Showing posts with label interfaces. Show all posts
Showing posts with label interfaces. Show all posts

Friday, February 24, 2012

Browsing cubes through interfaces other than the BI Studio?

I've built a cube, deployed it and processed it. I can use the brower in the BI Studio to see the data subsets and can manipulate it. How do I get this cube to the user without having to install BI Studios on their computer?

Basically how do I get the cube into IIS so the user can just open a web browser and go to it? Similar to how cognos does it with their cubes. Or is this not possible?

I see no way to view the cube unless you are using the BI Studio to open it. Am I missing something?

You are indee missing quite a lot.

There are many different ways to browse a cube using different applications. Just to name a few: Excel, Office Web Components ( you see it embedded in BI Dev studio), ProClarity, and many others.

After building a cube you should decide on the way you going to let your users to browse a cube data. Take a look at client application and evaluate which one works for you the best and then deploy it on client machines.

Try out a new PivotTables in Beta of Office2007.

Edward.
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Could you point me to some documentation on or the correct direction to being able to view the cubes through a web interface? I'd like to be able to use strictly Server 2003 and SQL 2005 and be able to deploy these cubes to IIS for viewing without the use of a third system or special installations on PCs.

So with that in mind I'd like to be able to view these cubes from any computer that has an Internet explorer window.

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For instance take a look at this one http://www.proclarity.com/products/proclarity_for_sharepoint.asp

And this one http://www.panorama.com/products/nova_view_dashboards/index.html

Edward.
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|||If your cube is relatively simple and your reporting requirements are elementary, Report Builder is also a good (and free!) option.|||Try to use RadarCube ASP.NET for MS AS.|||

Take a look at this one:
http://www.beyond2020.com/products/vista_overview.php

For a demo:
http://www.beyond2020.com/products/demo.php