<s>
Power	B-Operating_System
Pivot	I-Operating_System
,	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
PowerPivot	B-Operating_System
(	O
without	O
spacing	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
feature	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
,	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
software	I-Application
spreadsheet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
add-in	O
in	O
Excel	B-Application
2010	O
,	O
2013	O
in	O
separate	O
downloads	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
an	O
add-in	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
Excel	B-Application
2016	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Operating_System
Pivot	I-Operating_System
extends	O
a	O
local	O
instance	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Analysis	I-Application
Services	I-Application
tabular	O
that	O
is	O
embedded	O
directly	O
into	O
an	O
Excel	B-Application
Workbook	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
ROLAP	O
model	O
in	O
Power	B-Operating_System
Pivot	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
use	O
pivot	B-Application
tables	I-Application
to	O
explore	O
the	O
model	O
once	O
it	O
is	O
built	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
Excel	B-Application
to	O
act	O
as	O
a	O
self-service	B-General_Concept
business	I-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
(	O
BI	O
)	O
platform	O
,	O
implementing	O
professional	O
expression	O
languages	O
to	O
query	O
the	O
model	O
and	O
calculate	O
advanced	O
measures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Operating_System
Pivot	I-Operating_System
primarily	O
uses	O
Data	B-Language
Analysis	I-Language
Expressions	I-Language
(	O
DAX	O
)	O
as	O
its	O
expression	O
language	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
model	O
can	O
be	O
queried	O
via	O
Multidimensional	B-Language
Expressions	I-Language
(	O
MDX	O
)	O
in	O
a	O
row	O
set	O
expression	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DAX	O
expressions	O
resolve	O
to	O
T-SQL	B-Language
queries	O
in	O
the	O
Formula	O
and	O
Storage	O
Engines	O
that	O
drive	O
the	O
data	O
model	O
,	O
abstracting	O
the	O
more	O
verbose	O
and	O
tedious	O
work	O
of	O
writing	O
formal	O
queries	O
to	O
excel-like	O
formula	O
expressions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Operating_System
Pivot	I-Operating_System
uses	O
the	O
SSAS	O
Vertipaq	O
compression	O
engine	O
to	O
hold	O
the	O
data	O
model	O
in	O
memory	O
on	O
the	O
client	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Practically	O
,	O
this	O
means	O
that	O
Power	B-Operating_System
Pivot	I-Operating_System
is	O
acting	O
as	O
an	O
Analysis	O
Services	O
Server	O
instance	O
on	O
the	O
local	O
workstation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
larger	O
data	O
models	O
may	O
not	O
be	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
32-bit	O
version	O
of	O
Excel	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Power	B-Operating_System
Pivot	I-Operating_System
,	O
Microsoft	O
relied	O
heavily	O
on	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
Analysis	I-Application
Services	I-Application
as	O
the	O
engine	O
for	O
its	O
Business	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Operating_System
Pivot	I-Operating_System
complements	O
the	O
SQL	O
Server	O
core	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
components	O
under	O
the	O
vision	O
of	O
one	O
Business	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
Semantic	O
Model	O
(	O
BISM	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
aims	O
to	O
integrate	O
on-disk	O
multidimensional	O
analytics	O
previously	O
known	O
as	O
Unified	O
Dimensional	O
Model	O
(	O
UDM	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
more	O
flexible	O
,	O
in-memory	O
"	O
tabular	O
"	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
self-service	B-General_Concept
business	I-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
product	O
,	O
Power	B-Operating_System
Pivot	I-Operating_System
is	O
intended	O
to	O
allow	O
users	O
with	O
no	O
specialized	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
or	O
analytics	O
training	O
to	O
develop	O
data	O
models	O
and	O
calculations	O
,	O
sharing	O
them	O
either	O
directly	O
or	O
through	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
document	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	B-Operating_System
Pivot	I-Operating_System
first	O
appeared	O
around	O
May	O
2010	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
SQL	O
Server	O
2008	O
R2	O
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
included	O
"	O
Power	B-Operating_System
Pivot	I-Operating_System
for	O
Excel	B-Application
"	O
and	O
"	O
Power	B-Operating_System
Pivot	I-Operating_System
for	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
"	O
While	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
associated	O
with	O
SQL	O
Server	O
,	O
the	O
add-in	O
for	O
Excel	B-Application
could	O
be	O
used	O
independent	O
of	O
any	O
server	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
various	O
types	O
of	O
data	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQL	O
Server	O
2012	O
contained	O
the	O
add-in	O
PowerPivot	B-Operating_System
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
2010	O
,	O
this	O
was	O
also	O
made	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
download	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sometime	O
after	O
that	O
,	O
the	O
PowerPivot	B-Operating_System
followed	O
its	O
own	O
release	O
cadence	O
separate	O
from	O
SQL	O
Server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
July	O
8	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
suite	O
of	O
self-service	O
tools	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
renamed	O
PowerPivot	B-Operating_System
as	O
"	O
Power	B-Operating_System
Pivot	I-Operating_System
"	O
(	O
note	O
the	O
spacing	O
in	O
the	O
name	O
)	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
match	O
the	O
naming	O
convention	O
of	O
other	O
tools	O
in	O
the	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Excel	B-Application
2013	O
,	O
Power	B-Operating_System
Pivot	I-Operating_System
is	O
only	O
available	O
for	O
certain	O
versions	O
of	O
Office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Excel	B-Application
2016	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
included	O
natively	O
in	O
the	O
application	O
in	O
the	O
data	O
tab	O
on	O
the	O
ribbon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
companion	O
feature	O
to	O
Power	B-Operating_System
Pivot	I-Operating_System
named	O
Power	B-Operating_System
Query	I-Operating_System
,	O
in	O
Excel	B-Application
2010	O
and	O
2013	O
,	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
"	O
Get	O
&	O
Transform	O
"	O
in	O
Excel	B-Application
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
renamed	O
back	O
to	O
Power	B-Operating_System
Query	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
