Chapter 1: Overview
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Summary
One of the challenges facing businesses today is how to accurately measure aspects of their business such as sales, marketing campaigns, customer behavior, store operations, loss prevention, and other key performance indicators (KPIs). Microsoft SQL Server Accelerator for Business Intelligence (SQL Server Accelerator for BI) was created to make it easier to customize and build the measuring tools and solutions for your individual business. Rather than adapt the business environment to a specific template, SQL Server Accelerator for BI enables you to customize a flexible and proven data model to meet the specific needs of the business. The BI Accelerator is applicable to corporations of any size, with a particular focus on mid-tier and large-cap organizations. This document describes BI Accelerator and provides a roadmap for developing and deploying a customized analytical application.
Included in this document:
| • | Introduction |
| • | The Need for BI Accelerator |
| • | The Benefits of BI Accelerator |
| • | Best Practices |
| • | Microsoft Data Warehousing Framework |
| • | BI Accelerator Components |
| • | BI Accelerator Scope |
| • | Analytical Application Development Process |
| • | Summary |
