Business Solutions Using Business Solutions Using MicrosoftMicrosoft®® Office SharePoint Office SharePoint®® ServerServer

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Using the Business Data CatalogUsing the Business Data Catalog

Using ExcelUsing Excel®® services services

Creating report center sitesCreating report center sites

What Is the Business Data What Is the Business Data Catalog?Catalog?

Allows you to interact with and display Allows you to interact with and display business data:business data:

Requires no codingRequires no coding

Retrieves data from databasesRetrieves data from databases

Retrieves data from Web servicesRetrieves data from Web services

Business Data Web PartsBusiness Data Web Parts

Display business data without writing any Display business data without writing any code:code:

Business data listBusiness data list

Business data itemBusiness data item

Business data related listBusiness data related list

Business data actionsBusiness data actions

Ways to Use Business DataWays to Use Business Data

Business data in listsBusiness data in lists

Business data actionsBusiness data actions

Business data searchBusiness data search

Business data in user profilesBusiness data in user profiles

Business Data CatalogBusiness Data Catalog

Using Excel ServicesUsing Excel Services

What is Excel Services?What is Excel Services?

What is Excel Web Services?What is Excel Web Services?

What Excel Services is notWhat Excel Services is not

Excel Services architectureExcel Services architecture

What is a published spreadsheet?What is a published spreadsheet?

What is the Excel Web access Web Part?What is the Excel Web access Web Part?

What Is Excel Services?What Is Excel Services?

A 2007 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server shared A 2007 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server shared service:service:

View and interact with spreadsheets in a browserView and interact with spreadsheets in a browser

Control spreadsheet access and viewingControl spreadsheet access and viewing

Integrate with portal reporting featuresIntegrate with portal reporting features

Support custom application by using Excel Web ServicesSupport custom application by using Excel Web Services

What Is Excel Web Services?What Is Excel Web Services?

A Web service that exposes Excel A Web service that exposes Excel functionality to custom applications:functionality to custom applications:

Server-side Excel calculationServer-side Excel calculation

Server-side spreadsheet automationServer-side spreadsheet automation

What Excel Services Is NotWhat Excel Services Is Not

Excel Services does not:Excel Services does not:Allow spreadsheet authoring in the browserAllow spreadsheet authoring in the browser

Solve multi-user authoringSolve multi-user authoring

Support all Excel spreadsheetsSupport all Excel spreadsheets

Excel Services ArchitectureExcel Services Architecture

Separating the Web front-end and application server Separating the Web front-end and application server enhances scalabilityenhances scalability

Web front-endExcel Web

accessExcel Web services

ECS Proxy

Excel Calculation Services

Excel Calculation Service Interface

Application server

What Is a Published What Is a Published Spreadsheet?Spreadsheet?

An Excel spreadsheet available through Excel An Excel spreadsheet available through Excel Services:Services:

Spreadsheet is stored in a document librarySpreadsheet is stored in a document library

Spreadsheet location must be a trusted locationSpreadsheet location must be a trusted location

Show tab controls spreadsheet visibilityShow tab controls spreadsheet visibility

Parameters control which cells can be editedParameters control which cells can be edited

What Is the Excel Web What Is the Excel Web Access Web Part?Access Web Part?Allows you to embed Excel spreadsheets in a SharePoint Allows you to embed Excel spreadsheets in a SharePoint page:page:

Workbook configuration controls which spreadsheet to display Workbook configuration controls which spreadsheet to display and which ranges to useand which ranges to use

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Excel ServicesExcel Services

Creating Report Center SitesCreating Report Center Sites

What is Report Center?What is Report Center?

What is the reports library?What is the reports library?

What are key performance indicators?What are key performance indicators?

What are dashboards?What are dashboards?

What is Web Part filtering?What is Web Part filtering?

What Is Report Center?What Is Report Center?

A Business Intelligence portal that works out of the A Business Intelligence portal that works out of the boxbox

Can be used as a template, customized for your exact Can be used as a template, customized for your exact needsneeds

Brings together content management and collaboration Brings together content management and collaboration with Business Intelligencewith Business Intelligence

Can use targeting for specific audiencesCan use targeting for specific audiences

What Is the Reports Library?What Is the Reports Library?

A library configured to support Business IntelligenceA library configured to support Business IntelligenceKeeps a copy of each version of a reportKeeps a copy of each version of a report

Has additional content types:Has additional content types: Key performance indicator (KPI) list pageKey performance indicator (KPI) list page

ReportReport

Multi report summary pageMulti report summary page

What Are Key Performance What Are Key Performance Indicators?Indicators?

An objective and quantifiable An objective and quantifiable measurement of organizational success:measurement of organizational success:

Do not require codingDo not require coding

Created in KPI listsCreated in KPI lists

Can specify status valuesCan specify status values

Can be pulled from multiple sourcesCan be pulled from multiple sources

What Is Web Part Filtering?What Is Web Part Filtering?

A way to limit the contents of a Web Part A way to limit the contents of a Web Part based on a defined set of filter values:based on a defined set of filter values:

Automatically show only your customers in a listAutomatically show only your customers in a list

Filter dashboard data to show only your Filter dashboard data to show only your geographic regiongeographic region

Reports CenterReports Center

Session SummarySession Summary

Excel Services lets you take calculation models in Excel Excel Services lets you take calculation models in Excel spreadsheets available through the Web or to custom spreadsheets available through the Web or to custom applications.applications.

The Business Data Catalog lets you integrate business data The Business Data Catalog lets you integrate business data into SharePoint sites.into SharePoint sites.

Report Center is a Business Intelligence hub in 2007 Report Center is a Business Intelligence hub in 2007 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.

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