Digital Dashboards & Data Repository 2010 MUSE International Session 385 June 3, 10:00-11:00 Presenter: Ian Proffer

Today’s Agenda  What is a “digital dashboard?”  Presenting data from your DR  What tools can I use to build a dashboard? Crystal Reports SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 Dundas Controls for SSRS SSRS 2008 Dundas Dashboard  Questions & discussion

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Some Definitions…  Business Intelligence Skills, processes, technologies, applications and practices used to support decision making  Data Mining The process of discovering patterns within data, analyzing it from different perspectives and then summarizing it in a useful way.  Digital Dashboard An information system user interface that organizes and presents information in an easy to read format.

DR Data Presentation  Microsoft Access  Web browsers  Crystal Reports  SQL Server Reporting Services  Microsoft Sharepoint  Dundas Controls/Dashboard  Other Applications

Microsoft Access  A great starting point for storing and working with relational data  Easy to use, especially for non-IT users  Widely available and inexpensive  It’s a database, not a report presentation tool  Inefficient when working with SQL databases  No central report distribution or viewing function

Web Browsers  Installed…everywhere!  No training necessary  Completely customizable (the good) Develop any type of application or report, using any tool you want  Completely customizable (the bad) Building your own applications from the ground up requires substantial investment

Crystal Reports  The industry standard report writing application  Integrated with Visual Studio  Powerful and flexible, yet easy to use  Crystal Solutions Server for enterprise-wide delivery can get expensive

SQL Server Reporting Services  A single platform for authoring, presenting and delivering reports  Included with SQL Server starting with SQL 2000  Low cost – leverages existing Windows Server features (SQL, IIS, Active Directory)  Integrated with Visual Studio  Fairly steep learning curve

Microsoft SharePoint  An web portal for collaboration, information and document sharing  Integrated with all things Microsoft: Office, Windows Server, Exchange  An alternative to using SSRS Report Manager  May not make sense if your organization doesn’t already rely on it

Dundas Data Visualization  Components for SSRS Dundas Gauge, Chart, Map  Also available for.NET, Sharepoint  Dundas Dashboard Complete platform for dashboard development, display and user consumption Requires additional investment, infrastructure

Other Platforms & Applications  IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence  Oracle Hyperion  SAP BusinessObjects Crystal  ClickView  Smaller Vendors

Crystal Reports Demo

A Basic Report – Patient Census

Crystal Gauges

Gauge Properties – Somewhat Limited

SSRS 2005: Demo

The Basics: SSRS 2005

Dundas Gauge with SSRS 2005

Dundas Gauge Embedded in Matrix

Linear Gauge in Matrix

Dundas Chart

Variety of Gauges

Dundas Dashboard Example

SSRS 2008 R2: Demo

Gauges in SSRS 2008

Linear Gauges in SSRS 2008

What’s a “Sparkline?”  Edward Tufte coined this term to describe “intense, simple, word- sized graphics.”  From Beautiful Evidence, 2006 

SSRS 2008 R2: Sparklines

Napoleon's March to Moscow: The War of 1812 Graphic by Charles Joseph Minard

Discussion, Q & A

Thank You and See You Next Year!  Other Acmeware Sessions 805 DR Reporting Made Easy with SQL Server BI Tools – Tuesday 1:00pm (Jamie McDonald) 385 Digital Dashboards and Data Repository - Thursday 10:00am (Ian Proffer) 382 Report Development in a MEDITECH 6.0+ Environment – Thursday 1:30pm (Glen D’Abate) 384 Security Audits using DR and SQL Tools– Friday 9:30am (Jamie McDonald) 383 SQL Server Upgrade Issues and Version Questions for DR – Friday 3:30pm (Ian Proffer)