‘Self Service’ Analytics Overview

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Contents

• Reporting Challenges

• What SQL Server 2008 R2 Introduces

• Beyond SQL Server 2008 R2

What is Business Intelligence?

What is Business Intelligence?

It is the application of knowledge derived from analysing an organization’s data

to effect a more positive outcome

Reporting Lifecycle

Continual Business Improvement

• Operational

– What is happening

• Analytical

– Why it is happening

• Forecasting

– What do we want to happen

Business Problems?

• We need it now

• We don’t have budget

IT Problems

• Lack of Control

• No Secure way of sharing reports

• Provide single version of the truth

• Transparency for IT

• Ability to refresh reports

• No reporting Templates

Shared Components

• Shared datasets

• Report parts

Ultimate 20 Minute Dashboard

Moving Forward

• Australia's leading SQL Server specialists: Business Intelligence, Consultancy, Training and Virtual DBA

• John Paul College Testimonial

– www.youtube.com/wardyit

• BI Proof-of-Concept

BI Insight Guarantee

• 2 weeks, 2 expert SQL Server consultants

• If at the end of this two week engagement we have not turned the data deluge in your organisation into meaningful and actionable information then the engagement is free?

Questions