March 18-21, 2013 New Orleans
Developing Compelling Visualizations with AX 2012 R2
TJ Vassar Senior Program Manager Microsoft
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Public Sector
Services Sector
Manufacturing
Distribution
Retail
Financials
SCM
Inventory
Projects
CPM & GRC
CRM
HCM: HR & Payroll
SRM
Horizontal Applications
Reference Data
Application Foundation
Master Data
Application Primitives
Clients
Framework
Servers
Tools
Technology Stack
Industry Sector Applications
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AX Reporting Framework
Production Reports
Dynamics AX 2012 Business Intelligence tools
Category
BI tool/capability
Query
Pre-defined query
•List pages
•Cues
Ad-Hoc search
Ad-hoc query
•Refreshable export to Excel
•Auto-report
ReportingReporting
Microsoft Office Templates
Ad-hoc Reporting (Power View)
Statutory & Financial Reports
Production SSRS Reports
Analysis
Key Performance Indicators, Scorecards
Ad hoc summarization and exploration
Analytical Applications
Multi-system Financials Consolidation
Integrate with a Data warehouse
Planning & forecasting
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Tools to shape your future
Q & A
Implementation tips
Deployment challenges
Advancing BI forward
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Discuss what’s newin 6.2…!
Challenges make usstronger
Got questions…?
Find the right toolfor the job
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Top 5 Customer Issues in Reporting
Inaccurate data and calculations The numbers simply don’t add up
Difficulties customizing reports Extending core reports should be easy
Overall performance Developer productivity and report execution
End-user control over printing Letter is NOT the only paper size
Variable size headers and footers Document style reports with SSRS
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What’s new for Business Intelligence?
•Significant performanceimprovements
•Core reports REDUX
•Cube enhancements
•Redesigned Role Centers
•Control over printing
Better OOB content
•Power View Integration
•EP Chart control
•Extensible BO WebPart
New tools for EP
•SQL Server 2012
•SharePoint 2013
•SharePoint IntegratedMode
Expanded support
What’s new for Business Intelligence?
DEMO
Visualizing Analytics in Enterprise Portal
Planning your solutions
User experience
Know your customer
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Check inventory
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Define the roadmap
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Step 1 – Get to know the customer
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Who’s using the report?
•Be mindful of your customer’s needs
•Focus on the end-user experience
What information is needed?
•Avoid information overload
•Find the right balance
What actions will they take?
•Engage them with interactive solutions
•Use reports to help drive navigation
Step 2 – Check your inventory
SSRS ROLE CENTER REPORTS
SSRS PRODUCTION REPORTS
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Revisited out-of-box content
•Removed the clutter
•“Is this report even necessary?”
•“Can we consolidate the solution?”
Expanded set of EP reports
•Visualize meaningful information
•Summarize data using charts
•Track trends with Analytic Services
Step 3 – Establish a roadmap
INTEGRATION
PRODUCTION
Preview
Evaluate
Design
Test
Develop
Publish
DEVELOPMENT
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Step 4 – Focus on the user experience
DEMO
Avoiding data overload
Session take away
Raise the bar on reporting
Select the right tool for the job
Focus on the experience
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