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Chapter 1 Business intelligence in SharePoint |
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Beware of losing sight of what matters most |
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Microsoft's vision for BI and self-service BI |
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What SharePoint does for BI |
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The BI stack: SQL Server + SharePoint + Office |
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Authoring in Microsoft BI tools |
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Examples of BI in SharePoint 2013 |
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PerformancePoint and the BI stack |
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Power Pivot and BISM Model: A Fulfillment Report for Tracking Products |
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The steps to implementation |
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Sharing with other teams (building user adoption) |
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A summary of the fulfillment example |
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Creating a report by using an Odata feed from a SharePoint list |
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Chapter 2 Planning for business intelligence adoption |
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Business user communities |
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Understanding your audience: Casual users vs. power users |
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The Business Intelligence Maturity Model |
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Road map to analytical competition |
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PerformancePoint Services |
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An action plan for adoption: Build it and they might come |
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Chapter 3 The lifecycle of a business intelligence implementation |
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Working together: SQL Server 2012 + SharePoint 2013 + Office 2013 |
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1 The SQL Server database engine |
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2 SQL Server Integration Services or other tools |
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3 The Business Intelligence Semantic Model |
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The lifecycle of a BI implementation |
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Step 1 Decide what to analyze, measure, or forecast |
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Step 2 Get to trusted data |
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Step 3 or 4 Load data into a SSDT (Visual Studio) project |
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Step 6 Deploy the model to SSAS |
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Step 7 Create a BISM file in SharePoint 2013 |
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Chapter 4 Using PowerPivot in Excel 2013 |
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Adding data to the Data Model |
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Creating table relationships by using the Data Model |
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Working with the Data Model |
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Importing data from Windows Azure Marketplace |
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Chapter 5 Using Power View in Excel 2013 |
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Comparing editions of Power View |
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Additional formatting options |
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Key performance indicators |
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When do you use Power View? |
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When do you avoid using Power View? |
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Saving a Power View workbook |
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Chapter 6 Business intelligence with Excel Services 2013 |
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A brief history of Excel Services |
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2007: The introduction of Excel Services |
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2010: Expanded capabilities |
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2013: Continued expansion |
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When to use Excel Services |
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It's fast to create and easy to adopt |
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It is a great ad hoc tool |
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It scales Excel files to many users |
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The Data Model in Excel Services |
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External data configuration |
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Opening an Excel workbook in the browser |
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Configure a simple Excel dashboard by using Web Parts |
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ECMAScript (JavaScript, JScript) object model |
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Chapter 7 Using PowerPivot for SharePoint 2013 |
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When do I use PowerPivot for SharePoint? |
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Installing PowerPivot for SharePoint |
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Scheduling data refreshes |
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Workbooks as a data source |
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Monitoring with PowerPivot for SharePoint |
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Infrastructure - Server Health |
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Chapter 8 Using PerformancePoint Services |
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A brief history of PerformancePoint Services |
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An overview of PerformancePoint Services components |
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What's new in PerformancePoint Services 2013 |
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When do I use PerformancePoint Services for BI? |
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The PerformancePoint Services architecture |
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PerformancePoint Services configuration |
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Configure security for PerformancePoint |
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Start PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer |
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Providing a performance solution |
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Design the KPIs, scorecards, reports, and dashboard |
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Chapter 9 Using Visio and Visio Services |
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Six reasons to include Visio 2013 in your BI suite |
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Collaborating to create the best result |
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When do I use Visio and Visio Services? |
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Incorporating Visio into a BI solution |
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Visio Services: Example 1 |
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Creating the Visio diagram |
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Visio Services: Example 2 |
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Creating the Visio diagram |
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Refreshing the diagram when data changes |
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Chapter 10 Bringing it all together |
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Tools in SharePoint for authoring dashboards |
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Which dashboard tool should I use? |
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Dashboard (Web Part) pages in SharePoint |
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Using Excel Services in the dashboard (Web Part page) |
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Creating the Excel workbook |
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Preparing the workbook for the dashboard: adding parameters |
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Showing the workbook in Web Parts |
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Setting other Web Part properties |
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Using the filter added in Excel 2013 |
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Adding to the dashboard (Web Part page) |
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Visio Web Access Web Part |
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PerformancePoint Web Parts |
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Appendix A Running scripts to set up a demonstration environment |
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Step 1 Install the Active Directory Demo Build 2.1 |
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Installing the content pack |
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Step 2 Install the SQL 2012 SP1 Content Pack Demo Build 2.0.0 |
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Contents of SQL 2012 SP1 Content Pack Demo Build 2.0.0 |
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Installing the content pack |
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Step 3 Install the SharePoint 2013 Demo Build 2.0 |
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Installing the content pack |
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Post installations and known issues |
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Step 4 Install the UserProfile Provisioning Demo 2.0 |
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Installing the content pack |
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Step 5 Install the Self-Service BI Demo 2.0 Content Pack |
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Installing the content pack |
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Post installations/known issues |
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Step 6 Install the Visio Services Demo Content Pack |
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Installing the content pack |
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Appendix B Microsoft and "Big Data" |
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Comparing Big Data to electrification |
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The "hype cycle" for Big Data |
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Hadoop, MapReduce, and HDFS |
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Using Microsoft's Big Data tools |
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Setting up in Windows Azure |
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Getting value from Big Data |
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The Data Explorer for Excel Add-in (preview) |
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Index |
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