4. Defining Business Intelligent
It is the application of
knowledge derived from
analyzing an organization’s
data to effect a more positive
outcome
Or put simply…
Continued
6. Why?
Defining Business Intelligent
• Variety of data systems, often in different formats
• Data systems may not:
Be optimized for analytical queries
Manage historical context
Be available or accessible
• Employees may not have sufficient skills, tools, or permissions
to query data systems
• Systems may not have universal definitions
• Decision makers need:
Reliable, secure access to data to do their job effectively
Tools to browse and analyze data and view reports
Low time-to-impact; low latency query results
7. BI Architecture
Simple One
Finance
CRM
Web Apps
Multidimensional
Database
Data Sources
User Access
Data Warehouse
ETL
Integration
Services
Analysis
Services
Client
Access
8. BI Architecture
Data Warehouse
ETL
1. Extract data from the source systems
2. Transform the data to convert it to a desired state
3. Load the data into the data warehouse
11. Multidimensional Database
Multidimensional Database (Continued)
• A user wants to know the Sales Volume figure when
CAR TYPE=SEDAN, COLOR=BLUE, and
DEALERSHIP=GLEASON.
• This is a maximum of 30 position searches for the array
versus a maximum of 1000 record searches for the
table.
• 3300% improvement in performance!
Continued
16. Data Source & KPI
Introducing PerformancePoint Services 2010
17. Scorecard
Introducing PerformancePoint Services 2010
• Depicts organizational performance by displaying a
collection of KPIs together with performance targets for
those KPIs
• Can be organized hierarchically using:
Objectives and non-leaf KPIs
Multi-level hierarchies
20. Filter Element
Introducing PerformancePoint Services 2010
• Custom Table
• MDX Query
• Member Selection
• Named Set
• Time Intelligence (TI)
• Time Intelligence Connection Formula
21. Dashboard Element
Introducing PerformancePoint Services 2010
Dashboard pages consist of zones
Zones can be configured:
Name
Size
Orientation
Horizontal, Vertical, Stacked
Filters, Scorecards, and Reports are
added to the zones
Connections and display conditions are
configured between the items
Each page, when deployed, will
produce a Web Part page in
SharePoint