Learn to build professional and powerful dashboards with Microsoft Dynamics GP and Excel About This Book * This book provides a core foundation for you to understand the ever-changing Microsoft Power BI * Through this book, you'll understand how data flows and is secured between Microsoft Dynamics GP and Microsoft Excel * You'll see how to create amazing dashboards using various tools such as Excel 2016, Power BI, Jet Express, and more Who This Book Is For This book is geared up for analysts and accountants keen on building and maintaining professional dashboards with Microsoft Excel 2016 for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 data, and building financials with visuals using the New Jet Reports Express Tool for Dynamics GP. An introduction is provided for those who want to maintain dashboards in Microsoft Power BI. What You Will Learn * Use GP Data in Excel 2016 in a meaningful way * Build basic financial statements using Jet Reporting Express, including visualizations * Understand the foundation of Power BI and its components * Get and maintain data from Dynamics GP in Power BI * Find out how to use the Power BI Query Editor (the Get and Transform feature in Excel 2016) * Format basic visualizations to get better insights * Understand Jet Reports Express, which is used to create basic financial statements * Use the new Dynamics GP features, such as OData and adding Power BI tiles on the home page In Detail Microsoft Dynamics GP is a complete ERP solution that is extremely beneficial for small to midsize organizations in helping them grow exponentially. The book shows you in detail how to build great-looking dashboards with Microsoft Dynamics GP that enhance a company's decision-making processes. This guide will take you from the basics of setting up and deploying to creating secure, refreshable Excel reports. Using a whole host of tools available within Microsoft Dynamics GP and Excel, this tutorial will show you how to visualize your data using simple conditional formatting techniques and easy-to-read charts, and allow you to make your data interactive with slicers. We will also cover core topics such as Business Analyzer, Microsoft SQL Reporting services reports, BI360, and more. You will find out to use Power BI, share and refresh data and dashboards in Power BI, and use Power BI Query Editor. By the end of this book, you will have all the information required to build interactive dashboards using Dynamics GP. Style and approach The book takes a step-by-step approach and contains real-world examples that provide the building blocks to create engaging dashboards. This practical guide is all about doing. Get your data, open up Excel, and go!

A fast-paced and practical guide to demystifying big data and transforming it into operational intelligence About This Book * Want to get started with Splunk to analyze and visualize machine data? Open this book and step into the world of Splunk. * Leverage the exceptional analysis and visualization capabilities to make informed decisions for your business * This easy-to-follow, practical book can be used by anyone, even if you have never managed any data before Who This Book Is For This book will be perfect for you if you are a Software engineer or developer or System administrators or Business analyst who seek to correlate machine data with business metrics and provide intuitive real-time and statistical visualizations. Some knowledge or experience of previous versions of Splunk will be helpful but not essential. What You Will Learn * Install and configure Splunk * Gather data from different sources, isolate them by indexes, classify them into source types, and tag them with the essential fields * Be comfortable with the Search Processing Language and get to know the best practices in writing search queries * Create stunning and powerful dashboards * Be proactive by implementing alerts and scheduled reports * Use the Splunk SDK and integrate Splunk data into other applications * Implement the best practices in using Splunk. In Detail Splunk is a search, analysis, and reporting platform for machine data, which has a high adoption on the market. More and more organizations want to adopt Splunk to use their data to make informed decisions. This book is for anyone who wants to manage data with Splunk. You'll start with very basics of Splunk- installing Splunk-and then move on to searching machine data with Splunk. You will gather data from different sources, isolate them by indexes, classify them into source types, and tag them with the essential fields. After this, you will learn to create various reports, XML forms, and alerts. You will then continue using the Pivot Model to transform the data models into visualization. You will also explore visualization with D3 in Splunk. Finally you'll be provided with some real-world best practices in using Splunk. Style and approach This fast-paced, example-rich guide will help you analyze and visualize machine data with Splunk through simple, practical instructions.

