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Agenda

Microsoft BI VisionMicrosoft BI Solution StackEmpower Your Users with Self-Service ReportingSelf-Service Reporting with Reporting Services and Report Builder 3.0 Report Builder 3.0 Demo

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Microsoft BI Vision

Complete and integrated BI and Performance Management offering Agile products that adapt to how your need the informationBuilt on a trusted part of your IT backbone

Improving organizations by providing business insights to all employees leading to better, faster, more relevant decisions

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Data Infrastructure & BI Platform• Integration Services• Data Warehousing• Analysis Services• Data Mining• Reporting Services• Master Data Services

BUSINESS COLLABORATION PLATFORM

DATA INFRASTRUCTURE & BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM

BUSINESS USER EXPERIENCE

The Microsoft BI Solution Stack

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Business Productivity Infrastructure• Dashboards & Scorecards• Excel Services• Web based forms

& workflow• Collaboration• Search• Content Management• LOB data integration• PowerPivot for

SharePoint

The Microsoft BI Solution Stack

BUSINESS COLLABORATION PLATFORM

DATA INFRASTRUCTURE & BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM

BUSINESS USER EXPERIENCE

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Delivered through a Familiar Interface• Self-Service access

& insight• Data exploration

& analysis• Predictive analysis• Data visualization• Contextual visualization

The Microsoft BI Solution Stack

BUSINESS COLLABORATION PLATFORM

DATA INFRASTRUCTURE & BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM

BUSINESS USER EXPERIENCE

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Empower Your Users with Self-Service Reporting

Users need timely access to information

Ability to combine data across multiple sources provides a more accurate view

Flexible layout options and reusable insights

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Report Builder 3.0 Self-service report authoringReport Part GalleryLookup functionsMicrosoft Office InterfaceRich VisualizationsHighly flexible layout optionsPowerful Query Designer

Relational Multi-dimensional

New data sources:SQL AzurePowerPivotSharePoint lists

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PivotCustom

SubtotalsNon-pivotcolumns

Nested controls Multi-Pivot

CustomHeaders

Highly flexible layout options

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Tablix Visualisations: Sparklines and Data Bars

Sparklines“Data intense, word-sized graphics” – TufteAutomatic axis alignment

Data BarsUsually depicts a single value in a cellMin and Max automatically determined

Sparklines

Data Bars

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Tablix Visualization: Indicators

Icons used for value, goal or a trendColors, Icon and Size based on dataAutomatic support for comparing siblings

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Extensive Visualisations

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Map FeaturesSupport for SQL Spatial dataIntegration with Bing Maps tilesMultiple Map layers – Point, Line, Polygon, Tile

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Map Components

Point Layer

Tile Layer

Polygon Layer

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Another Map Example

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Capitalise on Existing ReportsReusing common report elements helps to accelerate report creation, cut down costs, and increase end-

user adoption.

Share & Collaborate

New Report

SourceReport

Report Part Gallery

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Sharing and Re-useReport Parts

Shared Datasets

Shared Datasource

Heterogeneous Data

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PowerPivot as a Data Source

DATA SOURCE

OLTP AND OLAPDATA SOURCES

PUBLISHING

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Enhanced Report Viewer and Report Manager Experience

FaceliftAJAX enabled Report ViewerBetter workflow via context menusAccess to properties without renderingScroll position is maintained across interactivityNew Test Connection button

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Report Builder 3.0

demo

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Other Enhancements of Note

Bottom-to-top text rotationRenderer dependent layout and formattingPage naming & Page break enhancementsRead-Write report variablesAggregates of Aggregates - Avg(Sum(Sales,”Month”),”Year”)Pagination & Rendering diagnosticsNew edit Session Infrastructure – everything is cached

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SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services - Summary

Faster report creationNew visualisationsEasier managementBetter control of content

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