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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

Chapter 5. Dashboarding - Creating Visual Reporting

It is time to use all of the skills acquired so far to create visual reporting through Dashboards and Documents. In this chapter, we will be using MicroStrategy Developer in conjunction with its web-based client counterpart, MicroStrategy Web.

The following topics will be covered:

  • Understanding how to import data using MicroStrategy Web
  • Explaining what a MicroStrategy Document is and how to create one
  • Explaining what a MicroStrategy Dashboard is and how to create one