In this blog, I will show you the best way of creating a chart in SSRS Report Builder on live data coming from SharePoint lists. We will start off by looking at the lists which we are going to use for this demo and followed by how we can use SQList to synchronize data between SharePoint Lists and SQL Server database and to finish things off, we will look at how to generate our reports and charts much faster.
In this blog, I will show you the best way of creating a Power BI chart on live data coming from SharePoint lists. We will start off by looking at the lists which we are going to use for this demo and followed by how we can use SQList to synchronize data between SharePoint Lists and SQL Server database and to finish things off, we will look at how to generate our reports and charts much faster.
We are proud to be one of the Gold sponsors of SharePoint Saturday in Leicester on Saturday, November 16, 2019.
Why not come to our stand and meet us? We’ll be happy to give you a demo of SQList and discuss how it could fit into your organisation.
We will also be giving a presentation on The best way to access SharePoint data from Power BI, SSRS, and other BI tools, where we will be demonstrating how we can easily create a Power BI chart on live data from SharePoint lists in minutes.
And if you cannot make it to Leicester, you can watch a preview on our blog.
SharePoint Saturday is free to attend and will be packed with content including SharePoint, Office 365, Teams, Azure, PowerApps, Flow, and Yammer. As an attendee, you’ll have the opportunity to attend multiple sessions and network with some of the best educators in the industry.
Watch our presentation, where we are going to show you the best way to access live SharePoint data from any reporting and BI tool, like Power BI, SSRS, or Crystal Reports.
SharePoint started off as an enterprise content management system but over the years, it has become an integral part of business decision making in organizations. As the user-base of SharePoint grew exponentially so did the uses of it and soon SharePoint community started to realize that there is a lot more to it then content management and that’s where SharePoint started to become more of a platform for Content/Document management, team collaboration, Project Management, etc which all falls under the umbrella of what we call a modern workplace. SharePoint has become a great presentation layer and central repository for content which are integral for any business intelligence solution. As such it was natural for Microsoft to introduce a suite of BI features built within SharePoint to help business users in utilizing data efficiently to make business decisions, but the question is are they enough to consider SharePoint as a BI tool? In this article, we will start by looking at key BI capabilities every Modern workplace organization is craving for and then analyze the BI capabilities provided by SharePoint and are they enough to make SharePoint a preferred BI tool.
Over the past few years, Business Intelligence and Insights in SharePoint has become one of the most desired features especially for enterprise customers. The user voice on improved reporting features for content and usage of SharePoint has led to several ground-breaking tools including Microsoft very own Power BI which is one of the leaders in the market. However, there are lots of other players in the market with innovative auditing and insights capabilities who are trying to become the king of SharePoint BI and reporting kingdom. Each of them comes with a great list of features and provides visually appealing reports as well as innovative ways of data modelling to implement business intelligence in SharePoint. In this article, we will take a look at some of the best BI tools available, there pros and cons and which one deserves to be called the king of SharePoint BI and reporting.
Microsoft SharePoint is by far the most widely used content management and team collaboration solution in the market with a user base of over 200 million users which also incorporates over 80% of fortune 500 companies. SharePoint started as a Content management system in 2003 but over time it has evolved to satisfy the ever-growing needs of enterprise users and has now become a one-stop mega shop to serve all the needs of a digital and modern workplace. Whether its document management or content management, Intranet portals, process automation, workplace digitization, team collaboration and even enterprise social networking SharePoint has got it all and some more and the best part is that it can be extended to build solutions for business problems making it an ideal platform. However, needless to say, Microsoft is not alone and there are plenty of solutions claiming to provide a cost-effective SharePoint alternative but most of them only compete on a specific feature segment or a niche functionality. In this article, we are going to look at some of the true SharePoint alternatives that exist in the market today and in which scenarios can they be considered an alternative to SharePoint.
Power BI is a no code analytics and reporting tool from Microsoft which allows business users to generate sleek and customizable reports and interact quickly and easily with their data using simple drag-and-drop features. It is an extremely feature rich yet user-friendly reporting tool which can also be used for creating live dashboards and then sharing them with your colleagues or embed them in your app, website, or SharePoint portal. It is compatible with over 65 different data sources out of the box including both on-premises and cloud products.
Are you still unsure which version of SharePoint, Online or On-Premise, would better suit your organisation? Are you looking for a comparison between the two versions?
In this article, we will try to cover the main differences between SharePoint Online and SharePoint 2016 On-Premise and help you choose the right version for your requirements.
Present Organisations have their presence globally. Employees are working remotely, and organisations are under tremendous pressure to ensure that employees work in a productive environment and are not obstructed during collaboration, communication and work.
SharePoint is a single product but with various facets providing employees with a productive environment. Some organisations use it to create and host websites, others use it as a document repository, a secure place to store, organise, share, and access information from any device. All you need is a web browser, such as Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Chrome, or Firefox. SharePoint provides you with an ideal platform for shared access, interaction, and collaboration.
In this article, we will be exploring how in today’s world different industries have adopted SharePoint to meet their needs with some real world cases.