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Discovering Business Intelligence using MicroStrategy 9

Discovering Business Intelligence using MicroStrategy 9: The MicroStrategy platform can make your Business Intelligence (BI) activities so much more communicative and collaborative. With this book you'll learn the capabilities of the platform and how to use them to revolutionize your BI.

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Publication date : Dec 24, 2013
Length 142 pages
Edition : 1st Edition
Language : English
ISBN-13 : 9781782170044
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MicroStrategy, Inc.
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Key benefits

  • Understand the value proposition of MicroStrategy and their products portfolio
  • Design and build BI reports and dashboards with real business examples
  • Share your reports in a secure schema, including mobile devices

Description

Business Intelligence is a type of technology that has been proven to support business decisions in an organization. MicroStrategy 9 is a fully-integrated BI platform that makes Business Intelligence faster, easier, and more user-friendly. It enables businesses to generate their own reports and dashboards without the need for technical knowledge.This practical, hands-on guide will provide Business Intelligence for executives, as well as enable BI reports and dashboards without the dependency of IT savvy personnel. It will allow you to design, build, and share business relevant data in hours, in a secure way, including mobile devices and show you how to leverage your transactional information.This example-oriented book looks at the value proposition of cloud computing and the MicroStrategy platform, and features practical exercises for BI reports and dashboard enablement, including the design phase and best practices for when we design a BI report.The book begins with an exploration of MicroStrategy along with typical business needs. Our focus then shifts to best practices for BI reports and dashboard definitions from the functional stand point, with easy-to-do exercises that will allow you to enable the reports in the platform. You will learn about scorecards and dashboards, along with sharing the reports. Next, you will get acquainted with cloud-based services provided by the MicroStrategy platform. By the end of this book, you will able to design, enable, and share BI reports and dashboards without the need for comprehensive technical knowledge, and leverage the latest technology on the market.

What you will learn

Understand and apply best practices for BI reports and dashboard design Enable the MicroStrategy platform Leverage transactional data for your BI reports and dashboards Design reports and dashboards independently Apply advanced features to your reports Secure your data and enable collaboration Automate your reports Explore the complete portfolio of MicroStrategy  

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Publication date : Dec 24, 2013
Length 142 pages
Edition : 1st Edition
Language : English
ISBN-13 : 9781782170044
Vendor :
MicroStrategy, Inc.
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Table of Contents

16 Chapters
Discovering Business Intelligence Using MicroStrategy 9 Packt Packt
Credits Packt Packt
About the Authors Packt Packt
About the Reviewers Packt Packt
www.PacktPub.com Packt Packt
Preface Packt Packt
The Value Proposition of MicroStrategy Packt Packt
Mapping Typical Business Needs Packt Packt
Reporting – from Excel to Intelligent Data Packt Packt
Scorecards and Dashboards – Information Visualization Packt Packt
Sharing Your BI Reports and Dashboards Packt Packt
MicroStrategy and the Cloud Packt Packt
BI Reports at Your Hands Packt Packt
MicroStrategy Express Packt Packt
Visualization Packt Packt
Index Packt Packt

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