Power View is a new data visualization tool in Excel 2013 that allows users to explore and present data in an interactive browser-based interface. The document provides instructions on how to enable the Power View add-in by selecting it from the Com Add-Ins menu in the Excel Options. It also explains that Silverlight is required to use Power View and will prompt the user to install it if needed. Users are informed that Power View requires data to function and will display a message if no data is present to guide the user in selecting data from another sheet to use in Power View.

1. BI Capabilities on Microsoft Excel 2013
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BI Capabilities on Microsoft Excel 2013
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2. Scope
Power View is used to discover new insights with a highly interactive, familiar, browser-based data
exploration, visualization, and presentation tool for Client BI Tool for Excel 2013.
You can find out how to enable Power View in Microsoft Excel 2013 by reading this article.
Enabling Add-Ins
The first time you insert a Power View sheet, Excel asks you to enable the Power View add-in.
 Click Enable.
Or, include it in the add-in as,
 Click on File from Excel 2013
 Select Excel Options
 Click Add-Ins from Excel Options
 Select Com Add-Ins from Manage drop down [see the image down]
 Click Go
 Select Power View Addin and click ok [see picture]
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3. The Power View icon will appear in the Excel Ribbon bar, as shown in the picture.
Enabling Silverlight
Power View requires Silverlight, so the first time, if you don’t have Silverlight:
 Click Install Silverlight.
 After you have followed the steps for installing Silverlight, in Excel click Reload.
Power View needs data to work with - Message
If the Power View Field List has the message Power View needs data to work with:
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4. 1. Go back to the sheet that has data in your workbook and select the range of cells containing
data.
2. Insert tab > Power View again.
You have the option to create another Power View sheet or add the data to the sheet you already
created.
Now you are ready to use powerful Client BI Tool called Power View in Excel 2013.
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