Pro PerformancePoint Server 2007: Building Business Intelligence Solutions

Organizations are expected to spend $26 billion on business intelligence initiatives in 2008. Now that all the data is in relational databases, it's time to start getting value at the organizational level from that data. Microsoft has a host of tools to provide easy access to aggregated business data from multiple back ends and to display that data in comprehensive, easy-to-read graphics and reports, namely PerformancePoint Server. This book, written by a Microsoft-employed PerformancePoint expert, walks the reader through the entire product. The book takes the development angle, not the use and administration angle, and develops a soup-to-nuts BI solution that keeps the reader engaged.