In a cube in the office there lived an

information worker
November 13, 2013
@PNWSQL
Power BI Self-Service
Information Management
Power Query and Data Stewardship
Matthew Roche @SQLAllFather
Microsoft Corporation
Dark Data
Information
Worker
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steward
IT-dalf
IT-dalf
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1 in 4 enterprise customers on Office 365 1 Billion Office Users
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SSIM in Power BI
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Challenges and Target Audiences
Information Workers spend too much time searching for data, and preparing
it for use instead of focusing on actually analyzing the data
IT spends too much time and resources servicing data requests from the
business while trying to secure and govern data access and use
The lack of trust in information continues as a significant inhibitor to
businesses
only business users close to the content can evaluate information in its business context
-- Gartner
Power BI SSIM Main Modules
Stores and processes metadata about data sources, users and their relationships
Provides data & metadata search functionality across multiple sources
Connects to corporate data through data integration layer
SSIM in Power BI Hybrid Data
Publishing
Enabling the Information Management Ecosystem
Fostering a collaborative virtuous cycle for the Data Value Chain
The organizations data

Discover
Connect
Web data Curated Public
data
The worlds data
Refine
Combine
Annotate
Share
IT ADMIN
Certify
Categorize
View usage analytics and feedback
Secure
Monitor
Operationalize
DATA STEWARDS
DATA ANALYSTS
(PRODUCERS)
INFORMATION WORKERS
(CONSUMERS)
Provision
Configure
Discover
Combine
Clean
Annotate
Publish/Share
Delivering Tangible Benefits for Customers
A self-service and collaborative way to:
Seamlessly find and access relevant data
Easily enrich and reshape data to make it useable
Balance self-service data discovery for the business
with IT need for visibility and control
Reduce human and infrastructure resources
required for data discovery and enrichment
Improve quality, usefulness and discoverability of data
Promote the correct usage of trusted data
Foster a community of productive data users
Defining the Data Stewardship
Experience
The Data Steward Role
The Virtuous Cycle of Data Stewardship
Query sharing, management and telemetry

Stewart
Data Steward
Provisions & distributes high quality data
Im a business subject
matter expert, sitting in
IT or LOB as a liaison
between the two.
Depending on the size
and type of the
business, I may do part
of someone elses job
(e.g. Anna or Vicki).




Making data useful to the business
Consistent use of data across the business
Promoting and achieving high data quality
standards
Resolving data integrity issues across
stakeholders
Accountabilities
5+ years of industry experience
Proficient with Office (Excel, Word,
PowerPoint). Can learn to use Power Pivot
Understands data relationships, data process
flows. May know SQL.
Skills
Analyzes data for quality (particularly as part
of BI work), reconciles data issues
Identifies and acquires new data sources
Actively analyzes data for semantic quality
Drives resolution of data integrity issues
across business and technical stakeholders.
Leads and / or participates in MDM / EIM /
DQ initiatives
Creates and maintains business metadata,
references data values and meanings, and /
or master data values and meanings
Work Activities
Process and detail oriented with great
organizational skills
Prides himself on his creative
resourcefulness, passion for quality and
great interpersonal skills
A de facto steward because of deep
industry expertise and understanding of his
organizations data sources
Perspectives
The Data Steward
Data Stewardship Experience Overview
Stewart Identifies
Data Curation
Needs
Stewart Creates and
Annotates Queries
Stewart Shares
Queries
Anna Searches for
Data
Anna Consumes
Annotated Query
Anna Creates Power
Pivot / View / Map /
Query Artifacts
Stewart Analyzes
Usage KPIs
Demo
Stewart managing shared queries and
analyzing usage telemetry data
Review
One does not simply walk into data
discovery
Three Workbooks for the Analysts under the sky,
Seven for the Report Writers in their halls of stone,
Nine for Information Workers doomed to die,
One for the Executive on his dark throne
In the Land of Corporate where the Shadows lie.

One Query to rule them all, One Query to find them,
One Query to bring them all and in the meeting bind them
In the Land of Corporate where the Shadows lie.
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Sometimes you
dont need a king.



Sometimes a
Steward is exactly
what you need.
Thank you
for attending this session and
supporting the MNW SQL User Group
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