BI involves much more than simply defining reports and analytics and the underlying data cubes and models. Saras America has found that successful BI projects need to include Reporting, Performance Management and Analytics for successful delivery of BI to end-users, managers and executives.However, Reporting, Performance Management and Analytics is just the tip of the BI iceberg for a successful BI project. Successful BI projects will also need to address several other major considerations:
Saras America examines all these factors to create a successful BI project approach designed to maximize results and minimize cost and time.
Saras America offers services for Microsoft’s BI and SQL Reporting Services. Microsoft’s SQL Server Reporting Services is a comprehensive solution that enables the creation, management and delivery of both traditional, paper-oriented reports and interactive, Web-based reports. An integrated part of the Microsoft Business Intelligence framework, Reporting Services combines the data management capabilities of SQL Server and Microsoft Windows Server with Microsoft Office System applications to deliver real-time information to support daily operations and drive tactical and operational insights and decision-making.Microsoft’s BI and reporting services offering is well integrated with SQL Server, PerformancePoint for rich GUI, OLAP engine, SharePoint Server, .NET framework, and Visual Studio, an integrated development environment.
Microsoft’s SharePoint Server provides a single, integrated portal application to host a variety of business reports as well as related applications to perform what-if analysis, and manage and share document. It also supplements your collaboration and decision making process through the ability to search through organization-wide content.
Saras America has helped many of its clients by building secure and manageable reporting solutions for a wide range of companies and users. Some of the key features of these solutions are: