For readers familiar with Microsoft’s Power BI suite of tools for Excel, but not clear as to how Power Pivot, and Power Query interact within a Power BI project, a webcast from TechEd Europe 2014, titled Overview of Business Intelligence in Office and Office 265 may be worth watching. The webcast is led by Peter […]
Data Visualization is a popular requirement for Office 365 computing built on Business Intelligence components
Microsoft’s TechEd Europe 2014 event, which was held in October, 2014, included a presentation on the Business Intelligence (BI) opportunities presented by Microsoft Office and Office 365 products. The title of this presentation, which is now available for public viewing as a webcast on Microsoft’s MSDN Channel 9 web site, is Overview of Business Intelligence […]
Using SharePoint Workflows to Identify Inefficiencies in Business Processes
Workflows built on SharePoint lists and libraries can be used to identify problem points in business processes. Our newest DVD set of specialized training content for SharePoint 2013, Cheap Thrills in SharePoint presents several workflow examples useful for this purpose. Why would an organization consider implementing workflows for this purpose? Any SharePoint stakeholders monitoring their […]
Business Intelligence Systems can be Successfully Built on a SharePoint Server Foundation
This is the latest in our current series of blog posts. In this series we provide readers with some familiar application drivers, which some businesses will want to capture should they decide to implement SharePoint. Each of these drivers amounts to a popular solution in today’s enterprise computing markets. Once an organization decides to pursue […]
A Successful Metadata Tagging Effort Usually Includes an Organization-Specific Taxonomy
Out of the box SharePoint 2010 and 2013 both include the Term Store. This feature can be used to produce a set of custom tags to manage metadata. In turn, organizations can use these custom tags via SharePoint’s Managed Metadata Service (MMS) to structure information in a manner conforming to the unique characteristics and needs […]
Use the Open Data Protocol to Include Data from Business Silos in SharePoint Online
The OData Protocol is defined as ” . . . a standardized protocol for creating and consuming data APIs. OData builds on core protocols like HTTP and commonly accepted methodologies like REST. The result is a uniform way to expose full-featured data APIs.” This definition may be useful for software developers. Steve Fox, a Director […]
Business Connectivity Services for SharePoint 2013
Any organization looking to implement SharePoint 2013 as an enterprise application for document or content management, or for reporting purposes, or even for gathering useful business intelligence, will need to use solutions and features built on the Business Data Collector (BDC) and Business Connectivity Services (BCS). Despite two new SharePoint Server versions, 2010 and, now, […]
An Inexpensive Method of Integrating Business Intelligence Features Into SharePoint 2013
Our video tutorial set, “SharePoint 2013: Business Intelligence” provides any organization looking to add truly useful business intelligence (BI) features to its SharePoint 2013 computing environment with an inexpensive method of performing the systems integration required to deliver the desired functionality. With the release of this set for purchase, individuals and organizations can now access […]
Key Administrator Controls in SharePoint 2013 for Reporting Services
In Reporting Services in SharePoint 2013 Part 2, Jason Himmelstein presents some of the controls available to administrators to manage the Reporting Services service for SharePoint Server 2013. The intended audience for this video are SharePoint Administrators. The video is presently available to any/all subscribers to SharePoint-Videos.com. If past experience can be used as an […]
Central Administration Settings for Creating and Configuring Reporting Services as a SharePoint Server 2013 Service
The task of adding the SQL Server 2012 SP1 Reporting Services for SharePoint service is best performed by SharePoint administrators. Jason Himmelstein’s presentation in the first part of his series on Reporting Services, REPORTING SERVICES IN SHAREPOINT 2013 PART 1 is tailored for an audience of administrators. As we noted in the previous post to […]