Price: $2475
Duration: 5 Days
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Technology: SharePoint
Delivery Method: Instructor-led (in-class & virtual)
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Microsoft CPE:
This six-day instructor-led course provides students with the necessary knowledge to work with PerformancePoint 2013 Services. The new and improved Business Intelligence Center is explored, and all the exciting new features within the SharePoint 2013 release are covered. The focus of this course is on the SharePoint 2013 business intelligence platform and not on the SQL business intelligence services. PowerPivot and Dashboards have included modules.
Using the current set of tools that Microsoft has available the average user can with minimum training utilize drag-and-drop to get the answers to questions such as: sales by quarter, reseller gross profit, and products purchased by geography. They can also create graphical reports and KPIs all without writing a single line of code! (Microsoft course 50561A) But what if you need questions like this answered?
Enter Microsoft Multidimensional Expressions (MDX). This instructor-led course is designed to take a person from the very beginning, think “Hello World” in programing to journeyman. The first chapters (1-4) get you well-grounded then from there we expand out. You won’t know how to do every MDX query. You won’t look at every function. But you will understand the patterns and from them you can examine examples and build on them to code your own sophisticated queries. The MBAs will love you!
After completing this course, students will be able to:
This course is intended for power users, business intelligence developers, and IT professionals that will be involved with the design, development and maintenance of SharePoint 2013 business intelligence solutions. If the past is any indicator of the future then this course will be attended mainly by SQL professionals, Microsoft Analysis Services cube and report developers, and business intelligence professionals coming from competing platforms. But you do not need those skills. The course was not written assuming those skills. Why this course may be for you:
Module 1: Course Overview
This module explains how the class will be structured and introduces course materials and additional administrative information.
Lessons
Lab: Course Overview
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 2: The Microsoft Business Intelligence StackIn this module we will first look at the three different ways in which business intelligence can be viewed. Then we’re going to look at the services SQL 2012 provides us and how they apply to business intelligence. We will then move to SharePoint 2013 and look at the SharePoint services to examine their relevance and how we can use them in business intelligence to surface data. In this section we will also cover the new business intelligence features available within the SharePoint 2013 release. Finally, we will take a brief look at PowerPivot, examining the new features and their significance. PowerPivot is covered in more detail in a later module.
Lab: The Microsoft Business Intelligence Stack
Module 3: SharePoint 2013 Business Intelligence CenterIn this module, we will explore the new and improved 2013 SharePoint Central Administration site. We are going to cover specifically the new 2013 Business Intelligence Center template within SharePoint. We are also going to cover some things that generically apply to SharePoint that you can use within business intelligence. Permissions and Roles will be illuminated and the included Document Library and List apps will be explained.
Lab: SharePoint 2013 Business Intelligence Center
Module 4: PerformancePoint 2013In this module, we will cover in-depth 2013 PerformancePoint Services features. Dashboard Designer is explored along with many of the objects and connections available within.
Lab: PerformancePoint 2013
Module 5: PowerPivotPowerPivot is not a feature of SharePoint business intelligence, however, an Excel workbook with PowerPivot can be saved to a SharePoint site and then used in a business intelligence scenario. This module is intended as an overview of the product only and covers all the new features available in the 2013 release of the add-in.
Lab: PowerPivot
Module 6: DashboardsThis module borrows from the three-day Microsoft course on Dashboards number 50596A. Monitoring, analyzing, and managing dashboards are discussed along with details on how to use them most effectively. This module does not cover Dashboard Designer as it is covered in more detail in the PerformancePoint Services module. Coverage of the Microsoft Report Builder 3.0 tool is brief as this course focuses on the SharePoint space.
Lab: Dashboards
Module 7: Reviewing The Microsoft Business Intelligence StackThis module explains how to name, declare, assign values to, and use variables. It also describes how to store data in an array. (e.g. This module explains how to install, upgrade and migrate to Windows 7. It also describes the key features, editions, and hardware requirements of Windows 7.)
Lab: Reviewing The Microsoft Business Intelligence Stack
Lab: Getting Started with MDX
Module 9: The All-Important Dimensions; The Bearers of TruthThis module explains how to name, declare, assign values to, and use variables. It also describes how to store data in an array. (e.g. This module explains how to install, upgrade and migrate to Windows 7. It also describes the key features, editions, and hardware requirements of Windows 7.)
Lab: The All-Important Dimensions; The Bearers of Truth
Module 10: Navigation and the Secrets Of RelativesThis module explains how to name, declare, assign values to, and use variables. It also describes how to store data in an array. (e.g. This module explains how to install, upgrade and migrate to Windows 7. It also describes the key features, editions, and hardware requirements of Windows 7.)
Lab: Navigation and the Secrets Of Relatives
Module 11: MDX CalculationsThis module explains how to name, declare, assign values to, and use variables. It also describes how to store data in an array. (e.g. This module explains how to install, upgrade and migrate to Windows 7. It also describes the key features, editions, and hardware requirements of Windows 7.)
Lab: MDX Calculations
Module 12: Working with Time, Multiple Calendars, and Divergent HorizonsThis module explains how to name, declare, assign values to, and use variables. It also describes how to store data in an array. (e.g. This module explains how to install, upgrade and migrate to Windows 7. It also describes the key features, editions, and hardware requirements of Windows 7.)
Lab: Working with Time, Multiple Calendars, and Divergent Horizons
Module 13: Business Insights; Now Let’s Put It to Work and Get Some Situational AnswersThis module explains how to name, declare, assign values to, and use variables. It also describes how to store data in an array. (e.g. This module explains how to install, upgrade and migrate to Windows 7. It also describes the key features, editions, and hardware requirements of Windows 7.)
Lab: Business Insights; Now Let’s Put It to Work and Get Some Situational Answers
Module 14: Where Else Will MDX Work? SQL ReportsThis module explains how to name, declare, assign values to, and use variables. It also describes how to store data in an array. (e.g. This module explains how to install, upgrade and migrate to Windows 7. It also describes the key features, editions, and hardware requirements of Windows 7.)
Lab: Where Else Will MDX Work? SQL Reports
Module 15: KPIs and MDX in The Business Intelligence Development Studio EditorThis module explains how to name, declare, assign values to, and use variables. It also describes how to store data in an array. (e.g. This module explains how to install, upgrade and migrate to Windows 7. It also describes the key features, editions, and hardware requirements of Windows 7.)
Lab: KPIs and MDX in The Business Intelligence Development Studio Editor