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RidgianBusiness Intelligence inEducation

JISC Eastern 19th March 2014

Nigel HamblinSteve Lynn

The Agenda for today

Agenda

• Introduction

• Typical Issues

• Overview of Microsoft Business Intelligence Platform

• Demonstration

• Business Intelligence Insights Workshop

• Questions and Answers

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• Midlands based Microsoft Partnerwith two Gold and three Silver Competencies

• Specialise in SQL Server, SharePoint, BusinessIntelligence and Custom App Development

• Information Management Experts

• We have been in business for over 14 yearsand are Privately Owned and Profitable

Background

Ridgian Overview

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• Disparate Systems, silos of data and reports

• Uncontrolled use of Excel

• Manually prepared Reports, time consuming

• Fixed data Sources and Queries / Reports

• Not making best use of Microsoft licensing and platform

Typical Issues

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• Reporting to Analytics

• Security, Scalability, Governance, Reuse of Data

• Data Discovery • User accessible data• Natural Language Query and Search

• Mobile

• Cloud Subscription, on Premise

Overview

Ridgian Overview

BI Architecture

Data Marts

Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL)

Middleware

Server(s)

DataWarehouse

Storage Design and Visualization

Data Cubes and Tabular

Models

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Reporting Server(s)

BI and Designer Clients

Source data

EE

Microsoft enterprise (classic) BI

SQL Server DBSQL Server

Integration Services (SSIS)

SharePoint (with)• Excel Services• PowerPivot for

SharePoint• SSRS SharePoint Mode• PerformancePoint

SQL Server DB

Storage Design and Visualization

SQL Server Analysis Services

Multidimensional and Tabular modes

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SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)

ExcelSQL Data ToolsReport Builder3rd party tools

ETL

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Source data

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What is Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence

“Dashboards are for Action, not Information”

“Traditional Reporting, is like looking in the rear view mirror”

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Dashboard

Business Intelligence

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Geospatial

Business Intelligence

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Social

Conclusion

Social

Unlock valuable data from Social Media activity to drive Campaigns and Retention strategy

Mobile

Arm your employees with Mobile/Tablet apps which provide them with instant access to critical business information

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Mobile

Conclusion

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• Q & A

• Close

Questions and Close

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