo
Gonçalo

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/082a62f2-77b6-41c9-be94-09cf06622d4e/powerpivot-refresh-error-on-workbook-using-a-data-feed-from-sharepoint-list
You configured the PowerPivot unattended data refresh account, but now data refresh is failing. Check for these possible conditions:
Choosing the wrong credentials option in the schedule data refresh page.
Insufficient permissions on remote computers or data sources.
Follow the steps below to re-add the unattended data refresh account and see how it works:
1. Create a Data feed library .
2. Upload the local copy of you data feed to there.
3. Open up your report and change the connection.
4. Use Secure Store Service by adding your unattended PowerPivot refresh account.
If still no help, for quick and accurate answers to your questions, it is recommended that you initial a new thread in our SQL server forum.
SQL server forum
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?category=sqlserver
Meanwhile, there are some articles about troubleshooting PowerPivot data refresh issue for your reference, please see:
Troubleshooting PowerPivot Data Refresh:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/3870.troubleshooting-powerpivot-data-refresh.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg399164.aspx

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