Microsoft ® Office 2007 Business Intelligence

1.1. The Scope of the Book

Perhaps the first challenge of working with BI is to understand how different parts of the technology relate to each other, and work together in a "BI solution." This book will show you the details of how PivotTables work, for example—and show you where it is located on a map of Microsoft BI components. The following image will be used throughout the book with a "You are here!" notation to provide a sense of where the chapter pieces fit in the Microsoft Office and SQL Server technologies.