The document discusses Microsoft's self-service business intelligence solution. It notes that business owners want reporting and data-driven insights but often have lots of data and no usable information. The solution provides access to multiple data sources, brings the data together for analysis, and provides insights leading to action. It provides examples of how the solution could help a professional services firm, franchise company, and Contoso improve reporting. The solution includes tools for personal analysis, self-service reporting, rich visualizations, and SQL Server Power Pivot for Excel. It outlines topics that would be covered in a demonstration of building a solution for Contoso.

1. Metro Atlanta Chamber
Oct. 18, 2012
Microsoft Self Service
Business Intelligence

2. What’s The Problem
 Every smart business owner I know says that
reporting and data driven insight into their
business operations are critical, but they have
lots of data and no useable information.
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3. What’s “An” Answer
 Self-Service Business Intelligence
 how you can acquire this new capability
 how you can empower the people in your business to use it.
 Access multiple data sources in your business
 Bring them all together for analysis
 Provide insight leading to action
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4. Real World Examples
 Professional Services Firm
 Time & Billing
 Real cost vs Reported cost
 Improved forecasting
 Multi-location “franchise-like” entity
 Corporate financial system
 Local management & control systems
 Need for uniform oversight
 Contoso
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5. An Answer for Contoso
 Profit % by Category
 Sales by Channel
 Year over Year Comparisons
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6. Some Examples for Contoso
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7. Business Intelligence Stack
Get more out of products you already own
Familiar User Experience
Business User Experience Self-service Access and Insight
Data Exploration and Analysis
Predictive Analysis
Data Visualization
Contextual Visualization
Integrated Content and Collaboration
Business Collaboration Platform Thin Clients
Dashboards
BI Search
Content Management
Compositions
Data Infrastructure and BI Platform Data Infrastructure
and BI Platform
Analysis Services
Reporting Services
Integration Services
Master Data
Data Mining Services
Data Warehousing
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8. Managed Self Service
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9. Self-Service
Business Intelligence
Get more out of products you already own
Business User Experience
Familiar User Experience
Self-service Access and Insight
Data Exploration and Analysis
Predictive Analysis
Data Visualization
Contextual Visualization
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10. Powerful Personal Analysis Tools
Drive personal productivity and insight
Easier navigation with Slicers
Improved formatting and charts
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11. Self-service Reporting
Empower end users to author reports
Provide highly flexible layout options
Report Builder 3.0
• Familiar Microsoft Office
interface
• Intuitive report wizards and
reusable report components
• Powerful query designer
• Flexible layout options with
rich visualizations
• Support of all data
sources, including SharePoint
lists and PowerPivot
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12. Rich Visualizations + Power View
Deliver more insight with geospatial mapping of BI data
Choose the right graphic to illuminate answers and trends
Maps Sparklines and Graphs  Mapping, routing, and
Databars custom shapes
 Integration with Bing Maps
 Visualize data within a
single cell
 Dynamically segment and
filter data
 Display data using
interactive and dynamic
PivotChart
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13. What Does It All Mean
 Empower End User
 Provide Personal Analysis Tools
 Rich Visualizations
Maps Sparklines Graphs
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14. A Desktop Tool
SQL Server Power Pivot for Excel
 A free add-in for Excel 2010 – operates inside an Excel workbook.
 Looks like Excel – uses Excel pivot table interface - but is not Excel.
 Puts a database inside of Excel.
 Adds a new language for writing “Excel” formulas.
 Can handle millions of rows and multiple data sources concurrently.
 Results are shown in pivot tables - pivot charts – dashboards.
 Size of the workbook is limited by workstation memory.
 Performs like Microsoft SQL Server based high end analytical tools.
 Designed for the “power user” – there is a significant learning curve.

15. Power Pivot Window
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16. Topics to Cover
 Add data to a Power Pivot Model
 Create relationships between Tables
 Create a Calculated Column
 Create a Hierarchy in a Table
 Create a PivotTable
 Create a PivotChart
 Add Slicers to Pivot Tables & Pivot Charts
 Create a Measure & KPI
 Create a Perspective
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17. Demonstration
Begin building a solution for Contoso
This would involve loading the model with the tables
needed for final production
15 – 20 minutes
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18. Questions & Next Session
 Discuss “Topics to Cover”
 More Insight to Contoso Examples
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19. Metro Atlanta Chamber
Oct. 18, 2012
Microsoft Self Service
Business Intelligence

20. RoseBud Technologies
Family owned business since 1995
Serve clients in Atlanta and Southeast
Microsoft Partner since 2005
Microsoft GM Partner of the Year – East Region
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