deltek insight 2011: vision analysis cubes – oh the possibilities!
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VI-227: Vision Analysis Cubes – Oh the Possibilities!
Deltek Insight 2011
Presented byVicki Morton
Agenda Key Takeaways and Bonestroo Overview of Vision Analysis Cubes Instructions/Options/Tips Live Demonstration Review/Business Impact Questions Call to Action Contact Information
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Key Takeaways See how easy it is to use Vision Analysis Cubes along with discovering the
benefits that come with it Learn some best practices, shortcuts and tips See the importance of being able to view your critical business information “real
time” and drill down to the details
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Founded in 1956Multi-discipline engineering, planning and environmental science firm
300 employees in 12 offices located throughout the Midwest with headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota
Ranked 197th among design firms nationally in Engineering News Record’s List of Top 500 Design Firms
Speaker
Vicki Morton, IS Manager
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Vision Analysis Cubes Intro Free / part of Deltek Vision 5.x/6.1 Multi-dimensional using OLAP connection Interactive, live reporting Drill-down capability Uses Microsoft Excel pivot tables
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What You Need Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 Standard or Enterprise Edition Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Microsoft Excel 2010/2007 Microsoft Active Directory Domain Environment
Analysis Cubes users and database server must be members of the domain
Recommendations for Deltek Vision 6.1 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services
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Precautions/Limitations Security based on Active Directory not Vision role security Limited to data from Projects Info Center and GL account data
Only includes standard fields Custom fields must be added by Deltek consulting services
Cubes are updated on time intervals set by database manager Data does not refresh automatically to your Excel pivot tables. Choose Refresh
from the PivotTable Tools – Options menu Test and validate!!!
Compare results against standard Deltek report
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Launch Excel Choose Data – From Other
Sources (once you’ve established a connection, you can use Data – Existing Connections)
Choose From Analysis Services
Connect to Vision Cubes
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Connect to Vision Cubes
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Connection Established
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Drag the item you want going down your spreadsheet to the “Row Labels” area
Drag the item you want going across your spreadsheet to the “Column Labels” area
Drag the number item you want calculated to the “Values” area
You can stack items to create multiple groupings/subtotals
Design Your Pivot Table
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Know Your Data Projects Cube
Project financials Employee hours
GL Cube Income statement Specific accounts
Project Charge Types Overhead, promotional and regular
When you want to see “direct hours” in your report, use “labor total hours” with regular project charge type only
Project Primary Client vs. Project Billing Client
Filter On Fiscal Year–Quarter–Period to Choose Up-to-Date Information or Just Through A Closed Period
Validate!!!!
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Scenario: A client service manager stops by and is on the way to an important client meeting and wants to know the revenue for all the projects we’ve worked on for that client over the past five years, grouped by project type. Oh, and if you can show who the project managers were that would be helpful.
Stack multiple items to create groupings/subtotals in
your pivot table
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Scenario continued: Drill down to the next level and see individual project information.
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Scenario: In preparation for a planning meeting, the CEO has requested a report showing the top 20 clients as well as the bottom 20 clients for this year based on revenue (please sort this high to low based on revenue).
Use the drop-down for the row data and choose “More Sort Options…” and then sort by Descending order by Revenue.
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Scenario continued: Filter the client list to show just the top 20 clients based on revenue. You can also do this for the bottom 20.
Use the drop-down for the row data and choose “Value Filters – Top 10…”
Use the pull-downs to show the Top or Bottom 20 Items by Revenue.
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Options/Tips Use the pull-down on an item in your
Values box and choose “Value Field Settings…” to change how the number is calculated and/or formatted in your pivot table
For example, you can use different calculations such as Sum or Count
You can also format the number from a variety of choices
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Options/Tips Continued Use the PivotTable Tools – Design
options to quickly change the look of your report with some built-in styles
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Options/Tips Continued Use the PivotTable Tools – Design –
Layout – Subtotals to choose where to display the subtotal rows
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Use the PivotTable Tools – Design – Layout – Grand Totals to choose from several options
Options/Tips Continued
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Use the PivotTable Tools – Design – Layout – Report Layout to choose from several options of how to display your pivot table
Options/Tips Continued
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To insert an automatic page break between each sub-group, right-click on a group heading and choose “Field Settings...”
From the Layout & Print tab, check the “Insert page break after each item” box
Options/Tips Continued
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By default, each time you refresh your pivot table, all the column widths will adjust back to autofit
If you would like to preserve the custom widths that you have set, right-click anywhere in your pivot table and choose “PivotTable Options…”
From the Layout & Format tab, uncheck the “Autofit column widths on update”
Options/Tips Continued
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By default, pivot tables do not display an item if the value is blank. If you want to display all items, you must turn this option on
Right-click anywhere in your pivot table and choose “PivotTable Options…”
From the Display tab, click the “Show items with no data on rows/columns” check boxes
Options/Tips Continued
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At times, you may want to reference your pivot table items as generic cell addresses (relative) or as specific item references (absolute)
From Excel Options – Formulas you can turn this feature off/on
Options/Tips Continued
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Options/Tips Continued At times, you may wish to distribute the pivot table results to users but don’t want
them to modify the report Make a copy of your original file Choose Data-Connections and Remove the OLAP connection
At other times, you may wish to distribute the pivot table results in a format where the user can edit it like a normal Excel spreadsheet but no longer be connected to the live data (note that this will also remove all design formatting) Make a copy of your original file Select the entire spreadsheet (Ctrl-A) Copy Paste Values
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At times, you may export data
from a standard Deltek report
which leaves numerous blank
cells. Here’s a quick method to
fill in those blank cells with
data from the cell above
Highlight the area you wish to
fill including the cells with data
Click the F5 button (Go To) and
click the Special… button.
Choose Blanks and hit OK.
Immediately type = then hit the
Up Arrow and then Ctrl-Enter
Highlight everything. Copy and
then Paste Special Values
Bonus Tip
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Live DemoUsing Deltek Insight Image
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Review/Business Impact Vision Analysis Cubes works with Microsoft Excel pivot tables to gives you
interactive, live reporting with the ability to analyze data and drill down to details Vision Analysis Cubes are limited to data from Projects Info Center and GL
account data and only include standard fields Future “mega cube” will provide ability to pull data from multiple info centers as
well as custom fields Users can easily create their own reports thus reducing dependency on
accounting and IT/IS Vision Analysis Cubes give you valuable and insightful reporting Vision Analysis Cubes…Oh the Possibilities!!!
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Questions
Call to Action
Attend these related sessions for more info
• VI-230: Vision Dashboard Best Practices: Effective Communication Through VPM
• VI-208: The Future of Vision Performance Management
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Contact Information Bonestroo, Inc.
www.bonestroo.com
Vicki Morton, IS Manager [email protected] Member of LinkedIn, Deltek Vision Large User Group, PUG, MN Vision User
Group, CRM User Group Experience with software training development and classroom instruction;
pivot tables and analysis cubes for extensive reporting Deltek Vision, Satori proCube, Apax Partners/Epicor/Spectrum iVantage,
Microsoft Office
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