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Microsoft Office Excel 2007: Building Business Intelligence Solutions Using Excel and SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services. Keith Burns – Architect evangelist (SQL Server) Paul Foster – ISV developer evangelist Microsoft UK. Agenda.
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Microsoft Office Excel 2007:Building Business Intelligence Solutions Using Excel and SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Keith Burns – Architect evangelist (SQL Server) Paul Foster – ISV developer evangelist Microsoft UK
Agenda • Enabling interactive user access to corporate data - introduction • What is Analysis Services • Building cool BI experiences with Analysis Services and Excel • Make it friendly • Make it personalized • Make it rich
Analysis Services XML/A or ODBO UDM Cache What Is SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services? Spreadsheets SQL Server Datamart BI Front Ends DW Teradata Ad-Hoc Reports Rich Reports Oracle DB2 LOB Dashboards
Analysis Services XML/A or ODBO UDM Cache Common Bet On Analysis Services Spreadsheets SQL Server Datamart BI Front Ends DW Teradata Ad-Hoc Reports Rich Reports Oracle DB2 LOB Dashboards
Summary • Excel 2007 and Analysis Services 2005 create exciting new user experiences with data • Interactive: lightning fast performance on business queries • Friendly: business names, folders, hierarchies, formatting • Personalized: perspectives, translations • Rich: calculations, named sets, exception highlighting, actions, KPIs • Sexy: KPIs, OLAP formulas, visuals, interactive charts