Developing BI Applications

Business Intelligence (BI) applications help enterprise users make business decisions. This unit focuses on the SharePoint BI tools available for bringing information together for analysis, examination and collaboration with others to gain the decision making knowledge needed. The BI development tools available in SharePoint include status indicators, chart web parts, PerformancePoint Services, Excel Services, BI Search and Visio Services.

Hands-On Labs

  • Developing BI Applications Lab

    In this lab, you will learn about the BI offerings in SharePoint 2010. You will start by performing simple visualization of existing list data using the Chart Web Part. You will then use Excel to analyze external internet sales data and then post your results on SharePoint using excel services. Based on that work you will finish by creating a complete dashboard used to monitor reseller sales and track actual versus expected year to date sales numbers.

Videos

  • What is Business Intelligence?

    The SharePoint 2010 Business Intelligence (BI) tools for bringing information together for analysis, examination and collaboration to support business decisions are discussed in this video. Available tools for developers include status indicators, chart web parts, PerformancePoint Services, Excel Services, BI Search and Visio Services.

  • Introduction to the Developing BI Applications Module

    Donovan and Chris provide a brief introduction to what is in this module.