Master the world of financial management with Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 About This Book * Familiarize yourself with Dynamics NAV and get up to date with the latest release - this is an invaluable tool for financial management * Learn how to use reporting tools that will help you to make the right decisions at the right time * Explore features inside the sale and purchase areas as well as functionalities including payments, budgets, cash flow, fixed assets, and business intelligence Who This Book Is For This book will appeal to financers and accountants who are using Dynamics NAV as their ERP and financial management system. Dynamics NAV consultants and project managers will find it useful for their daily work. What You Will Learn * Handle complete business processes for purchases and sales in Dynamics NAV. * Use the banking features and the reconciliation process to gain greater insights into a company's financial status. * Report data in a meaningful way that provides the company with insightful analysis. * Set up dimensions and link them with master tables and journals. * Work with multi-currency and intercompany postings. Receive and send documents electronically. * Manage complete Fixed Asset by Setup, transactions, budgets, and Fixed Asset Reporting. In Detail Microsoft Dynamics NAV is a global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution that provides small and mid-size businesses with greater control over their finances and a way to simplify their supply chain, manufacturing, and operations. Microsoft Dynamics NAV Financial Management explains all you need to know in order to successfully handle your daily financial management tasks. This book walks you through all the improvements in the latest release and shows you how to apply them in your workplace. You will learn about functionalities including sales and purchase processes, payments, bank account management, reporting taxes, budgets, cash flow, fixed assets, cost accounting, inventory valuation, workflows, sending and receiving electronic documents, and business intelligence. This book comprehensively covers all the financial management features inside the latest version of Dynamics NAV and follows a logical schema. By the time you're finished this book you will have learned about budgets, cash flow management, currencies, intercompany postings, and accounting implications in areas such as jobs, services, warehousing, and manufacturing. Style and approach This book is an in-depth, practical tutorial demonstrating both the basic and more advanced concepts of financial management in Dynamics NAV.

Over 31 simple yet incredibly effective recipes for installing and managing System Center 2016 Endpoint Protection About This Book * This is the most practical and up-to-date book covering important new features of System Center 2016 Endpoint protection * Gain confidence in managing IT and protecting your server against malware and other threats * Configure and automate reporting features and also prepare yourself for a simple and pain-free migration process Who This Book Is For If you are a System Administrator or Engineer using System Center 2016 Endpoint Protection, then this book is for you. You should have a good background with Microsoft products in general, although no knowledge of Endpoint Protection is required. What You Will Learn * Explore the best practices for Endpoint Protection in System Center Configuration Manager * Provision the Endpoint Protection Client in a Disk Image in Configuration Manager * Get to know more about the Security Center * Configure definition and engine client updates to be optimum for your bandwidth * Make your application or server work with Endpoint Protection enabled * Find out how to deal with typical issues that may occur with Endpoint Protection * Know how to respond to infections that often occur In Detail System Center Configuration Manager is now used by over 70% of all the business in the world today and many have taken advantage engaging the System Center Endpoint Protection within that great product. Through this book, you will gain knowledge about System Center Endpoint Protection, and see how to work with it from System Center Configuration Manager from an objective perspective. We'll show you several tips, tricks, and recipes to not only help you understand and resolve your daily challenges, but hopefully enhance the security level of your business. Different scenarios will be covered, such as planning and setting up Endpoint Protection, daily operations and maintenance tips, configuring Endpoint Protection for different servers and applications, as well as workstation computers. You'll also see how to deal with malware and infected systems that are discovered. You'll find out how perform OS deployment, Bitlocker, and Applocker, and discover what to do if there is an attack or outbreak. You'll find out how to ensure good control and reporting, and great defense against threats and malware software. You'll see the huge benefits when dealing with application deployments, and get to grips with OS deployments, software updates, and disk encryption such as Bitlocker. By the end, you will be fully aware of the benefits of the System Center 2016 Endpoint Protection anti-malware product, ready to ensure your business is watertight against any threat you could face. Style and approach Build robust SCEP and AV policies and discover the new potential of exciting new features of SCEP 2016.

Take your QlikView skills to the next level and master the art of creating visual data analysis for real business needs About This Book * Explore how to create your own QlikView data laboratory and how to develop QlikView applications using agile project methods * Implement advanced data visualization and analysis for common business requirements from the sales, finance, marketing, inventory, operations, and human resources departments * Learn from real-life experience shared in this book that will give you the upper hand in your next QlikView project Who This Book Is For This book is intended for developers who want to go beyond their technical knowledge of QlikView and understand how to create analysis and data visualizations that solve real business needs. You should have a basic understanding of advanced QlikView functions. What You Will Learn * Apply advanced QlikView techniques such as set analysis and nested aggregation in order to deliver common business requirements * Understand real business requirements for sales, finance, marketing, and human resources departments * Discover when to apply more advanced data visualization such as frequency polygons, bullet graphs, and XmR charts * Go beyond native QlikView and include geographical analysis, planning, and sentiment analysis in your QlikView application * Troubleshoot common errors we discover at the moment we visualize data in QlikView * Develop a plan to master Qlik Sense data visualization In Detail Just because you know how to swing a hammer doesn't mean you know how to build a house. Now that you've learned how to use QlikView, it's time to learn how to develop meaningful QlikView applications that deliver what your business users need. You will explore the requirements and the data from several business departments in order to deliver the most amazing analysis and data visualizations. In doing so, you will practice using advanced QlikView functions, chart object property options, and extensions to solve real-world challenges. Style and approach This hands-on guide follows the story of a company implementing QlikView as its enterprise data discovery solution. Each chapter starts with an understanding of the business requirements and the data model, and then helps you create insightful analysis and data visualizations. Each chapter expands on what was done in the previous chapter as we follow this continuously improving iterative process.

