MicroStrategy Quick Start Guide : Data Analytics and Visualizations for Business Intelligence.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Dedication -- Packt Upsell -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Architecture - Installing and Configuring MicroStrategy -- MicroStrategy architecture -- Main server components -- The MicroStrategy Intelligence Server -- MicroStrategy Web and Mobile servers -- Client applications -- For developers -- For administrators -- For users and analysts -- Installation and configuration -- Prerequisites -- System requirements -- Windows installation -- Unix/Linux installation -- The MicroStrategy metadata -- Creating and configuring MicroStrategy metadata -- Intelligence Server configuration -- Project sources (2-tier and 3-tier) -- 4-Tier configuration (MicroStrategy Web and/or Mobile) -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Project Design - Creating Your Project Foundation -- MicroStrategy Objects -- Framework to learn about MicroStrategy Objects -- MicroStrategy Analytics Modules -- MicroStrategy Developer -- MicroStrategy Projects -- Project structure -- Exercise - create your first Project -- Your building blocks - Schema Objects -- Exercise - updating Schema -- The Source - Tables -- Warehouse Catalog -- Table structure -- Exercise - Import a few Tables -- Business raw measures - Facts -- Exercise - creating Facts -- Business context - Attributes -- Understanding the Attribute Editor -- Exercise - creating Attributes -- Grouping business context - Hierarchies -- Exercise - Creating user Hierarchies -- Comparing data across time - Transformations -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Basic Reporting - Building Your First Reports -- Your analyzing blocks - Public Objects -- Your main analysis tool - Reports -- Understanding the Report Editor -- Exercise - create your first Report -- Understanding Local Objects versus External Objects -- Exercise - searching for components and dependents.

Reusing your report designs - Templates -- Limiting your data - Filters -- Filters from Attributes -- Filters from Metrics -- Filters from Reports -- Exercise - creating some Filters -- Business calculations - Metrics -- Describing the types of Metrics -- Defining the report level -- Understanding the Metric editor and components -- Exercise - creating some Metrics -- Performing Report manipulations -- Manipulation - Autostyle format -- Manipulation - Grand total -- Manipulation - Subtotal -- Manipulation - Pivoting -- Manipulation - Page-by -- Manipulation - Sorting -- Manipulation - Exporting -- Manipulation - Graph view -- Manipulation - SQL view -- Manipulation - Drilling -- Manipulation - Derived Metrics -- Manipulation - View Filters -- Manipulation - Thresholds -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Advanced Reporting - Interacting with and Improving Your Reports -- Grouping data together - Custom Groups and Consolidations -- Exercise - create a Custom Group -- Exercise - creating a Consolidation -- Dynamic filtering and report creation - Prompts -- Understanding types of Prompts -- Exercise - create some prompted Reports -- Drilling paths - Drill maps -- Exercise - create a Custom Drill Map -- Publishing data sources - iCubes -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Dashboarding - Creating Visual Reporting -- Importing Data -- Exercise - import data -- Creating enterprise-certified dashboards - Documents -- Document structure -- Document controls -- Exercise - creating a basic document -- For the self-serving enthusiasts - web Dashboards -- Exercise - creating a dashboard -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Security - Managing Your Users and Their Access -- Your management blocks - Configuration Objects -- MicroStrategy Developer Administration -- MicroStrategy security levels -- Project-level security -- Profiles for accessing Projects - Users and Groups.

Exercise - creating your first User -- Exercise - creating a User Group -- Grouping privileges together - Security Roles -- Exercise - creating and assign a Security Role -- Object-level security -- Permissions -- Permissions groups -- Exercise - setting permissions -- Data-level security -- Limiting the data by user - Security Filters -- Exercise - create and assign a Security Filter -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Administration - Maintaining and Monitoring Your Project -- Database connectivity in MicroStrategy -- Connecting to your source - Database Instances, Connections, and Logins -- Exercise - Establish connectivity to a new database -- Improving Reporting Performance - MicroStrategy Cache -- Automating tasks - Schedules -- Defining Triggers - Events -- Refreshing your data - Subscriptions -- Exercise - Subscribing your Reports -- Monitoring your Project - MicroStrategy Developer Monitors -- Jobs Monitor -- Useful tips -- User Connections Monitor -- Useful tips -- Database Connections Monitor -- Useful tips -- Caches Monitor -- Operations for Caches -- Operations for Intelligent Cubes -- MicroStrategy Administrative Clients -- Migrating your Objects - Object Manager -- Comparing your Reports - Integrity Manager -- Automating Scripts - Command Manager -- Exercise - Using Command, Object, and Integrity Managers -- Summary -- Quick Reference Tables by Object Type -- Schema Objects -- Application / Public Objects -- Configuration Objects -- Other Books You May Enjoy -- Index.

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 set up and configuring MicroStrategy to security and administration.

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