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MicroStrategy Quick Start Guide

MicroStrategy Quick Start Guide

By : Rivero Esqueda
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MicroStrategy Quick Start Guide

MicroStrategy Quick Start Guide

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Overview of this book

MicroStrategy is an enterprise business intelligence application. It turns data into reports for making and executing key organization decisions. This book shows you how to implement Business Intelligence (BI) with MicroStrategy. It takes you from setting up and configuring MicroStrategy to security and administration. The book starts by detailing the different components of the MicroStrategy platform, and the key concepts of Metadata and Project Source. You will then install and configure MicroStrategy and lay down the foundations for building MicroStrategy BI solutions. By learning about objects and different object types, you will develop a strong understanding of the MicroStrategy Schema and Public Objects. With these MicroStrategy objects, you will enhance and scale your BI and Analytics solutions. Finally, you will learn about the administration, security, and monitoring of your BI solution.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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Who this book is for
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What this book covers
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Architecture - Installing and Configuring MicroStrategy
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Architecture - Installing and Configuring MicroStrategy
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MicroStrategy architecture
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Main server components
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Client applications
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Installation and configuration
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The MicroStrategy metadata
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Intelligence Server configuration
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Summary
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Project Design - Creating Your Project Foundation
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Project Design - Creating Your Project Foundation
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MicroStrategy Objects
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MicroStrategy Analytics Modules
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MicroStrategy Developer
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MicroStrategy Projects
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Your building blocks – Schema Objects
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The Source – Tables
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Business raw measures – Facts
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Business context – Attributes
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Grouping business context – Hierarchies
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Comparing data across time – Transformations
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Basic Reporting - Building Your First Reports
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Basic Reporting - Building Your First Reports
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Your analyzing blocks – Public Objects
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Your main analysis tool – Reports
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Reusing your report designs – Templates
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Limiting your data – Filters
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Business calculations – Metrics
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Performing Report manipulations
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Advanced Reporting - Interacting with and Improving Your Reports
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Advanced Reporting - Interacting with and Improving Your Reports
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Grouping data together – Custom Groups and Consolidations
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Dynamic filtering and report creation – Prompts
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Drilling paths – Drill maps
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Publishing data sources – iCubes
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Dashboarding - Creating Visual Reporting
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Dashboarding - Creating Visual Reporting
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Importing Data
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Creating enterprise-certified dashboards – Documents
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For the self-serving enthusiasts – web Dashboards
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Security - Managing Your Users and Their Access
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Security - Managing Your Users and Their Access
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Your management blocks – Configuration Objects
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MicroStrategy security levels
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Administration - Maintaining and Monitoring Your Project
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Administration - Maintaining and Monitoring Your Project
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Database connectivity in MicroStrategy
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Connecting to your source – Database Instances, Connections, and Logins
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Improving Reporting Performance – MicroStrategy Cache
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Monitoring your Project – MicroStrategy Developer Monitors
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MicroStrategy Administrative Clients
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Quick Reference Tables by Object Type
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Quick Reference Tables by Object Type
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Schema Objects
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Application / Public Objects
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Configuration Objects
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Advanced Reporting - Interacting with and Improving Your Reports

At this point, you should be familiar with MicroStrategy and its objects, both Schema and Public. In the last chapter, we built some basic reports and manipulations, now it is time to learn about some more advanced objects that will enhance analytics and reporting, adding flexibility and improving performance and scalability.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • What a MicroStrategy Custom Group is and how to create it
  • What a MicroStrategy Consolidation is and how to create it
  • Understanding the different types of prompts and how to create them
  • What a MicroStrategy Drill Map is and how to create it
  • What a MicroStrategy Intelligent Cube is, and how to create it

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