Presenter : Ahmed M. Mosa User Group : SQLHero

Overview  Where is BI in market trend  Information Overload  Business View  BI Stages  BI Life Cycle  Scenarios  Microsoft BI Platform  BI Tasks  Resources  Demos

Where is BI in market trends Source: Gartner EXP (January 2008) 1 BI applications 2 Enterprise applications (ERP, CRM, and others) 3 Servers and storage technologies 4 Legacy modernization, upgrade, or enhancement 5 Technical infrastructure 6 Security technologies 7 Networking, voice, and data 8 Collaboration technologies 9 Document management 10 Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Service-Oriented Business Applications (SOBA) 1Business process improvement 2Attracting and retaining new customers 3 Creating new products and services (innovation) 4Expanding into new markets or geographies 5Reducing enterprise costs 6Improving enterprise workforce effectiveness 7Expanding current customer relationships 8 Increasing the use of information and analytics 9 Targeting customers and markets more effectively 10 Acquiring new companies and capabilities (mergers and acquisitions) Top Executive Priorities

Information Overload Scorecards Slide decks Meetings Analytic applications Presentations Financial reports Dashboards Webcasts Charts and graphs Internet Project plans Documents Spreadsheets Intranet Blogs Portals RSS feeds Business books Television reports Magazines Newspapers IM/chat Scorecards Slide decks Meetings Analytic applications Presentations Financial reports Dashboards Webcasts Charts and graphs Internet Project plans Documents Spreadsheets Intranet Blogs Portals RSS feeds Business books Television reports Magazines Newspapers IM/chat

Business View Data Warehouse Call Center Web Apps Inventory ERPHR Finance CRM

BI Stages SQL Server Oracle DB2 Tera- data Office PerformancePoint Server SQL Server Reporting Services Microsoft SharePoint technologies Office Excel

BI High level Life Cycle Data Sources Staging Area Manual Cleansing Data Marts Data Warehouse Client Access 1: Clients need access to data 2: Clients may access data sources directly 3: Data sources can be mirrored/replicated to reduce contention 4: The data warehouse manages data for analyzing and reporting 5: Data warehouse is periodically populated from data sources 6: Staging areas may simplify the data warehouse population 7: Manual cleansing may be required to cleanse dirty data 8: Clients use various tools to query the data warehouse 9: Delivering BI enables a process of continuous business improvement

Scenario 1 SQL Server SSRS Office Excel PPS MOSS

Scenario 2 SQL Server SSRS Office Excel PPS MOSS

Scenario 3 SQL Server Oracle DB2 Tera- data PPS SSRS MOSS Office Excel SQL Server DW

Scenario 4 SQL Server Oracle DB2 Tera- data PPS SSRS MOSS Office Excel SQL Server DW

END USER TOOLS & PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT APPS Excel PerformancePoint Server BI PLATFORM SQL Server Reporting Services SQL Server Analysis Services SQL Server DBMS SQL Server Integration Services SharePoint Server DELIVERY ReportsDashboardsExcelWorkbooksAnalyticViewsScorecardsPlans ETL Process Development - Maintenance - Migration Data Warehouse Design and Development Report Definition Report Dev Cube Building Process Dev Metrics, KPI and Business Logic Business Process Development Dashboard Integration Software Implementation SharePointIntegration ModelMapping SolutionIntegration End-user Training Shared Business Logic ERP Finance CRM Inventory Operations Collaboration & Messaging Dashboard Design Microsoft BI Platform

BI Tasks  Develop and Design Static Reports Building Analytical Reports Building Scorecards ETL OLAP Database Data warehouse Data mining Data Validation and Migration BI Portal (Dashboards)

Resources  SQLServer user group Blog  You will find a lot of articles related to BI Developers SQL Administrators SQL Developers Database Design Data Warehousing

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