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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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By: Rivero Esqueda

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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Dynamic filtering and report creation – Prompts

Prompts are the most versatile Application objects in MicroStrategy since they provide flexibility to customize the SQL sent to the database, based on a user response to a question that is presented before Report execution.

The following is a quick reference table for this MicroStrategy Object:

Basically, when a Prompt is inserted in an object, MicroStrategy places a wildcard on the corresponding portion of the SQL. After this when the user responds to the Prompt, that unknown SQL gets replaced accordingly.

Understanding types of Prompts

To better understand Prompts, it is necessary to explain the different types. Their type will determine what objects can be used to...

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