Microsoft Dynamics NAV Reporting Options Derek Lamb May 2010
Agenda Positioning of Products Why Business Intelligence? Intergen Offerings Reporting Services Power Pivot ZAP SharePoint 2010 Questions
Choosing Reporting products Buy vs Build? Transactional vs Aggregated? Real Time vs Delayed? Ability of internal staff? Who are the Consumers of reports? Other source systems?
Dynamics NAV reporting positioning
Why Business Intelligence? Number 1 Technology Business Priority Improve Decision Making Reduce costs of producing legacy reports
Reporting Services
Reporting Services Features Server Based Enterprise reporting Publish reports in various formats Subscription based offerings allows reports to be delivered to end users. User-friendly semantic report model Integrates with Microsoft SharePoint for central delivery Display data graphically with enhanced visualization capabilities.
Report builder 3.0
Report Builder 3.0 New Features Grab and Go reporting experience enabled through the Report Part Gallery Render any report as a data source to PowerPivot or other applications through ATOM data feeds Additional visualizations including indicators, sparklines and data bars Support for consuming SharePoint lists and PowerPivot models as data sources Support for Madison and SQL Azure data sources Support for maps and geospatial visualizations with integration to Bing maps and support for SQL spatial data types
DEMO
Reporting Services Summary POSITIVES Part of SQL Consistent user-friendly semantic report model Multiple data sources Web based report consumption NEGATIVES Requires multiple server products Requires internal IT resources
PowerPivot
PowerPivot Features Process massive amounts of data in seconds Get data from virtually any source Limited IS Involvement Take advantage of familiar Excel tools and features Large data volumes Use powerful new analytical capabilities, such as Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
PowerPivot Millions of Rows!!!
DEMO
PowerPivot Summary POSITIVES Excel based Large data volumes Quick ROI In the hands of end users Integrates with SharePoint & SSRS NEGATIVES Excel based Basic Security No central data model No data cleansing capability Could require large amounts of memory New language
ZAP
ZAP Features Powerful analytics, dashboards and reporting Web based no client install 2009 Microsoft ISV partner of the Year Easy to use interface, designed for non-technical business users Prebuilt NAV connection Report Packs create PDF board reports
Why Business Analytics from Zap?
Key Dynamics Features NAV Reporting Reports Report Packs Ad-hoc Analysis Dashboards KPIs Scorecards Business Alerting Predictive Analytics
Flexible Dynamics NAV Reporting Reporting
Automated Dynamics NAV Reporting Report Packs
Ad-hoc Dynamics NAV Reporting analysis
Dashboards Dynamics NAV Reporting
KPIs Dynamics NAV Reporting
Scorecards Dynamics NAV Reporting
Advanced Dynamics NAV Reporting Functions
Alerting Dynamics NAV Reporting and report scheduling
ZAP Summary POSITIVES Quick ROI Prepackaged NAV connector Full BI functionality Web based NEGATIVES Extra License costs No desktop version for power users
SharePoint 2010
SharePoint 2010 Insights Features Make IS More Efficient Provides Self Service for end users Combine Information from Many Sources: Chart Web Parts Work in familiar tools Rich inbuilt visualisations for dashboards and scorecards
Microsoft BI platform
Dashboards
Scorecards
Excel Services
Decomposition Trees
SharePoint Summary POSITIVES Full integrated BI suite Office integration NAV portal Other SharePoint functionality NEGATIVES Only available on Enterprise edition. No budgeting/planning tool
Business Intelligence Summary Powerpivot Great exploratory tool Reporting Services Enterprise reporting ZAP Fast ROI Business Intelligence SharePoint Unlimited capabilities
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