BI solutions provide reports, dashboards, and ad hoc queries for the whole organization. Usually, MicroStrategy implementation is huge and it requires many administration tasks such as installation, update, and configuration of MicroStrategy servers. In addition, the administrator ensures the high availability of systems as well as performance. Moreover, they should manage security, monitor the project's environment, and manage the project's life cycle. Finally, they are responsible for troubleshooting.
MicroStrategy provides rich functionality for managing and monitoring the whole system and makes the life of an administrator easier with automatization of routine administrator tasks. Usually, developers are responsible for deploying and running BI solutions. As a result, it is important for BI developers to understand the architecture of BI tools and know how to manage them.
In this chapter, we will learn about:
Managing MicroStrategy platform...