SharePoint Virtual Series: Business Intelligence in SharePoint

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Your Presenter

Amy MooreConsultantMBA, MCDBA, MCTS

AmyM@cdh.com

Agenda

• Microsoft Business Intelligence• Excel Services• Performance Point• SQL Server Reporting Services• Power Pivot• Power View

Microsoft BI Stack

• SQL Server 2012• Office 2010• SharePoint Server

2010

Microsoft Business Intelligence

Microsoft Business Intelligence

“Microsoft may only offer around 80% of advanced BI functionality as compared with other leading vendors, but what it lacks in features it more than makes up for in cost/benefits ratios.” - Forrester Wave Self Service BI Platforms 2012

Excel Services - Overview

• Share, secure, manage workbooks on the web

• Web services, web parts, web access, calculation services

• Calculate on the server, run in the browser• Version control, check-in/check-out, etc.

Excel Services - Example

Excel Services - Example

Excel Services - Usage

• Spreadsheets• Reports• Charts• Dashboards• Connect to external data• Share and control on SharePoint

Excel Services - Requirements

• SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Edition• Excel Services Service Application• Secure Store Service Application

Performance Point - Overview

• Create dashboards and scorecards and publish to SharePoint

• Dashboard designer• Decomposition tree, web parts, KPIs

Performance Point - Example

Performance Point -Requirements

• SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Edition• Performance Point Service Application• Excel Services Service Application• Secure Store Service Application

SQL Server Reporting Services – Overview

• Report writer for the web• SharePoint integrated mode

– Reports managed in SharePoint report libraries

– Storage and organization within SharePoint using libraries, folders, views, etc.

– Security– Report builder built-in

SQL Server Reporting Services -Usage

• Need traditional report builder - static (not interactive)

• Need reports formatted to print, export, etc.

SQL Server Reporting Services -Requirements

• SQL Server 2008 R2 Feature• SharePoint add-in for Reporting Services• SQL 2012 – SSRS Service application

Power Pivot - Overview

• Load very large data sets into Excel using in-memory technology

• Quickly model and process very large data sets

• Create pivot table and filter, slice and dice, drill down/up, etc….and fast!

Power Pivot - Usage

• Built for Excel power-user, meant for quick “trial and error” reporting

• Example: Connect to data warehouse, link with other data sources, mash it up into a pivot table, explore

Power Pivot - Examples

Power Pivot - Gallery

Power Pivot - Requirements

• SQL Server Enterprise Edition• Excel Add-in for Power Pivot• SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Edition

Power View - Overview

• Thin web client (Silverlight) runs in the browser

• Extension of Power Pivot• Creates interactive "slides" or "views"• Design tool to add visualizations to the

view/report• Visualizations: Slicers, navigation controls,

charts, cards and tiles

Power View - Example

Power View - Demo

• More interactive, dynamic, ad hoc

Demo: https://businessintelligencedemoportal.com/sites/contosoenergy/SitePages/pvrsample.aspx

Power View - Requirements

• Enterprise or BI Editions of SQL 2012• Reporting services in SharePoint

integrated mode• SharePoint 2010 Enterprise• Silverlight, IE8+

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