This document contains an agenda and overview for a presentation on business intelligence in education. The agenda includes an introduction, overview of typical issues, the Microsoft business intelligence platform, a demonstration, and Q&A. The overview discusses Ridgian as a Microsoft partner specializing in business intelligence and information management. It also outlines typical issues organizations face around siloed data and reports. The presentation provides an overview of the Microsoft BI architecture and how it can help with reporting, analytics, security, scalability, data discovery, and mobile access. It concludes with examples of dashboards, geospatial BI, and how BI can unlock value from social media and provide mobile access to information.

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Cover Sheet
V1.3 29/10/2012
Ridgian
Business Intelligence in
Education
JISC Eastern
19th March 2014
Nigel Hamblin
Steve Lynn

2. The Agenda for today
Agenda
• Introduction
• Typical Issues
• Overview of Microsoft Business Intelligence Platform
• Demonstration
• Business Intelligence Insights Workshop
• Questions and Answers
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• Midlands based Microsoft Partner
with two Gold and three Silver Competencies
• Specialise in SQL Server, SharePoint, Business
Intelligence and Custom App Development
• Information Management Experts
• We have been in business for over 14 years
and are Privately Owned and Profitable
Background
Ridgian Overview

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• Disparate Systems, silos of data and reports
• Uncontrolled use of Excel
• Manually prepared Reports, time consuming
• Fixed data Sources and Queries / Reports
• Not making best use of Microsoft licensing and
platform
Typical Issues
Ridgian Overview

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• Reporting to Analytics
• Security, Scalability, Governance, Reuse of Data
• Data Discovery
• User accessible data
• Natural Language Query and Search
• Mobile
• Cloud Subscription, on Premise
Overview
Ridgian Overview

6. BI Architecture
Data Marts
Extract, Transform,
and Load (ETL)
Middleware
Server(s)
Data
Warehouse
Storage Design and
Visualization
Data Cubes
and Tabular
Models
E
T
L
Reporting
Server(s)
BI and
Designer
Clients
Source
data

7. EE
Microsoft enterprise (classic) BI
SQL Server DB
SQL Server
Integration
Services
(SSIS)
SharePoint (with)
• Excel Services
• PowerPivot for
SharePoint
• SSRS SharePoint Mode
• PerformancePoint
SQL Server
DB
Storage Design and Visualization
SQL Server Analysis
Services
Multidimensional and
Tabular modes
L
SQL Server
Reporting
Services
(SSRS)
Excel
SQL Data Tools
Report Builder
3rd party tools
ETL
E
T
Source
data

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What is Business Intelligence
Business Intelligence
“Dashboards are for Action,
not Information”
“Traditional Reporting, is like
looking in the rear view mirror”

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Dashboard
Business Intelligence

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Geospatial
Business Intelligence

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Social
Conclusion
Social
Unlock valuable data from Social Media activity to
drive Campaigns and Retention strategy

12. Mobile
Arm your employees with Mobile/Tablet apps which
provide them with instant access to critical business
information
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Mobile
Conclusion

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• Q & A
• Close
Questions and Close
Presentation