Summary

This hour explored various business intelligence tools available to SharePoint 2010 developers. You learned about the chart web part and the status indicator web part, and the process of adding them to a page on a SharePoint site and connecting them to a data source. You also saw how Visio diagrams can be consumed in SharePoint with the help of Visio Services. The discussion concluded with a look at Excel Services and you learned how easily business users can create and publish Excel workbooks using the Excel Services.

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