Why Sharepoint BI ?

When decision making is based on all the information available in the organization then business intelligence with sharepoint server is the right choice. In the era of web 2.0 where the business need is to consume information in a unified manner which facilitates information sharing across boundaries, then Microsoft office sharepoint server is the most popular example of an integrated suite serving for this purpose. If you want to access information any where anytime be in on desktop or web Sharepoint business intelligence services is the answer. Office SharePoint Server 2007 can link to business applications, such as SAP, Siebel, and Microsoft SQL Server 2005, allowing you to easily publish reports, lists, and key performance indicators (KPIs).The information workers can assemble data from multiple sources and publish that data on the Web with the help of sharepoint server (BI).

Let us first describe what is Business intelligence.It is a generic term that describes the processes and technologies whose primary purpose is to monitor, analyze and plan thereby driving the Business Process improvements. Sharepoint (BI) shows all the spheres of information and presents the right information at the right time and in the right manner. It also enhances the productivity and decision making levels in your organization. With BI in SharePoint, you can easily access the information, use it, deploy it and maximize its ability to positively influence business decisions. It also ensures security of data and information.

There are three important components for sharepoint BI:

Knowing Your Deployment's Health and Status: Information about your Microsoft SharePoint servers, their functions, roles, services, and health is critical to developing future procurement and management strategies.

Understanding Platform Activity: Understanding how your deployment is being leveraged by end-users is vital to efficient management. Having access to accurate and timely answers to the following questions is critical to intelligent decision making

On-Demand Analysis & Reporting: A centralized, customizable dashboard, delivering precisely the metrics is a very critical tool for business-intelligence.

The features of Sharepoint (BI) are discussed below:

The Report Centre: It provides a central location for BI related information. With the help of Report Center the users can search for item by using categories, they can view a calendar of upcoming reports and subscribe to reports that are relevant.

Excel Services: It enables you to store an Excel workbook on a server and then publish any part of that workbook on a web page. The users only need a browser to view and interact with the live data. Its main advantage is the calculation occurs on the server, because of which the business logic in the workbook is never exposed

Key Performance Indicators: A Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is a visual cue that communicates the amount of progress made toward a goal. By using Sharepoint KPIs, you can know where you are, how far or behind and what is the minimum task completed.

Filter Web Parts: Office SharePoint Server 2007 has 10 Filter Web Parts that enable you to enter or choose one or more values to change the contents of one or more Web Parts on a page to display exactly the information you need.

Dashboard: An Office SharePoint Server 2007 dashboard is a Web page template that allows you to assemble and display information from disparate sources such as reports, charts, metrics, and key performance indicators.

India is the leading BI suite supporting information delivering sharepoint BI Services to multiple UI channels. It is regarded as many of top SharePoint Business intelligence Services providers in India. Few of company's are gained adequate expertise in Sharepoint Business Intelligence 2010 and years of experience in developing sharepoint applications and sharepoint projects in various industry domains.