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Business Intelligence in Microsoft SharePoint 2010
Dive into the business intelligence (BI) features in SharePoint 2010—and use the right combination of tools to deliver compelling solutions. This practical guide helps you explore several BI application services available in SharePoint 2010 and Microsoft SQL Server® 2008 R2. You’ll learn each technology with step-by-step instructions, and determine which ones work best in specific BI scenarios—whether you’re a SharePoint administrator, SQL Server developer, or business analyst.
Choose the BI tools that meet your needs—and learn how they work together
Examine the BI lifecycle, from determining key performance indicators to building dashboards
Take Microsoft Excel® further—gain more control and functionality with web-based Excel Services
Mash up data from multiple sources using PowerPivot for Excel 2010
Create data visualizations with objects, context, and metrics using Microsoft Visio® Services
Build dashboards, scorecards, and other monitoring and analysis tools with PerformancePoint® Services
Use SharePoint to view BI reports side by side, no matter which tools were used to produced them
Your companion web content includes:
Interactive exercises that help you try out concepts or techniques
Code samples that enable you to work with the exercises
Choose the BI tools that meet your needs—and learn how they work together
Examine the BI lifecycle, from determining key performance indicators to building dashboards
Take Microsoft Excel® further—gain more control and functionality with web-based Excel Services
Mash up data from multiple sources using PowerPivot for Excel 2010
Create data visualizations with objects, context, and metrics using Microsoft Visio® Services
Build dashboards, scorecards, and other monitoring and analysis tools with PerformancePoint® Services
Use SharePoint to view BI reports side by side, no matter which tools were used to produced them
Your companion web content includes:
Interactive exercises that help you try out concepts or techniques
Code samples that enable you to work with the exercises
416 pages, Paperback
First published April 22, 2011
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January 15, 2012
This book is a very worthwhile read and reference but it does have a limited audience. That audience is restricted to those with access to the high end version of SharePoint Server 2010. Basically SharePoint Server 2010 will all the options enabled. It is however a very worthwhile reference for the simple reason that there are few books that dive into that level of detail on these high end features of SharePoint Enterprise.
Initially I was going to say that this book focused more on talking about the capabilities of BI (business intelligence) in SharePoint Server but as I got more into the book I found there were more and more hands on examples which made it really great. The only problems with these examples is that they require a high level of product and setup to really take advantage of but they certainly do give insight into what BI is possible with SharePoint especially when combined with SQL server.
This book is therefore great for people looking to understand the high end features of SharePoint Server 2010 (and to some extend Office 365) but it does require an investment in products such as Visio, SQL Reporting and so on that in many cases are not readily obtained or implemented. This is certainly not a book for end users and is more aimed at the IT Professional looking to bring the integration required for BI into the workplace. However, for the IT professional looking to scale up their SharePoint skills to the higher level of product and potentially to the abilities provided by Office 365 this is more than a worthwhile reference for the library.
Initially I was going to say that this book focused more on talking about the capabilities of BI (business intelligence) in SharePoint Server but as I got more into the book I found there were more and more hands on examples which made it really great. The only problems with these examples is that they require a high level of product and setup to really take advantage of but they certainly do give insight into what BI is possible with SharePoint especially when combined with SQL server.
This book is therefore great for people looking to understand the high end features of SharePoint Server 2010 (and to some extend Office 365) but it does require an investment in products such as Visio, SQL Reporting and so on that in many cases are not readily obtained or implemented. This is certainly not a book for end users and is more aimed at the IT Professional looking to bring the integration required for BI into the workplace. However, for the IT professional looking to scale up their SharePoint skills to the higher level of product and potentially to the abilities provided by Office 365 this is more than a worthwhile reference for the library.
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