Vijay Anand | January 28, 2014

A Comprehensive Review of

Self-Service Data Visualization

in MicroStrategy

Speaker Bio

Vijay Anand

Product Manager

Vijay Anand is a Product Manager for Self-Service and High Performance. With over

seven years of experience with MicroStrategy Inc., he has served in several capacities,

including roles in consulting, engineering, and marketing.

His current focuses are Self-Service, Data discovery, SaaS Business Analytics, Cloud

Intelligence, and High Performance BI. A graduate from Duke University, Mr. Anand has

previously worked with General Electric, TATA Consulting Services, and has his own

start-up.

Introducing MicroStrategy Analytics Agenda

• Introduction to MicroStrategy Analytics Platform

• Product Offerings and Feature Comparisons

• Product Workflows

• Data Import

• Data Visualizations

• Collaboration

• Product Demonstration

• Next Steps

• Questions

Big Data

Analytics

The power to transform your

Big Data into insight

Self-Service

Analytics

Rapid-fire data

discovery

Enterprise-Grade

Business Intelligence

Produce and publish trusted

analytics to elevate performance

• Intuitive data exploration

• Fast dashboard development

• Self-service with no IT needed

• Comprehensive delivery options

with massive user scale

• Trusted system-of-record reliability

• Easy, cost-effective administration

• Access and combine data from all

sources

• Advanced and predictive analytics

• Blazing speed and performance

Web or Mobile

Comprehensive analytics suite for business

MicroStrategy Analytics Platform

On-Premises or on MicroStrategy Cloud

MicroStrategy Analytics Platform

An integrated family. Powerful and easy to use. No compromises, no dead-ends.

MicroStrategy Analytics Platform

MicroStrategy Analytics Platform

MicroStrategy Analytics Enterprise

MicroStrategy Analytics

Desktop

MicroStrategy Analytics

Express

UPGRADE

PATH

UPGRADE

PATH

Big Data

Analytics

Enterprise-Grade

Business Intelligence Comprehensive analytics to meet the

broadest range of enterprise needs.

Delivered on web or mobile.

Running on-premises or in the

MicroStrategy Cloud.

Fastest, easiest self-service

analytics tool for business users.

Download it for free and install

it in minutes.

All the self-service analytics you

get with Desktop, plus reports and

dashboards, mobile apps, and

secure team-based collaboration.

No charge for one year.

Self-Service

Analytics

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Any interface

Best-of-both-worlds

self-service and

production BI

100% trustworthy

Web | Mobile | Desktop | Email | PDF | Office

Single Metadata | Single Security Architecture | Advanced Usher Security

SELF-SERVICE PRODUCTION BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

Dashboards | Reports | Statements | OLAP Visual Analytics

Multi-pass Set

Analytics | | Prediction | Prescription | R Analytics

Relationship

Analysis

Comprehensive

advanced analytics

Highest scalability and performance

Any data source, any data scale

Maximum flexibility

In-Memory Data Engine | In-Memory MPP Engine | Load Balancing &

Clustering

Enterprise

Applications Databases | Cloud | | Hadoop | Spreadsheets | More

Cloud Services | On-Premises Deployment

MicroStrategy Analytics Enterprise

Our core technology combines agile self-service with governance

MicroStrategy Analytics Platform

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Web | Mobile | Desktop | Email | PDF | Office

Single Metadata | Single Security Architecture | Advanced Usher Security

SELF-SERVICE PRODUCTION BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

Dashboards | Reports | Statements | OLAP Visual Analytics

Multi-pass Set

Analytics | | Prediction | Prescription | R Analytics

Relationship

Analysis

In-Memory Data Engine | In-Memory MPP Engine | Load Balancing &

Clustering

Enterprise

Applications Databases | Cloud | | Hadoop | Spreadsheets | More

Cloud Services | On-Premises Deployment

MicroStrategy Analytics Express

Rapid-fire self-service

analytics for everyone,

instantly available on

the cloud.

