Microsoft Office Excel Microsoft Office Excel 2007:2007:Building Business Building Business Intelligence Solutions Intelligence Solutions Using Excel and SQL Using Excel and SQL Server 2005 Analysis Server 2005 Analysis ServicesServicesKeith Burns – Architect evangelist (SQL Server)Paul Foster – ISV developer evangelistMicrosoft UK

AgendaAgendaEnabling interactive user access to corporate data - introductionWhat is Analysis ServicesBuilding cool BI experiences with Analysis Services and Excel

Make it friendlyMake it personalizedMake it rich

What Is SQL Server 2005 What Is SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services?Analysis Services?

DashboardsDashboards

Rich ReportsRich Reports

BI Front EndsBI Front Ends

SpreadsheetsSpreadsheets

Ad-Hoc ReportsAd-Hoc Reports

SQL SQL ServerServer

TeradataTeradata

OracleOracleDB2DB2 LOBLOB

DWDW

DatamartDatamartAnalysisAnalysisServicesServices

UDMUDM

CacheCacheXM

L/A

or O

DBO

XML/

A or

ODB

O

Common Bet On Analysis Common Bet On Analysis ServicesServices

Dashboards

Rich Reports

BI Front Ends

Spreadsheets

Ad-Hoc Reports

SQL SQL ServerServer

TeradataTeradata

OracleOracleDB2DB2 LOBLOB

DWDW

DatamartDatamartAnalysisAnalysisServicesServices

UDMUDM

CacheCacheXM

L/A

or O

DBO

XML/

A or

ODB

O

Excel And Analysis Excel And Analysis ServicesServices

SummarySummaryExcel 2007 and Analysis Services 2005 create exciting new user experiences with data

Interactive: lightning fast performance on business queriesFriendly: business names, folders, hierarchies, formattingPersonalized: perspectives, translationsRich: calculations, named sets, exception highlighting, actions, KPIsSexy: KPIs, OLAP formulas, visuals, interactive charts