SharePoint Business Intelligence (BI)
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This document provides an overview of business intelligence (BI) capabilities in SharePoint 2010, including reporting, ad hoc querying, performance management, data visualization, and portals and collaboration. It discusses the business value of each capability and demonstrates some of the features. The document emphasizes that BI can provide timely, consistent information to decision makers and encourages self-service analysis without heavy IT involvement. It also stresses the importance of planning governance, information ownership, security, data quality, and technical infrastructure when getting started with BI.
SharePoint Business Intelligence (BI)
- 1. Information at Your FingertipsJonathan SchultzEnterprise PortalsSkyline Technologies, Inc.August 24, 2011
- 2. Who am I?About MeOver 13 years of experience with Microsoft solutionsMCITP - SharePoint® Administrator 2010Held Technical & Leadership RolesAbout Skyline TechnologiesMicrosoft Partner with Gold competencies in Business Intelligence, Content Management, Portals and Collaboration, and Web Development and Silver competencies in Data Platform, Project and Portfolio Management, Search, and Software Development.
- 3. AgendaWhat is Business Intelligence (BI)?Why BI?How do I get started?
- 4. What is Business Intelligence?SharePoint 2010 InsightsInformation at your fingertips!
- 6. Demo - ReportingSharing information
- 7. ReportingBusiness ValueDeliver timely and consistent information to decision makers throughout the organizationWhat’s CoolSubscriptionsReportBuilder 3.0REST API for Excel Services
- 8. Demo – Ad Hoc QueryEmpowering people
- 9. Ad Hoc QueryBusiness ValueSelf-service analysis without the need for heavy IT involvementWhat’s CoolPowerPivotIt’s FlexibleIt’s Fast
- 10. Demo – Performance ManagementFocusing on results
- 11. Performance ManagementBusiness ValueProvides a line-of-sight from operational activities to strategic goalsAbility to identify issues and opportunities fasterWhat’s CoolDashboardsDecomposition TreesDrill Down Analysis
- 12. Demo – Data VisualizationImproving understanding
- 13. Appleton Compassion ProjectSilverlight Pivot ViewerMobile Applicationhttp://www.appletoncompassion.org/VirtualExhibitViewer
- 14. Data VisualizationBusiness ValueForm a quick hypothesis without having to dig through pages of numbers, i.e. intuitiveAnalyze Non-numeric dataWhat’s CoolBing Maps Silverlight ControlSilverlight PivotViewer
- 15. Demo – Portals & CollaborationBringing it all together
- 16. Portals & CollaborationBusiness ValueRole-based portals combine BI, content, search and social features to give people the right information at the right time in the right context.What’s CoolWhat Isn’t?
- 17. How Do I Get Started?Plan, plan, planGovernanceInformation Ownership & DefinitionSecurityData QualityTechnical InfrastructureApplication ServersHardware SizingAuthentication (Secure Store, Kerberos)
- 18. RecapBI is cool while providing business valueMicrosoft’s BI stack is integrated and exists in many organizations alreadyPlanning for BI delivery is similar to planning for SharePoint, don’t skip it!
- 19. ReferencesMicrosoft BI Demos – Short demonstrations of BI functionalityTDWI – General BI information (not Microsoft specific)Capacity Planning Whitepapers – Test results and recommendations from MicrosoftBing Maps BI White Paper – White paper on integrating Bing Maps and your BI solutionsBing Maps Silverlight Control