However, it is important to realize
there are different kinds of roles in an organization that can benefit from business
intelligence, and those different roles often consume data in different ways.
Therefore, there are a variety of tools that provide views of the data in the cubes
making up the data warehouse. By properly implementing the appropriate tools for
the various organizational roles, the benefits of a business intelligence solution can
be realized throughout the organization.
Creating a business intelligence application is not a simple process. An
organization must decide what business problems it wants to solve and then build a
warehouse to support solving those problems. Building the warehouse is discussed in
Chapter 3. Delivery of the data throughout the business must be planned and created,
and this is covered throughout most of the rest of the book. Coming up, Chapter 2
will take an overview look at Microsoft??™s new product, PerformancePoint Server,
which brings together a number of the tools and provides tools for scorecards,
analytics, and planning.
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CHAPTER 2
Introducing
PerformancePoint
Server 2007
IN THIS CHAPTER
What Is PerformancePoint Server 2007?
Summary
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PerformancePoint Server 2007 is a brand new project from Microsoft.
However, in reality, it is three products in one, and only one of the products
is truly new.
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