Introduction xiii
Part I Overview of the Microsoft Business Intelligence Toolset 1
Chapter 1 Which Analysis and Reporting Tools Do You Need? 3
Chapter 2 Designing an Eff ective Business Intelligence Architecture 21
Chapter 3 Selecting the Data Architecture that Fits Your
Organization 33
Part II Business Intelligence for Analysis 49
Chapter 4 Searching and Combining Data with Power Query 51
Chapter 5 Choosing the Right Business Intelligence Semantic Model 73
Chapter 6 Discovering and Analyzing Data with Power Pivot 89
Chapter 7 Developing a Flexible and Scalable Tabular Model 127
Chapter 8 Developing a Flexible and Scalable Multidimensional Model 151
Chapter 9 Discovering Knowledge with Data Mining 173
Part III Business Intelligence for Reporting 209
Chapter 10 Choosing the Right Business Intelligence
Visualization Tool 211
Chapter 11 Designing Operational Reports with Reporting Services 227
Chapter 12 Visualizing Your Data Interactively with Power View 245
Chapter 13 Exploring Geographic and Temporal Data with Power Map 273
Chapter 14 Monitoring Your Business with PerformancePoint Services 293
Contents at Glance
Part IV Deploying and Managing the Business Intelligence Solution 329
Chapter 15 Implementing a Self-Service Delivery Framework 331
Chapter 16 Designing and Implementing a Deployment Plan 351
Chapter 17 Managing and Maintaining the Business Intelligence
Environment 363
Chapter 18 Scaling the Business Intelligence Environment 379
Index 391