Module 7:Implementing Business

Intelligence Solutions

Overview

Configuring and Incorporating Business Data Catalog Applications into Portal Solutions

Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Excel Services

Implementing Business Intelligence Dashboards

Creating Report Center Web Sites

Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Forms Server

Lesson 1: Configuring and Incorporating Business Data Catalog Applications into Portal Solutions

Discussion: Business Data and Business Intelligence

What Is the Business Data Catalog?

Creating Business Data Catalog Applications

Incorporating Data from External Sources in SharePoint Sites

Discussion: Business Data and Business Intelligence

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What Is the Business Data Catalog?

Data source

Data source

Data source

Queries

Queries

Queries

BDC application

Creating Business Data Catalog Applications

BDC application

Shared Service Provider

Application Definition File

Incorporating Data from External Sources in SharePoint Sites

Data-Driven Web Parts

Data-Driven Lists

Drilldown Data

Lesson 2: Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Excel Services

What Are Excel Services?

Configuring Trusted Locations for Excel Services

Publishing and Accessing Excel Data

What Are Excel Services?

Excel Services

Excel Functionality

Configuring Trusted Locations for Excel Services

Shared Service Provider

Trusted LocationExcel Services

Publishing and Accessing Excel Data

Uploading Office Excel Workbooks

Excel Web Access Web Parts

Lesson 3: Implementing Business Intelligence Dashboards

What Is a Key Performance Indicator?

Defining Key Performance Indicators

Building Business Intelligence Dashboards

What Is a Key Performance Indicator?

Indicator has not reached warning level

Indicator has reached warning level

Indicator has reached goal level

Defining Key Performance Indicators

Key Performance Indicator Lists

Key Performance Indicator Data Sources SharePoint Lists Excel Services Workbook SQL Server Analysis Services Manual Entry

Key Performance Indicator Attributes Indicator Goal Warning Better Values

Building Business Intelligence Dashboards

Key Performance Indicator Web Parts

Business Data Catalog Web Parts

Excel Data Web Parts

Excel Chart Web Parts

Lesson 4: Creating Report Center Web Sites

What Is Report Center?

Integrating with Reporting Services

Storing and Accessing Reports

What Is Report Center?

Report Center

Reporting Services

Integrating with Reporting Services

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

Office PerformancePoint Server 2007

Storing and Accessing Reports

SQL Server Reporting Services and SharePoint Libraries

Caching Refreshing

Lesson 5 : Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Forms Server

What Are Server-Side Forms?

Server-Side Form Deployment

What Are Server-Side Forms?

Forms Server

Server-Side Form Deployment

No-Code Form Deployment

Code-Based Form Deployment

Lab: Implementing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Exercise 1: Creating Business Data Catalog Applications

Exercise 2: Implementing Excel Services

Exercise 3: Creating Business Intelligence Dashboards

Exercise 4: Creating Server-Side InfoPath Forms

Exercise 5: Deploying Server-Side InfoPath Forms

Review

Configuring and Incorporating Business Data Catalog Applications into Portal Solutions

Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Excel Services

Implementing Business Intelligence Dashboards

Creating Report Center Web Sites

Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Forms Server