Chapter 9.9, Problem 9.8ARQ

Explanation of Solution

Types of Servers used for publishing Business Intelligence:

In order to publish Business Intelligence four types of servers are used:

• E-mail or collaboration tool:
  • These are used to send static reports.
  • The push options in email or other collaboration tool is manual.
  • Low skill level is needed in order to use email or other collaboration tools.
• Web Server:
  • These can be used to send both static and dynamic reports.
  • In web Server user can create alert or RSS feeds to have the server push content to the users when report is created.
  • Low skill level is needed if the report is static whereas high skill level is needed when the report is dynamic.
• SharePoint:
  • These can be used to send both static and dynamic reports.
  • In SharePoint user can create alert or RSS feeds to have the server push content to the users when report is created or SharePoint workflow can also push content.
  • Low skill level is needed if the report is static whereas high skill level is needed when the report is dynamic.
• BI Server:
  • These can be used to send dynamic reports.
  • In BI Server user can create alert or RSS feeds to have the server push content to the users when report is created and user can subscribe for particular BI results on a particular schedule or in response to particular events.
  • High skill level is needed in order to use BI Server...