by Brien Posey | Released February 2017 | ISBN: 0134691520

8+ Hours of Video InstructionBig data and business intelligence have been two of the major IT trends in the last five years. This video shows the viewer how they can capitalize on those trends by using tools that they already own.DescriptionBusiness intelligence is the science of mining data and using it to derive business value. It typically requires complex tools such as Microsoft's Power BI. The goal of this video series is to show how to perform custom business analytics and build business dashboards using nothing but PowerShell. This video series is entirely hands on. It explains key concepts while actually building PowerShell-based business intelligence dashboards and applications. Skill LevelIntermediate - Advanced What You Will LearnHow to use PowerShell as a data mining toolHow to build a PowerShell GUIHow to create charts using PowerShellHow to build financial and IT dashboardsHow to build a number of interactive reportsWho Should Take This CourseIT professionals, system administrators, and developersCourse RequirementsWorking knowledge of PowerShellTable of ContentsSummaries: PowerShell for Business Intelligence and Big Data AnalyticsLesson 1 is intended to be introductory in nature. This lesson explains what Business Intelligence is and how it is commonly used. This lesson also demonstrates Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft's off the shelf Business Intelligence solution, before finishing off by making the case for using PowerShell as a business intelligence tool.Lesson 2 explains how to use PowerShell as a data mining tool. This lesson demonstrates how to use PowerShell to extract data from a number of different sources including the Active Directory, the Windows operating system, event logs, CSV files, SQL Server, and remote servers.Lesson 3 describes the process of building a GUI interface for PowerShell. It also provides instructions for adding various GUI controls including labels, text boxes, buttons, list boxes, radio buttons, and check boxes.Lesson 4 is an introduction to creating charts in PowerShell. It describes how to install the charting controls, and how to build a basic chart. From there, the lesson goes on to demonstrate the creation of a number of different types of common charts, before moving on to a discussion of charts that use multiple data series.Lesson 5 starts out by explaining how to sort PowerShell's output, with an emphasis on ordered hash table data. From there, the lesson focuses on less commonly used chart types such as bubble, area, pyramid, funnel, and doughnut charts.Lesson 6 is designed to take many of the concepts discussed in the first five lessons, and combine them into some sample scripts. This lesson explains how to build full blown GUI applications using PowerShell, how to create interactive charts, and how to build business dashboards.Lesson 7 demonstrates PowerShell's ability to be used as a business analysis tool. The lesson demonstrates the creation of a number of financial reports, all of which are based on live business data from a backend SQL Server. The reports that are created include top 5 customers, projected accounts receivable, recent payments received, and top 5 overdue accounts. In addition, the video shows how to build a customer summary tool and how to integrate this tool and all of the reports into an interactive business dashboard.Lesson 8 demonstrates PowerShell's ability to be used as a server virtualization management tool for the IT department. This lesson demonstrates how to build a number of interactive reports for host memory consumption, VM memory consumption, multi-host memory consumption, and VM summary information. This video also demonstrates how PowerShell can be used to create a GUI-based live migration tool, and how this tool can be combined with the various reports into an IT dashboard. Show and hide more

1. Introduction
   • PowerShell for Business Intelligence and Big Data Analytics LiveLessons: Introduction 00:05:42
2. Lesson 1: An Introduction to Business Intelligence
   • 1.0 Learning objectives (or Topics) 00:00:33
   • 1.1 What is Business Intelligence? 00:06:50
   • 1.2 Microsoft Power BI as an example 00:04:44
   • 1.3 Common uses for Power BI data 00:05:36
   • 1.4 Why use PowerShell for BI and data analytics 00:04:11
3. Lesson 2: Accessing Data Sources from PowerShell
   • 2.0 Learning objectives (or Topics) 00:00:31
   • 2.1 Access Active Directory through PowerShell 00:09:56
   • 2.2 Use PowerShell to extract objects and attributes 00:13:28
   • 2.3 Parse event logs through PowerShell 00:10:40
   • 2.4 Use PowerShell to read CSV files 00:05:33
   • 2.5 Query SQL Server with PowerShell 00:12:49
   • 2.6 Compile data from remote hosts 00:08:42
4. Lesson 3: Create a GUI Interface
   • 3.0 Learning objectives (or Topics) 00:00:38
   • 3.1 Understand PowerShell GUI fundamentals 00:12:53
   • 3.2 Create GUI labels 00:15:07
   • 3.3 Display text boxes 00:15:42
   • 3.4 Create buttons–Part 1 00:09:37
   • 3.4 Create buttons–Part 2 00:08:54
   • 3.5 Build list boxes 00:11:05
   • 3.6 Generate radio buttons 00:12:37
   • 3.7 Create check boxes 00:14:33
5. Lesson 4: The Basics of Data Charting
   • 4.0 Learning objectives (or Topics) 00:00:30
   • 4.1 Install charting controls 00:03:44
   • 4.2 Understand charting fundamentals 00:12:29
   • 4.3 Learn common charting elements–Part 1 00:11:02
   • 4.3 Learn common charting elements–Part 2 00:13:29
   • 4.4 Create common chart types–Part 1 00:10:28
   • 4.4 Create common chart types–Part 2 00:12:23
   • 4.5 Work with multiple data series 00:14:45
6. Lesson 5: Create Advanced Charts
   • 5.0 Learning objectives (or Topics) 00:00:26
   • 5.1 Sort PowerShell's output 00:09:00
   • 5.2 Create bubble charts 00:08:06
   • 5.3 Build area charts 00:05:52
   • 5.4 Produce pyramid charts 00:07:11
   • 5.5 Create funnel charts 00:06:29
   • 5.6 Make doughnut charts 00:06:56
7. Lesson 6: Put the GUI to Work
   • 6.0 Learning objectives (or Topics) 00:00:44
   • 6.1 Create a simple GUI application 00:19:27
   • 6.2 Create an interactive chart–Part 1 00:14:31
   • 6.2 Create an interactive chart–Part 2 00:18:19
   • 6.3 Build a simple business dashboard–Part 1 00:18:35
   • 6.3 Build a simple business dashboard–Part 2 00:11:59
8. Lesson 7: Build a Financial Dashboard
   • 7.0 Learning objectives (or Topics) 00:00:46
   • 7.1 Create a sample database 00:06:52
   • 7.2 Create a top five customers report–Part 1 00:17:18
   • 7.2 Create a top five customers report–Part 2 00:09:27
   • 7.3 Display projected accounts receivable–Part 1 00:15:20
   • 7.3 Display projected accounts receivable–Part 2 00:07:59
   • 7.4 Report recent payments received 00:11:14
   • 7.5 Show the top five overdue accounts 00:14:56
   • 7.6 Build a customer summary tool–Part 1 00:15:31
   • 7.6 Build a customer summary tool–Part 2 00:08:13
   • 7.7 Assemble the financial dashboard 00:16:51
9. Lesson 8: Build an IT Dashboard
   • 8.0 Learning objectives (or Topics) 00:01:11
   • 8.1 Monitor host memory consumption 00:14:46
   • 8.2 Track VM memory consumption 00:17:39
   • 8.3 Report multi-host memory consumption 00:12:07
   • 8.4 Display VM summary information 00:13:17
   • 8.5 Create a live migration tool 00:15:04
   • 8.6 Assemble the IT dashboard 00:16:20
10. Summary
    • PowerShell for Business Intelligence and Big Data Analytics LiveLessons: Summary 00:00:55
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