Discovering Business Intelligence Using MicroStrategy 9

Leverage the power of the MicroStrategy platform to design, develop, secure, and share BI Intelligence reports and dashboards Overview 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 In Detail 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

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Value Proposition of MicroStrategy
Chapter 2: Mapping Typical Business Needs
Chapter 3: Reporting – from Excel to Intelligent Data
Chapter 4: Scorecards and Dashboards – Information Visualization
Chapter 5: Sharing Your BI Reports and Dashboards
Chapter 6: MicroStrategy and the Cloud
Chapter 7: BI Reports at Your Hands

Appendix A: MicroStrategy Express
Appendix B: Visualization