Powerful, best-in-class

self-service visual

analytics.

Delivered on web or

mobile.

Safe, secure, and

scalable to thousands of

users.

Free to use for one

year, no limitations!

MicroStrategy Analytics Platform Software-as-a-Service analytics designed for team-based collaboration

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Web | Mobile | Desktop | Email | PDF | Office

Single Metadata | Single Security Architecture | Advanced Usher Security

SELF-SERVICE PRODUCTION BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

Dashboards | Reports | Statements | OLAP Visual Analytics

Multi-pass Set

Analytics | | Prediction | Prescription | R Analytics

Relationship

Analysis

In-Memory Data Engine | In-Memory MPP Engine | Load Balancing &

Clustering

Enterprise

Applications Databases | Cloud | | Hadoop | Spreadsheets | More

Cloud Services | On-Premises Deployment

MicroStrategy Analytics Desktop

Powerful, easy-to-use

self-service visual

analytics.

• Brilliant visualizations

• Full map analytics

• Stunning ease of use

• No data source limits

• Quick data blending

for business users

• Easy path to

Enterprise version

Quickly installs on your

desktop.

Free!

MicroStrategy Analytics Platform Our newest product delivers powerful yet user-friendly business analytics

CONNECT DISCOVER SHARE

From Connect to Collaborate in Minutes

MicroStrategy Analytics

CONNECT DATA MODELING DISCOVER SHARE

CONNECT DISCOVER SHARE

From Connect to Collaborate in Minutes

MicroStrategy Analytics

Elastic Map

Reduce

Optimized access to your entire Big Data ecosystem as if it were a single database

No Data Left Behind

Access data without writing any code

Graphic Query Interfaces

PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION

DATA IMPORT

Stunning

Visualizations

Instant

Query Results

Effortless

Dashboards

Zero

Dependence

Lightning fast insights, easy for everyone

MicroStrategy Self-Service Analytics Empowers Users

Stunning Visualizations

Stunning Visualizations

Stunning Visualizations

Stunning Visualizations

Industry’s most powerful SQL Engine and 300+ native analytical functions

Climb the Analytical Maturity Model to Outsmart and Outperform Competitors

Advanced Analytics – 10x Easier to Use

Projections

Relationship Analysis

Benchmarking

Trend Analysis

Data Summarization

An

aly

tica

l M

atu

rity

What is likely to happen based on past history?

What factors influence activity or behavior?

How are we doing versus comparables?

What direction are we headed in?

What is happening in the aggregate?

Optimization What do we want to happen?

Industry’s most powerful SQL Engine and 300+ native analytical functions

Projections

Relationship Analysis

Benchmarking

Trend Analysis

Data Summarization

An

aly

tica

l M

atu

rity

What is likely to happen based on past history?

What factors influence activity or behavior?

How are we doing versus comparables?

What direction are we headed in?

What is happening in the aggregate?

Optimization What do we want to happen?

World’s most

popular

advanced

analytics tool.

Free, open

source.

More

Specialty Tools

Climb the Analytical Maturity Model to Outsmart and Outperform Competitors

Advanced Analytics – 10x Easier to Use

Convert Adhoc Data Visualizations with a Click

Production Ready Dashboard

Competitive approaches require time-consuming rework Build Once, Deploy Anywhere

Email

Browsers | Portals | Apps

Web Mobile

iOS | Android |

Blackberry

Documents

PDF | PowerPoint |

Excel | Word One-Click Sharing |

Annotation

Build once

Deploy across all media

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PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION

VISUAL INSIGHT

Experience MicroStrategy Today Best of all, they’re free!

MicroStrategy Analytics

Desktop

Fastest, easiest self-service analytics

tool for business users.

100% free!

MicroStrategy Analytics

Express

Cloud-based self-service visual

analytics for any organization.

Free for one year!

microstrategy.com/free