LEARN MORE Course Introduction Detailed Agenda Current Class Schedule Class on 13 Nov. or 4 Dec. *

This one-day, hands-on introductory course discusses enterprise BI architecture, demonstrates business user interactivity, details BI application development, and covers BI application administration. Students will spend about one-half of the class exploring MicroStrategy 8 software with hands-on, instructor-driven exercises. AGENDA SCHEDULE: Register/Breakfast: 9:00AM–9:30AM Morning Session: 9:30AM–12:30PM Lunch: 12:30PM–1:30PM Afternoon Session: 1:30PM–4:30PM The class starts with the business user experience in the morning and finishes with the BI developer, architect, and administrator experience in the afternoon. A complimentary lunch will be served. A synopsis of the one-day curriculum is below: MORNING SESSION:  Using BI for Better Decisions Every Day Understanding the range of popular BI applications Learning about enterprise-caliber BI architecture Discovering scorecards, dashboards, operational reports, and alerts Interacting with enterprise data by slicing-and-dicing, pivoting, exporting, printing, and more Sharing critical information with your colleagues immediately Investigating data by drilling anywhere in the database Personalizing reports by selecting the information you want to see from convenient prompts Analyzing data by adding business calculations, zeroing in on areas of concern, and performing time-series analysis Creating your own analytical reports intuitively Designing pixel-perfect reports, scorecards, and dashboards AFTERNOON SESSION:  Developing and Administering Enterprise BI Applications Modeling the business to the data warehouse Defining key business terms and their relationships Building business metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs), data filters, prompts, thresholds, and reports Performing advanced analysis with Data Mining and Predictive Analysis functions Accessing many data sources: databases, SAP BW, Microsoft Analysis Services, Hyperion Essbase Extending BI to other systems using an open software development kit (SDK) Managing enterprise BI: scalability, performance, security, governing, and system monitoring Class on 13 Nov. or 4 Dec. * * If you and 5 of your colleagues are interested in attending this event, MicroStrategy can deliver a free class onsite at your company offices or local training centre. Please contact eventsuk@microstrategy.com for more information.