leveraging ms bi toolset to monitor performance - techfuse 2010
DESCRIPTION
There are many different pieces in the Microsoft BI toolset. In this session, we will take a look at all of the different pieces and utilize each of them to create a unified dashboard, where each component is being leveraged. The tools that will be utilized during this session will include SQL Server 2008, SSRS 2008, SSAS 2008, Excel 2007, Excel Services, PPS 2007, Dashboard Designer, SharePoint Server 2007 and more.TRANSCRIPT
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Dan EnglishPrincipal Consultant – Business Intelligence [email protected]://denglishbi.spaces.live.comhttp://twitter.com/denglishbi
Leveraging the Microsoft BI Toolset to Monitor Performance
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Who am I?
Dan English
http://denglishbi.spaces.live.com/
Developing with Microsoft technologies for over 12 years Over 5 years experience with Data Warehousing and Business
Intelligence Architect and develop dashboard solutions for enterprise
reporting and monitoring Experienced in ETL and Analysis Services development,
requirements gathering, and data modeling Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) and Microsoft
Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) PASSMN 2009/2010 – Executive Board Chair (President) Twitter – http://twitter.com/denglishbi YouTube Videos - http://youtube.com/user/denglishbi
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Who is Magenic?Founded in 1995, Magenic is a technical
consulting firm focused exclusively on Microsoft technologies and has designed and delivered more than 500 Microsoft-based applications
Headquartered in Minneapolis, with offices in Chicago, Boston, Atlanta and San Francisco
2005 Microsoft Partner of the Year, Custom Development Solutions – Technical Innovation
2007 Microsoft Partner of the Year Finalist, Data Management
Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and National Systems Integrator
Over 200 consultants
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Today’s Agenda
• Microsoft Business Intelligence Overview• Where to Start?• Understanding the Options• Demos• What’s coming next?• Questions
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Quick Audience Poll
How many SQL/BI Developers? SharePoint Developers? Business Users?
How many are using Excel, Access, or Reporting Services for information delivery?
How many are currently using dashboards or portals?
How about PerformancePoint?
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Complete and integratedBI and PerformanceManagement offering Agile products that adapt tohow you need the informationBuilt on a trusted partof your IT backbone
Improving organizations by providing business insights to all employees leading to
better, faster, more relevant decisions
Microsoft’s BI Vision
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Microsoft Business Intelligence Overview
BUSINESS USER EXPERIENCE
Analysis Services (OLAP)Reporting ServicesIntegration Services (ETL)Data MiningData Warehousing
Dashboards & ScorecardsExcel ServicesWeb based forms & workflowCollaborationEnterprise SearchEnterprise Content MgmtLOB data integration
Self-Service access & insightData exploration & analysisPredictive analysis
BUSINESS MIDDLE TIER
DATA INFRASTRUCTURE & BI PLATFORM
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BI Maturity Model
By Wayne Eckerson, Director of Research, TDWI
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Microsoft BI Delivery Components
Reporting Services• Operational• Master / Detail• Comparative• Performance• Ad-hoc (Report
Builder)• Dashboards
Excel• End-user client• Tabular• Ad-hoc analysis• Charts • Macros / VBA /
VSTA
PerformancePoint• KPIs / Scorecards• Analytical Reports• Filtering• Dashboards• Interactive• SharePoint
Enterprise
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Excel and Reporting Services
Reach more desktopsAccess to SSAS cubes directly through ExcelPredictive analysis through ExcelReport rendering directly in Word and Excel
Extend SharePoint with rich reportingCombine collaboration and workflow capabilities
with managed reporting
Centralized publishing, viewing, management,
and delivery of reports through SharePoint
Accelerate performance management Access to thin analytical client for rich data
exploration
Closed loop analysis tied to performance
monitoring
and planning
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Report Builder 2.0 Intuitive, Office-optimized authoring environment for
Business users
New enhanced version of Report Builder
Extended reach of Reporting Services
Intuitive design interface
Combine business users friendly semantic layer
with support for direct SQL access
Ability to customize reports regardless
of initial design location
Seamless modification of data fields
and chart types
Support for:
Relational and multidimensional data
Multiple data sources
Multiple regions
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PerformancePoint Server
Monitor
What happened? What is happening? Analyze
Why did it happen?
PlanWhat will happen? What do I want to
happen?
StrategyStrategy
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PerformancePoint Highlights• Dashboards
− Dashboard Designer− Filters
• New Report Types− Thin, Interactive OLAP Charts− Thin, Interactive OLAP Grids− Strategy Maps− Data Mining Trend Charts− Excel Services
• New Scorecard Capabilities− Import Analysis Services KPIs− Export to Excel from Dashboards
• New Data Sources− Excel 2007− Excel Services− SharePoint lists
• Enhanced User Experience− Bulk Editing− Analytic View Designer− Time Intelligence
• Extensibility
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PerformancePoint Analytical Reports
Key Capabilities• Drill Up/Down• Drill Down To (Cross Drill)• Expand/Collapse• Pivot• Smart sizing• Show Details (Drill to
Detail)• Tooltips for data points• Show chart data in a grid• Export to Excel or
PowerPoint• Show in New Window• AJAX technology
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PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer
Key Capabilities• Add multiple item types
• Scorecards• Charts• Grids• Strategy Maps• Other Reports• Drag and drop items to
canvas• Coordinate views with
filters• Use flexible zone layouts• Preview• Deploy to SharePoint
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What’s next for Microsoft BIBusiness User Experience
•Analysis Services•Reporting Services•Integration Services•Master Data Services•Data Mining•Data Warehousing
• Dashboards & Scorecards• Excel Services• Web based forms & workflow• Collaboration• Search• Content Management• LOB data integration
• Self-Service access & insight• Data exploration & analysis• Predictive analysis• Data visualization• Contextual visualization
Business Collaboration Platform
Data Infrastructure & BI Platform
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Self-service analysis delivered thru Excel
2010
Work with massive amounts of data
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PowerPivot Monitoring
Central Administration• Server Health
• Avg Instance CPU• Avg Instance Memory• Query Response Time• Activity• Performance
• Historical Utilization• Users vs Queries
• Usage monitoring• # of Users• # of Queries• Size of workbook
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ResourcesMicrosoft BI Sitehttp://www.microsoft.com/bi/
PerformancePoint Server 2007 training courseshttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA103523901033.aspx
Up to Speed with PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer http://office2010.microsoft.com/en-us/dashboard-designer-help/up-to-speed-with-performancepoint-dashboard-designer-HA101818158.aspx
PerformancePoint Team Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/performancepoint/default.aspx
Channel9 MSDN BI Screencastshttp://channel9.msdn.com/Showforum.aspx?forumid=38&tagid=277
SQL Server Best Practiceshttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb671432.aspx
Microsoft Virtual Labs (TechNet and MSDN)http://www.microsoft.com/events/vlabs/default.mspx
Magenic Blogshttp://blog.magenic.com/blogs
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Thank you
http://denglishbi.spaces.live.com
http://twitter.com/denglishbi
www.magenic.com