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Feb19

A Taxonomy of Desktop Reporting Tools

I was doing a bit of research into bolt-on desktop reporting tools, and figured I’d post some of the results.  My goal is not to point to specific 3rd party reporting packages, but rather to talk about the concept of desktop reporting tools – and propose a taxonomy that may be of help to those currently looking to supplement Microsoft Project’s native capabilities.  Note that I do not intend to...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on Friday, 19 Feb 2010 07:25.
0 Comments | Categories: Business Intelligence

 
Feb12

Repost: Catapult Systems Webinars

Reposting content from Matt McD’s blog:   Announcing Catapult Systems Web Cast Series Catapult Systems is taking the most popular in-person events and producing a series of web casts. SharePoint 2010 Webcast Series Wednesday, March 17th - 11:00am CST: Managed Metadata Wednesday, March 31st - 11:00am CST: Social Computing Wednesday, April 14th - 11:00am CST: Search Wednesday, Apri...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on Friday, 12 Feb 2010 08:11.
0 Comments | Categories: SharePoint, Business Intelligence

 
Jan21

Creating a Dynamic Project Timeline Using Visio Services

Continuing with the BI thread, I was demoing dynamic reporting using SharePoint 2010 Visio Services during a recent Project Server BI spiel in Houston.  What struck me with the crowd, which was primarily from the oil and gas industry, was the interest in the Visio timeline.  I must admit, having used Microsoft Project for so long, I kinda forgot how many folks still use the Visio timeline view ...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on Thursday, 21 Jan 2010 01:12.
6 Comments | Categories: Business Intelligence, Project Server 2010

 
Jan11

Repost: Austin SharePoint UG 1/13 Presentation on SharePoint Insights BI

This seemed topical (from Matt McDermott’s blog). Austin SharePoint User Group: Insights Sid Atkinson, Sr. Lead Consultant, Catapult Systems, will provide an overview of the great new Business Intelligence features of SharePoint 2010. This session will cover the Insights Business Intelligence platform in SharePoint 2010.  Microsoft made a significant investment in BI and has made available ...
Posted by Andrew Lavinsky on Monday, 11 Jan 2010 01:56.
0 Comments | Categories: Business Intelligence, SharePoint