Self-service B.I.
Transcript of Self-service B.I.
Microsoft Self Service Business Intelligence
Metro Atlanta Chamber
Oct. 18, 2012
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What’s The Problem
Every smart business owner I know says that reporting and data driven insight into their business operations are critical, but they have lots of data and no useable information.
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What’s “An” Answer Self-Service Business Intelligence
how you can acquire this new capability how you can empower the people in your business to
use it.
Access multiple data sources in your business
Bring them all together for analysis Provide insight leading to action
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Real World Examples
Professional Services Firm Time & Billing Real cost vs Reported cost Improved forecasting
Multi-location “franchise-like” entity Corporate financial system Local management & control systems Need for uniform oversight
Contoso
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An Answer for Contoso
Profit % by Category Sales by Channel Year over Year Comparisons
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Some Examples for Contoso
Tutorial Save 9 Tutorial Save 11
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Business User Experience
Business Intelligence StackGet more out of products you already own
Business Collaboration Platform
Data Infrastructure and BI Platform
Data Infrastructure and BI PlatformAnalysis ServicesReporting ServicesIntegration ServicesMaster DataData Mining ServicesData Warehousing
Integrated Content and CollaborationThin ClientsDashboardsBI SearchContent ManagementCompositions
Familiar User Experience Self-service Access and InsightData Exploration and AnalysisPredictive AnalysisData VisualizationContextual Visualization
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Managed Self Service
PowerPivot for Excel PowerPivot for SharePoint
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Self-ServiceBusiness Intelligence
Get more out of products you already own
Familiar User Experience Self-service Access and InsightData Exploration and AnalysisPredictive AnalysisData VisualizationContextual Visualization
Business User Experience
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Powerful Personal Analysis Tools Drive personal productivity and insight
Improved formatting and charts
Easier navigation with Slicers
Microsoft Confidential, Prototype Only
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Report Builder 3.0
• Familiar Microsoft Office interface
• Intuitive report wizards and reusable report components
• Powerful query designer
• Flexible layout options with rich visualizations
• Support of all data sources, including SharePoint lists and PowerPivot
Self-service Reporting Empower end users to author reports Provide highly flexible layout options
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Rich Visualizations + Power View Deliver more insight with geospatial mapping of BI data
Mapping, routing, andcustom shapes
Integration with Bing Maps
Visualize data within a single cell
Dynamically segment and filter data
Display data using interactive and dynamic PivotChart
Maps Sparklines and
Databars
Graphs
Choose the right graphic to illuminate answers and trends
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What Does It All Mean Empower End User Provide Personal Analysis Tools Rich Visualizations
Maps Sparklines
Graphs
A Desktop Tool SQL Server Power Pivot for Excel
A free add-in for Excel 2010 – operates inside an Excel workbook.
Looks like Excel – uses Excel pivot table interface - but is not Excel.
Puts a database inside of Excel. Adds a new language for writing “Excel” formulas. Can handle millions of rows and multiple data sources
concurrently. Results are shown in pivot tables - pivot charts –
dashboards. Size of the workbook is limited by workstation memory. Performs like Microsoft SQL Server based high end analytical
tools. Designed for the “power user” – there is a significant
learning curve.
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Power Pivot Window
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Topics to Cover Add data to a Power Pivot Model Create relationships between Tables Create a Calculated Column Create a Hierarchy in a Table Create a PivotTable Create a PivotChart Add Slicers to Pivot Tables & Pivot Charts Create a Measure & KPI Create a Perspective
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DemonstrationBegin building a solution for Contoso
This would involve loading the model with the tables needed for final production
15 – 20 minutes
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Questions & Next Session
Discuss “Topics to Cover” More Insight to Contoso Examples
Microsoft Self Service Business Intelligence
Metro Atlanta Chamber
Oct. 18, 2012
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