Adopting Self–Service BI
- Getting started using a BI Center
- Identifying components of a BI Center site template
- Benefiting from PerformancePoint functionalities
- Configuring data connections
Planning for a successful dashboard
- Gathering user information needs
- Locating data sources
- Sketching a mock–up
Authoring feature–rich content
- Analyzing data structures for accuracy in reporting
- Selecting Facts and Dimensions for business reporting
- Consuming a Tabular Model and Analysis Services Cube
- Engineering content for visualization
Exploiting PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer
- Producing reports, charts, graphs and filters
- Formulating KPIs and indicators
- Developing reports and scorecards to measure performance
- Slicing and dicing with Power Pivot
- Providing decomposition tree functionality
Building the dashboard in SharePoint
- Combining reporting objects on a web page
- Applying filters to reports and graphs
- Extending KPIs with trend indicators
- Targeting access to various audiences