1. Reporting and Analysis With Microsoft Office

2. Reporting and Analysis
Data Warehouse
OLAP
Business User
Reporting & Analysis

3. Understand Reporting and Analysis Needs
Mining
Complexity
Specialists
Analytics
Some
Users
Ad Hoc Reporting
All
Users
Standard Reporting
User Base

4. Decision Points for Front End Tools
Usability
Ease of use – out of the box
Training requirements (user community)
Scalability / Deployability
Zero footprint
Tradeoffs between range of functionality and ease of deployability
Manageability / Administration
Historical report instances
Security for each community
Customization
Create guided user experiences
Extend functionality

5. Microsoft Office – BI Tools
BI Reporting and Analysis
Excel XP
Office Web Components (OWC)
Data Analyzer
BI Collaboration
Sharepoint Portal

6. Microsoft Office – BI Tools
BI Reporting and Analysis
Excel XP
Office Web Components (OWC)
Data Analyzer
BI Collaboration
Sharepoint Portal

7. Excel for Business Intelligence
Excel Provides a Familiar Interface for Data Analysis
OLAP PivotTables and PivotCharts Allow Access to Large Data Sets
Offline Cube Files Allow Analysis When Disconnected from the Network

8. Benefits of Excel - PivotTables and PivotCharts
Easy to Use Interface for Ad-Hoc Analysis - Drilling, Slicing, Dicing
Access to Traditional Excel Reporting Features
Ability to Publish PivotTables and PivotCharts as Web Pages
Interface to Create Local Cubes
Programmatic Support
Drill through
Actions
Server Side Formatting – Background Color

9. Office Web Components for Business Intelligence
OWC Delivers PivotTable and PivotChart Functionality to Web
OWC Facilitates Flexible, Customizable Solutions

10. Benefits of OWC Enhanced Browsing Ability to Skip Levels of Dimensions
Advanced Charting
Multi Charts
Data Series
Pivot Charts With or Without Pivot Tables
Customized End User Experience
Embeddable

11. Office Improvements with XP
Display Features
Ability to Order Members
Support for Visual Totals
Member Properties
Multi Select Page Fields
GETPIVOTDATA Function

12. Data Analyzer for Business Intelligence
Data Analyzer Adds Rich Visualization and Analysis Capabilities
Integration with Excel Facilitates Exploration Before In-Depth Analysis
Full Support for OLAP features in Analysis Services

13. Benefits of Data Analyzer
Good for Both Dashboard Reporting and In Depth Analysis
Color and Bars Provide Strong Visualization Across Measures and Dimensions
Customizable Color Scale
Integration with Analysis Services
Integration with Office
Advanced Filtering

14. Demo for Financial Industry