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MicroStrategy Quick Start Guide

You're reading from   MicroStrategy Quick Start Guide Data analytics and visualizations for Business Intelligence

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789136241
Length 218 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Fernando Carlos Rivero Esqueda Fernando Carlos Rivero Esqueda
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Table of Contents (10) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Architecture - Installing and Configuring MicroStrategy FREE CHAPTER 2. Project Design - Creating Your Project Foundation 3. Basic Reporting - Building Your First Reports 4. Advanced Reporting - Interacting with and Improving Your Reports 5. Dashboarding - Creating Visual Reporting 6. Security - Managing Your Users and Their Access 7. Administration - Maintaining and Monitoring Your Project 8. Quick Reference Tables by Object Type 9. Other Books You May Enjoy

Project Design - Creating Your Project Foundation

Technically speaking, MicroStrategy's core task is to translate business questions into the language that databases speak: SQL. In other words, MicroStrategy offers a logical bridge between business users and the data. This bridge is possible because of MicroStrategy's Objects, which in turn reside in its metadata database.

This chapter will establish the base for designing and building a MicroStrategy project. It will first define and explain the concept of MicroStrategy Objects and then describe the main object categories. Then the main Schema Objects, such as Attributes and Facts, will be covered. The following topics will be the focus of this chapter:

  • What is a MicroStrategy Object?
  • Which are the main object categories?
  • Understanding a MicroStrategy Project and how to create one
  • Understanding a MicroStrategy Schema...
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