Developing Business Intelligence Apps for SharePoint

Book Details:

Publisher:	O'Reilly Media
Series:	OReilly
Author:	Jason Himmelstein
Edition:	1
ISBN-10:	144932083X
ISBN-13:	9781449320836

Pages:	592
Published:	Jul 30 2013
Posted:	Nov 19 2014
Language:	English
Book format:	PDF
Book size:	55.57 MB

Book Description:

Create dynamic business intelligence (BI) solutions for SharePoint faster and with more capabilities than previously possible. With this book, you'll learn the entire processfrom high-level concepts to development and deploymentfor building data-rich BI applications with Visual Studio LightSwitch, SQL Server 2012, and a host of related Microsoft technologies. You'll learn practical techniques and patterns necessary to use all of these technologies together as you build an example application through the course of the book, step by step. Discover how to solve real problems, using BI solutions that will evolve to meet future needs.Learn the fundamentals of SharePoint, LightSwitch, and SQL Server 2012 Get a solid grounding in BI application basics and database design principles Use LightSwitch to build a help desk app, including data model design and SharePoint data integration Build a tabular cube with Microsoft's Business Intelligence Semantic Model (BISM) Dive into the data visualization stack, including Excel and SQL Server Reporting Services Create reports with Excel Services, Report Builder, and PowerView Use tips and tricks for setting up your BI application development environment

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