CHAPTER 12 DELIVERING BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE WITH SSRSFigure 12-37. Configuring a data alert
Now, if the 8.9 threshold value is ever exceeded, you will be sent an email notification that the
threshold has been met.
Summary
In this chapter, I showed you how to incorporate SSRS into a BI model, using the business model of a
health-care agency deploying a custom BI portal. Understanding how to transform and analyze the data
that drives your business will help you make important business decisions. Delivering that data to
decision makers is a pivotal link in the BI chain. With SSRS, Microsoft has provided organizations with
another tool that can easily tap into and extend the reach of crucial data. SSRS utilizes many types of
data and can deliver that data in a variety of formats and mechanisms. Working with other applications
and products in the Microsoft BI platform—such as SharePoint, Analysis Services, and Office—SSRS will
prove to be an invaluable BI tool now and in the future.