Business Intelligence Techniques

Unit I
Business intelligence (BI, History,Business intelligence and data warehousing, Business intelligence and business analytics, Applications in an enterprise. Unit II The user aspect of Business Intelligence, BI Marketplace, Types of business intelligence tools. Cube Perspectives and Key Performance Indicators (KPI). Unit III

Types of business intelligence tools

The key general categories of business intelligence tools are: Spreadsheets, Reporting and querying Software, tools that extract, sort, summarize, and present selected data OLAP: Online analytical processing, Digital Dashboards. Data mining, Decision engineering, Process mining, Business performance management Local information systems, Except for spreadsheets, these tools are sold as standalone tools, suites of tools, components, of ERP systems, or as components of software targeted to a specific industry. The tools are sometimes packaged into data warehouse appliances.AMO OLAP Classes,
Dimension Objects, Cube Objects ,Measure Group Objects, Partition Objects ,Aggregation Design Objects Aggregation Objects ,Action Objects, KPI Objects, Perspective Objects, Translation Objects,

Proactive Caching Objects

Unit IV
In this module, students will learn how to create and use Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts. Using Office Excel 2007, students will learn how to combine the underlying

SQL Server 2005 Data and Analysis Tables.

Services Cube

Data into their Excel Pivot

Business Intelligence Information and Analyze Data for Business Reporting and decision making. Excel 2007 Pivot Table Terminology, Using the Pivot Table Field List, Adding Columns, Rows and Values to a Pivot Table, Creating Pivot Tables and Pivoting a Table, Creating a Pivot Chart and understanding the Pivot Table Relationship, Analyzing your Pivot Table Data for Decision Making. Creating Pivot Tables using Office Excel 2007 Creating a Pivot Tables and Pivoting a Table, Adding Columns, Rows and Measures to a Pivot Table Creating a Pivot Chart, Discussion - What business information can we extrapolate from this Pivot Table or Pivot Chart? Use a Data Flow Methodology for understanding how the Source SQL and Cube Data flows from SQL Server into Analysis Services and into both Reporting Services and Office Excel 2007 Pivot Tables to allow the student to make better , Business Decisions.

UNIT- V
Fine Tuning Office Excel 2007 Pivot Tables Fine tune their Pivot Tables and Charts for Presentation and Analysis.Using Office Excel 2007 Pivot Table Tools, Filtering a Pivot Table to Restrict Data Formatting a Pivot Table and Table Data, Formatting a Pivot Chart and Chart Data Excel 2007 Offline OLAP Feature