Using PowerPivot As an SSRS Data Source
The flow of data from SSRS to PowerPivot can almost be reversed completely, by using PowerPivot as a data source for an SSRS report. PowerPivot for Excel solutions can be stored in locations that may be only occasionally attached to a network, and therefore would have unpredictable availability. Examples of these occasionally connected locations include external USB hard disks, flash “keychain” drives, and even local disk drives. In these cases, PowerPivot for Excel solutions are not supported as a data source for SSRS. This is not the case in a PowerPivot for SharePoint solution. Deployment to SharePoint ensures the data is online, available for network access, and therefore available for connection to ...
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