Analyze Sales Performance by using a Dashboard Built on SharePoint Server, SQL Server, and Office

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Business intelligence planning
Get an overview of business intelligence capabilities in SharePoint Server 2010. Learn about Excel Services, PerformancePoint Services, and Visio Services.

Planning and architecture for SharePoint Server 2010
Develop conceptual, logical, and physical designs for configuring SharePoint Server 2010 features, servers, and topologies.

SQL Server Integration with SharePoint
Learn about how SQL Server 2008 R2 offers new self-service business intelligence capability through integration with SharePoint products and technologies.

Create a plan for a PerformancePoint dashboard
Learn how to plan each dashboard before you deploy it so that you provide dashboard users with a valuable, time-saving tool that helps them get the information that they need.

About user permissions for PerformancePoint Services
Learn about the permissions that are required for PerformancePoint Services and how to assign permissions for your dashboard content.

Microsoft Contoso BI Demo Dataset for Retail Industry
Download a fictitious retail demo dataset that is used in this scenario for presenting Microsoft Business Intelligence products and applications.

Getting Started with Report Builder 3.0
Learn about Report Builder 3.0, which is used to create, preview, and publish reports to SQL Server Reporting Services or to SharePoint Server.

Up to Speed with PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer
Learn how to use Dashboard Designer to create powerful, dynamic dashboards that are hosted in SharePoint Server 2010.

Tutorial: Creating Drillthrough and Main Reports (Report Builder 3.0)
Use Report Builder to create a drillthrough report and a main report to display sales information.

Create data connections (PerformancePoint Services)
Use Dashboard Designer to create data connections to the data sources that you need for reports, scorecards, and filters.

Create reports and scorecards by using Dashboard Designer
Use Dashboard Designer to create scorecards and reports. Examples of report types that you can create include analytic charts and grids, Excel Services reports, strategy maps, and many other kinds of reports.

Create a dashboard filter by using Dashboard Designer
Use Dashboard Designer to create one or more dashboard filters that enable dashboard users to view more specific information.

Create and assemble a dashboard page by using Dashboard Designer
Use Dashboard Designer to create and assemble a dashboard page, and connect filters to scorecards and reports.

Deploy a PerformancePoint dashboard
Use Dashboard Designer to publish a dashboard to a designated SharePoint document library, where you can view and test it, and then share it with dashboard users.

Make Better Business Decisions
Learn how to use a PerformancePoint dashboard to analyze potential business concerns and then share information and recommendations with others to improve business decision making.

Getting started with dashboards
Learn how SharePoint Server enables you to create and use dashboards that provide up-to-date information in a centrally managed, easily accessed location.

How to navigate PerformancePoint dashboards and explore data
Learn how to navigate dashboards, explore data, and focus on specific information.

Differences between using a workbook in a browser and in Excel
Learn about Excel Web App and how it differs from Excel.

Edit a scorecard by using Dashboard Designer
After you have created scorecards, you can then edit them to display information in a particular way. Learn how to add or change scorecard items and change viewing options.

Add dashboard items to a page by using Dashboard Designer
After you have created dashboard pages, you can add items, such as reports, scorecards, and filters, to those pages.

Upgrade a PerformancePoint dashboard from PerformancePoint Server 2007 to PerformancePoint Services
The IT department typically handles the migration of PerformancePoint content, such as dashboard items and data source connections. Learn how to complete the upgrade process by opening and testing dashboard items, making changes to reports and scorecards, and redeploying dashboards.