1. Reporting Services 2012 Data Alerts
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2/21/2018
Reporting Services 2012 Data Alerts
Ludwig Armbruster
BI-Consultant
Microsoft Corporation
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2. Introduction BI-Consultant. 14 Years in IT.
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Introduction
BI-Consultant.
14 Years in IT.
DW-Projects for Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, GM, Porsche, Fifth-Third Bank, Norton Healthcare and Community Health System.
...last but not least huge soccer fan...Real Madrid and Borussia Moenchen Gladbach are my teams.
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3. Audience Profile Any IT-Managers here?
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2/21/2018
Audience Profile
Any IT-Managers here?
What about Business/Data-Analysts?
Any SharePoint Administrators?
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4. Topics to cover Install SharePoint 2010 Data Alerts
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2/21/2018
Topics to cover
Install SharePoint 2010
Installation process
SSRS Shared Service App
SharePoint Basic Terms
SSRS 2012 SharePoint Int
Data Alerts
Business Analysts
What is a Data Alert?
Architecture
Alert Designer & Manager
Alert Security
Troubleshooting approach
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5. Install SharePoint 2010 Installation Process (Fresh install)
Windows Server 2008 SP2 or 2008 R2 + SharePoint 2010 SP1 + Windows updates
SharePoint 2010 Installation options
Standalone. (Comes with SQL Server Express Edition)
Server farm.
Standalone easier to install but some limitations
Does not work with SSRS 2012 in SharePoint integrated mode since SSRS 2012 needs either standard or Enterprise Edition.
Single Server Farm
Everything on one box
Enterprise SQL 2012 Backend. Developer Edition 2012 does not work…!!
This is a developer-box and not in any way a production install.
Session about Data Alerts but PowerPivot and PowerView will need this as well. So, good investment anyway…

6. Set-up SharePoint 2010 Sandbox
SQL Server Instance

7. Set-up SharePoint 2010 Sandbox

8. Set-up SharePoint 2010 Sandbox

9. Set-up SharePoint 2010 Sandbox
The specified user Administrator is a local account. Local Accounts should only be used in stand alone mode !!

10. Set-up SharePoint 2010 Sandbox
Solution:
PowerShell cmd SPConfigurationDatabase
ConfigDB
ServerName
Credentials
PhassPhrase

11. Set-up SharePoint 2010 Sandbox
Add these features to the existing default SQL-instance

12. Set-up SharePoint 2010 Sandbox
Create a SSRS Shared Service Appl. New in SSRS 2012!

13. SharePoint 2010 Basic Terms
SharePoint content does not exists in the nirvana…
SharePoint Farm
SharePoint Web Applications
SharePoint Site Collections
SharePoint Sites
SharePoint Librarys and Lists

14. SSRS 2012 SharePoint Integration.
Report Viewer Web Part.
Fully integrated.
SSRS 2012 SharePoint integrated mode significantly easier to install and maintain since it allows SharePoint Administrators to reuse their existing knowledge (PowerShell).
In SSRS 2012 report execution much faster.

15. How is life as a Business/Data Analyst?
Something to remember…
Find trends, stories in data and come up with strategies to improve something or exploit a trend.
Still very manual and lots of Analysts are still busy working the technical side of the challenges they face. Seeking information over several different applications and manually put them together.
End-User segmentation is a critical success factor.

16. What are Data Alerts?
Are a data driven alert solution that helps you to be informed about report data ( and changes to it) that is interesting or important to you. By using Data Alerts you no longer have to manually seek out information, it comes to you based on your definition of the alert rule.
No tool for IT (only admin), it is specifically designed to be utilized by less technical business analysts.
Applied correctly, it reduces the amount of manual data exploration.
Anyone with the permissions can create, schedule and run Data Alerts.
Designed to provide faster access to critical (changes) in important data.
Data Alerts can not be created on reports stored locally and outside the Sharepoint integrated SSRS Database.

17. What are Data Alerts?
Require SharePoint 2010 SP1 and SSRS 2012 Enterprise in Sharepoint Integrated Mode.
Require stored credentials, like SSRS subscriptions.
Can be created within the environment the user is already familiar with.
Any SSRS report with a Data Region…
Are based on Silverlight.
Not designed for real-time. Better go with StreamInsight for real-time alerting.
Reuse the Data Feed technology to import data and metadata into the Alert designer.

18. Process to create an Alert. Vision
Business-Analyst
Different approach than with subscriptions. I have seen admins creating a lot of standard-subscriptions for user but also a matter of the company culture. Enable the User !!

19. Process to execute an Alert on a schedule.

20. Data Alert Designer

21. Data Alert Manager

22. Email informing about the result of the alert.

23. Data Alert Database & Execution log
Good for admin reports…how many alerts do I have etc…

24. Control names of items deployed…DataElementName & DataElementOutput

25. Demo Data Alerts
Demo !!

26. Avoid Pitfalls
Don’t get burned !! Do Capacity Planning, also train and monitor your users.
Everyone with the permissions to create alerts should know that this creates load on the server even if no s get send.
Schedule option minute.
2 important properties you should know about…
I’d be careful with large data sets in reports.
Code review for deployed reports ??
Who is doing this?
What are you looking for?
Apply report caching, if appropriate..

27. SSRS 2012 Data Alerts
Any questions?

28. SSRS 2012 Data Alerts
Thank you very much for your attention!