A practical guide to the next-generation Business Intelligence tools available in SQL Server 2008This book will help DBAs and business intelligence architects work with the latest 3-D visualization techniques that revolutionize data reporting, analysis, and measurement in SQL Server 2008. You will appreciate the complete end-to-end explanation of the real-time visual representation of metrics and trends.Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analytics and Data Visualization begins with an overview of how these new tools, acquired from Dundas, fit into the SQL Server 2008 BI stack. You will learn strategies for data mining and advanced analytics. The book explains the full range of cutting-edge data visualization tools, including several customizable charts, map solutions for geographic data, illustrative gauges, and detailed calendars. An eight-page full-color insert highlights dazzling examples of 3-D visuals that convey business metrics in innovative ways.

By:   Doug Harts, Jim Dugan, Tricia Wilcox Almas
Imprint:   Osborne/McGraw-Hill
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 27mm,  Width: 236mm,  Spine: 185mm
Weight:   948g
ISBN:  

9780071601436

ISBN 10:   0071601430
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available  
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Chapter 1 Charts in SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 Chapter 2 Gauges in SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 Chapter 3 SQL Server 2008 R2 Map Reports Chapter 4 Data Visualization Delivery Chapter 5 Microsoft and the Cloud Chapter 6 Data Mining; Real World Techniques Chapter 7 Microsoft PowerPivot Chapter 8 SQL Server 2008 R2 Analytic Design Techniques Index

Doug Harts is a Services Executive at Microsoft currently helping U.S. Federal agencies implement Microsoft technology roadmaps. As a former Chief Technology Officer of the Microsoft Gold development partner that published the market's first SQL Server web-based ad-hoc report tool that co-launched with Reporting Services in 2000, Doug has been involved with Business Intelligence research and design at Microsoft-Redmond and commercial and public organizations around the world. As a current member of the Microsoft Business Intelligence Field Advisory Council, Doug contributes to the design and development of Business Intelligence technology in the SharePoint Cloud environment. Doug is also the author of Microsoft Office 2007 Business Intelligence. (McGraw-Hill, 2007), and maintains a BI Community website at www.OfficeBIcentral.com. Jim Dugan is a Solutions Architect in Microsoft Healthcare and Benefits team in Microsoft Federal. Jim has been in the information technology field for over 25 years and with Microsoft for 14 of those years. Jim has contributed to many large scale projects for commercial, Federal and humanitarian efforts. Jim previously served as Technical Director of Microsoft's Technology and Innovation Center in Reston, Virginia. Jim resides with his wife and three kids in Arlington Virginia. Jim can be found with other Business Intelligence community people at www.OfficeBIcentral.com . Tricia Wilcox Almas is a Technical Architect for Business Intelligence Solutions for MicroLink, LLC, a Microsoft Gold Partner. Tricia has been developing solutions and managing IT projects for over 25 years, and has extensive experience helping Non-profit and government organizations get the most out of their IT investments. Tricia enjoys building data warehouses and cubes, and delivering reporting and performance management solutions for her clients. In her rare leisure time, she assists with fundraising events for Challenger Little League and Special Olympics, and enjoys time with her husband of 25 years and two teen-age sons.