- Paperback: 358 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne (1 Mar 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0071493700
- ISBN-13: 978-0071493703
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.7 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 271,798 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Deliver BI Solutions with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
Maximize the powerful BI tools available in PerformancePoint 2007 with help from this practical guide. You will learn how to collect and store data, monitor progress, analyze performance, distribute dynamic reports, and create maintainable projects and forecasts. Business Intelligence with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 provides full details on creating scorecards and dashboards, performing advanced analysis on data, and setting up business plans. You will also learn how to integrate PerformancePoint with ProClarity, Excel 2007, and SQL Server Reporting Services.
- Configure, deploy, and secure all the PerformancePoint components
- Create KPIs, scorecards, reports, and dashboards with the Dashboard Designer
- Create business models with the Planning Business Modeler and create budgets and forecasts with Excel 2007
- Enable advanced data analysis with PerformancePoint Server and ProClarity tools
- Take advantage of the enhanced analytic capabilities of Excel 2007
- Use SQL Server Reporting Services for analytics
- Align performance with organizational objectives
About the Author
Craig Utley is a mentor with Solid Quality Mentors and a former Program Manager on the SQL Server Customer Advisory Team at Microsoft. He has been working with Microsoft's BI products since the beta of SQL Server 7, helping to author Microsoft's first data warehousing course and teaching it at Microsoft and many other companies.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
Format:Paperback
It is best book currently available for this topic. Useful for starter as well as a reference for not so beginners. A very useful approach of background knowledge followed by steps to deal with individual features. There is room for improvement, specially clarity of many steps when it deals in more detail.
Format:Paperback
There is a distict lack of good material about PerformancePoint Server around, so I was very glad when someone pointed me in the direction of Craig Utley's book.
I have a background in SharePoint and have a good grasp of the concepts of databases and analysis cubes, but I was stuggling to get to grips with the "why and how" for PerformancePoint before picking up this well-written book.
Both the business challenges and how PP adresses these are covered here, before stepping into the how-to sections, where clear examples are used.
A good book for both business Analysts and IT techies in my opinion.
NB: (Product News from Microsoft Feb09) Current news is that PerformancePoint Analytics features will be pulled into the next version of SharePoint Server. The PerformancePoint Planning parts may be sidelined rather than developed further in future.
(Considering the large number of SharePoint servers out there, getting these PP Analytics skills early could be a smart move.)
I have a background in SharePoint and have a good grasp of the concepts of databases and analysis cubes, but I was stuggling to get to grips with the "why and how" for PerformancePoint before picking up this well-written book.
Both the business challenges and how PP adresses these are covered here, before stepping into the how-to sections, where clear examples are used.
A good book for both business Analysts and IT techies in my opinion.
NB: (Product News from Microsoft Feb09) Current news is that PerformancePoint Analytics features will be pulled into the next version of SharePoint Server. The PerformancePoint Planning parts may be sidelined rather than developed further in future.
(Considering the large number of SharePoint servers out there, getting these PP Analytics skills early could be a smart move.)
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
I was a bit disapointed
8 Sep 2008
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I was a bit disappointed
I must first say that Craig's book about PerformancePoint Server is a great introduction book to monitoring and analytics with PerformancePoint Server. For people like me that are looking for more on the planning side of the product I was disappointed. Only one out of 10 chapters contained information about planning the rest of the +300 pages is about various aspects of monitoring and analytics.
I think that the statement from Russ Whitney Development Manager tells everything about the book.
"An excellent introduction to PerformancePoint Server"
For people interested in planning they should choose another book.
I must first say that Craig's book about PerformancePoint Server is a great introduction book to monitoring and analytics with PerformancePoint Server. For people like me that are looking for more on the planning side of the product I was disappointed. Only one out of 10 chapters contained information about planning the rest of the +300 pages is about various aspects of monitoring and analytics.
I think that the statement from Russ Whitney Development Manager tells everything about the book.
"An excellent introduction to PerformancePoint Server"
For people interested in planning they should choose another book.
5 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Excellent overview of PerformancePoint and BI
27 Mar 2008
Format:Kindle Edition
This is an excellent text if you are looking into moving toward the Microsoft BI platform. The book starts with a nice introduction which includes an overview of data warehousing, ETL, and cube creation. It then moves into quite a bit of detail with PerformancePoint.
Craig has a very conversational style of writing which was very much appreciated. (sometimes these types of books can be very dry)
Overall I would recommend this to anyone looking to purchase or implement PerformancePoint.
Craig has a very conversational style of writing which was very much appreciated. (sometimes these types of books can be very dry)
Overall I would recommend this to anyone looking to purchase or implement PerformancePoint.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
PPS 2007
30 July 2008
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I like the book. The section beginning on page 215 was especially useful since there is a definite lack of information regarding Performance Point Server 2007. I liked this more than the Rational series because it was presented more clearly and easier to read. I recommend it to anyone interested in PPS 2007.
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