Presentation about Business intelligence using MircoStrategy Dashboards

1. EFFECTIVE BUSINESS DASHBOARDS Presented by: Nikolai Nanov – Innova Consult Date: 17-Nov-2007

2. There are Four Categories of Business Dashboards, Each Providing Different Kinds of Business Value Benefits Dashboard Sophistication Increased User Adoption Operational Performance Transparency 1. Traditional Performance Summary Dashboards 2. Traditional Metrics Dashboards 3. Dynamic Content Dashboards 4. Dynamic Visualization Dashboards Organizational Alignment Better / Faster Decision-making

4. Business Application of Performance Summary Dashboards: Provides a Consolidated View from Across the Enterprise Data Warehouse Managers and Executives Operational Databases (e.g., CRM, Website, Supply Chain) SAP BW Cubes Hyperion Essbase Cubes Microsoft Analysis Cubes

6. Business Application of Traditional Metrics Dashboards Cascades Common Goals Throughout an Enterprise One Metric Dashboard Design Dashboard Content Is Tailored for Each Department Content Is Tailored for Each Level

9. Business Application of Dynamic Dashboards Supports Decision-making by Converging the Insight from Many Reports into a Single Dashboard Several Reports Executed Sequentially and Repeatedly By The User Single Dynamic Dashboard Synchronized Views of the Data Augmented with Embedded Workflow

10. Example: Effective Dynamic Business Dashboards Sales Management Dashboard

13. Empowering Business Users Beyond the Basic Dashboard 1. OLAP Capability Available Automatically on Any Dashboard OLAP Capability Is Available for All Tabular Grids • Pivot Columns • Sort Data • Add Subtotals • Insert Derived Metrics • Add Percent to Total • Add Rankings • Outline View • Scroll Bars • Lock Headers

14. Empowering Business Users Beyond the Basic Dashboard 2. Drill to Full Dedicated OLAP Window Users Can Drill to Full Dedicated ROLAP Window

16. Empowering Business Users Beyond the Basic Dashboard 4. E-mail Distribution and Offline Analysis with Dashboards E-mail Distributions Can Be Triggered by Schedules or by Exception Conditions Dashboard Embedded in E-mail Body Dashboard as File Attachment

20. Dynamic Dashboards Provide A Powerful Way to Consolidate The Most Useful and Highly Used Reports into Convenient Packages Shared Reports Users Can “Surf and Save” Hundreds of Useful Reports Using ROLAP Drill-anywhere MicroStrategy Enterprise Manager Allows You to Identify Reports That are Run Frequently Together So that they Can Be Consolidated into Dashboards FROM A SINGLE REPORT DEFINITION

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