Important: In Excel for Microsoft 365 and Excel 2021, Power View is removed on October 12, 2021. As an alternative, you can use the interactive visual experience provided by Power BI Desktop, which you can download for free. You can also easily Import Excel workbooks into Power BI Desktop.
Say you have a Data Model in an Excel workbook, an Analysis Services tabular model, or a multidimensional model on an SSAS server. You want to use Power View in SharePoint Server 2010 or 2013 to explore and present your data. The format and location of your data source determine how you connect to it. If it’s:
An Excel 2013 workbook in a Power Pivot Gallery
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Click Create Power View Report..
Note: This is only true when Power Pivot Gallery is displayed in Gallery, Carousel, or Theater view.
An Excel 2013 workbook in a Shared Documents library
You need either:
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A shared data source (RSDS) connection file.
Note: You also need a connection file for Power Pivot Gallery in standard SharePoint library view.
A tabular model on an SSAS server
You need either:
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A shared data source (RSDS) connection file.
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A BI Semantic Model (BISM) Connection to a Tabular Model Database.
A multidimensional model on an SSAS server
You need:
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A shared data source (RSDS) connection file.
Either an RSDS or BISM connection file will work to connect to an Excel Data Model or a tabular model. BISM files were designed specifically for connecting to Excel workbooks and SSAS tabular models. RSDS files can connect to many different data sources, but Power View only supports Microsoft BI Semantic Model for Power View data sources. The advantage of RSDS connection files is that you can specify credentials.
To create RSDS and BISM connection files, you need Add Items permissions for the library where you want to store the connection file on the SharePoint site.
After you create the connection file, SharePoint users can create Power View reports based on the model the connection file links to. Read about creating, saving, and printing Power View in SharePoint reports.
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Create a BISM connection file
You can create Business Intelligence Semantic Model (BISM) connection files on a SharePoint site configured with the SQL Server 2012 Power Pivot for SharePoint add-in. BISM connection files can connect to Excel workbooks or SSAS tabular models.