Pro PerformancePoint Server 2007: Building Business Intelligence Solutions (Expert's Voice in Business Intelligence) by Philo Janus
English | Aug. 20, 2008 | ISBN: 1590599616 | 461 Pages | PDF | 11 MB
English | Aug. 20, 2008 | ISBN: 1590599616 | 461 Pages | PDF | 11 MB
Pro PerformancePoint Server 2007 is Microsoft’s latest product in its line of business intelligence applications, a piece of software that gathers data from corporate databases and delivers it to an end user in a friendly, graphical fashion. PerformancePoint offers the next step in the digitization world. Businesses now have gigabytes upon terabytes of data in databases; there’s a need to interpret the data and glean key business insights from it and PerformancePoint.
Author Philo Janus walks you through the business process management and architecture of the PerformancePoint product before delving into developing a complete business intelligence solution, from start to finish.
What you’ll learn
Develop an end–to–end business intelligence solution
Harness and massage data using SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Server Analysis Services, and SQL Server Reporting Services
Use ProClarity Analytics to get a better view on corporate performance data
Build a portal with key performance indicators and business scorecards using PerformancePoint, Excel Services, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Build out a complete business scorecard
Develop tools for business planning and forecasting
Who this book is for
If you’re interested in harvesting data from your corporate databases, developing solutions to represent it visually to different audiences in your business, and slicing and dicing that information in a variety of different ways, PerformancePoint—and this book—are for you.