MicroStrategy Quick Start Guide

Build reporting applications and dashboards using the different MicroStrategy objects

Key Features
Learn the fundamentals of MicroStrategy

Use MicroStrategy to get actionable insights from your business data

Create visualizations and build intuitive dashboards and reports
Book Description
MicroStrategy is an enterprise business intelligence application. It turns data into reports for making and executing key organization decisions. This book shows you how to implement Business Intelligence (BI) with MicroStrategy. It takes you from setting up and configuring MicroStrategy to security and administration.

The book starts by detailing the different components of the MicroStrategy platform, and the key concepts of Metadata and Project Source. You will then install and configure MicroStrategy and lay down the foundations for building MicroStrategy BI solutions. By learning about objects and different object types, you will develop a strong understanding of the MicroStrategy Schema and Public Objects. With these MicroStrategy objects, you will enhance and scale your BI and Analytics solutions.

Finally, you will learn about the administration, security, and monitoring of your BI solution.


What you will learn
Set up the MicroStrategy Intelligence Server and client tools

Create a MicroStrategy metadata repository and your first Project

Explore the main MicroStrategy object types and their dependencies

Create, manipulate, and share Reports

Create and share Dashboards

Manage Users and Groups


Who this book is for
This book is for Business Intelligence professionals or data analysts who want to get started with Microstrategy. Some basic understanding of BI and data analysis will be required to get the most from this book.