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MicroStrategy Quick Start Guide

By : Fernando Carlos Rivero Esqueda
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MicroStrategy Quick Start Guide

By: Fernando Carlos Rivero Esqueda

Overview of this book

MicroStrategy is an enterprise business intelligence application. It turns data into reports for making and executing key organization decisions. This book shows you how to implement Business Intelligence (BI) with MicroStrategy. It takes you from setting up and configuring MicroStrategy to security and administration. The book starts by detailing the different components of the MicroStrategy platform, and the key concepts of Metadata and Project Source. You will then install and configure MicroStrategy and lay down the foundations for building MicroStrategy BI solutions. By learning about objects and different object types, you will develop a strong understanding of the MicroStrategy Schema and Public Objects. With these MicroStrategy objects, you will enhance and scale your BI and Analytics solutions. Finally, you will learn about the administration, security, and monitoring of your BI solution.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Foreword
Contributors
Preface
Index

MicroStrategy Projects


MicroStrategy Projects are Configuration Objects, which group all other objects within (Public and Schema).The following is a quick reference table for this MicroStrategy Object:

The Projects are usually created according to a business area (such as marketing, finance, and human resources) or, in some organizations, by the technology that supports its data source (such as Teradata, Oracle, SQL Server). In any case, a MicroStrategy Project helps developers and users to organize their reporting and analytics applications. There are other Configuration Objects, but these will be covered in Chapter 6Security – Managing Your Usersand Their Access and Chapter 7, Administration – Maintaining and Monitoring Your Project.

Project structure

When a MicroStrategy Project is created, a general folder structure common to every project is generated:

  • My Personal Objects: This set of folders is meant to save objects that are not shared among other users. Meaning, whatever is saved within...