Invent with dashboards and report centers

Create rich, interactive business intelligence (BI) dashboards that assemble and display business information from disparate sources by using built in Web Parts. These Web Parts include dynamic key performance indicators (KPI), Office Excel 2007 spreadsheets, Microsoft^® SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services reports and a collection of business data connectivity Web Parts that can visualize information residing in back-end line-of-business applications.

Store and share data in one place

Get up-to-date information wherever people work, collaborate, and make decisions, whether it’s on the desktop or over the Web. Business Intelligence with Microsoft^® Office SharePoint Server 2007 makes it easy for decision-makers to access and analyze information anytime, anywhere, enabling them to align employee objectives with strategic goals.

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Consolidate with data integration & discovery

Seamlessly integrate external data into your applications using the Business Data Catalog (BDC), part of MS Office SharePoint Server 2007. The BDC simplifies the process of discovering and accessing data residing within backend line of business applications. Discover back-end, line-of-business applications. Discover back-end data quickly using SharePoint search and interact with data through a set of Business Data Web Parts.

Search your business data more effectively

Enterprise Search with MOSS makes finding data simple. Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides an integrated, Enterprise Search experience across your enterprise data ranging from file shares, Websites, Microsoft^® Exchange Server, Lotus Notes and line-of-business applications. Learn more about Enterprise Search

Create dynamic, personalzed MOSS dashboards

Easily access the business information you need by creating dynamic, personalized dashboards using integrated Filter Web Parts. MOSS Filters allow dashboards to be personalized by communicating shared parameters amongst Web Parts on a dashboard. The Filter Web Parts presents more relevant information to the user.

Utilize Microsoft^® Excel services to enhance intelligence

Excel Services, part of Office SharePoint Server 2007, extend the capabilities of Microsoft^® Office Excel 2007 by allowing broad sharing of spreadsheets, improved manageability and security and the ability to re-use spreadsheet models using a scalable server-based calculation service and interactive Web-based user interface.

Broaden the access

Make spreadsheets easily available by incorporating interactive spreadsheets into business intelligence portals, dashboards, and scorecards.

Secure and protect

Confidential information and maintain one version of the truth by locking down access at the server.

Reduce development costs

Improve time to market by using Web services to access models and data contained in spreadsheets.

Use Data Connection Libraries

Provide an easy way for your users to share, manage, and discover connections to external data repositories without requiring any knowledge of the technical details.

Manage reports, spreadsheets, and connections consistently

The new Report Center: an out-of-the-box site template and document library optimized for report access and management including a report library, data connection library, and a business intelligence dashboard template.

Drive results with shared goals

The KPI Web Part can display KPI from MS SQL Server Analysis Services, MS Excel spreadsheets, SharePoint lists, or manually entered data.

Share business data

Share the Business data Web Parts that allow for viewing lists, entities, and related information retrieved through the BDC.

Use convenient links

Links appear beside business objects returned from the BDC to easily create actions without custom coding.