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Unleash the full potential of ServiceNow from foundations to advanced functions, with this hands-on expert guide fully revised for the Helsinki version About This Book * Give your ServiceNow Helsinki implementation a powerful kick-start by understanding the deep capabilities of the platform, * Learn by doing with an extended, comprehensive example, creating a feature-rich, secure and automated application from the ground up * Interact with your whole organization by integrating with REST web services and build a custom Service Portal interface Who This Book Is For This book is aimed at advanced ServiceNow System Administrators and developers who would like to gain greater control of ServiceNow and its architecture. The book expects you to be new to ServiceNow, but have a good grounding in internet and computing technologies, like HTML, JSON, REST and database systems. Readers should be especially familiar with JavaScript, and be keen to extend and alter the platform. With this book, they will be able to develop a new application for their company. What You Will Learn * Build custom scoped applications that access the full ServiceNow API * Build a modern, responsive self-service interface with Service Portal * Design feature-rich, responsive, automated workflow systems * Design powerful data-driven applications * Control information flow and apply business logic with Business Rules * Write efficient and effective client-side JavaScript * Learn how to authenticate and secure Web Services * Integrate and exchange data with people and systems * Create and secure your systems with proper access control In Detail ServiceNow is a SaaS application that provides workflow form-based applications. It is an ideal platform for creating enterprise-level applications giving requesters and fulfillers improved visibility and access to a process. ServiceNow-based applications often replace email by providing a better way to get work done. The book steps through the main aspects of the ServiceNow platform, from the ground up. It starts by exploring the core architecture of ServiceNow, including building the right data structure. To add business logic and control data, and interactivity to user interaction, you will be shown how to code on both server and the client. You will then learn more about the power of tasks, events and notifications. The book will then focus on using web services and other mechanisms to integrate ServiceNow with other systems. Furthermore, you will learn how to secure applications and data, and understand how ServiceNow performs logging and error reporting. You will then be shown how to package your applications and changes, so they can be installed elsewhere and ways to maintain them easily. If you wish to create an alternative simple interface, then explore ways to make ServiceNow beautiful using Service Portal. By the end of the book, you will know the fundamentals of the ServiceNow platform, helping you be a better ServiceNow System Administrator or developer. Style and approach Explore how to implement business logic and automated workflows and write effective code by flexible choices for client-side scripting

Over 90 recipes to satisfy all your automation needs and leverage vRealize Orchestrator 7.1 for your projects About This Book * Unleash the power of VMware vRealize Orchestrator 7 and automate your VMware infrastructure * Customize and tune your orchestrator by programming and working with plugins * Work through enticing recipes that can be implemented in your organization * Explore the new and upcoming plugins of Puppet, Docker, Chef, and VMware Replication for VMware vRealize Orchestrator Who This Book Is For This book is for system administrators who are into VMware administration and are looking to automate their infrastructure. Basic knowledge about programming is needed. No previous knowledge of Orchestrator is required. This book will also be good for you if you have just a basic knowledge with vRealize Orchestrator, as you can pick up any recipe and implement it for your enterprise. What You Will Learn * Install, configure, and optimize Orchestrator installations (Windows, Appliance, and vRA integrated) * Explore all the visual programming elements without needing additional infrastructure * Work with plugins such as SSH, mail, SQL, PowerShell, AD, SOAP, SNMP, AMQP, and REST * Discover how to create VMware automation * Get to know about user management, import/export, and synchronization as well as the packaging application * Understand policies, resources, and web views * Troubleshoot vRO Appliance In Detail VMware vRealize Orchestrator is a powerful automation tool designed for system administrators and IT operations staff who are planning to streamline their tasks and are waiting to integrate the functions with third-party operations software. This book is an update to VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook and is blend of numerous recipes on vRealize Orchestrator 7. This book starts with installing and configuring vRealize Orchestrator. We will demonstrate how to upgrade from previous versions to vRealize Orchestrator 7. You will be taught all about orchestrator plugins and how to use and develop various plugins that have been enhanced in Orchestrator 7. Throughout this book, you will explore the new features of Orchestrator 7, such as the introduction of the control center, along with its uses. You will also come to understand visual programming, how to integrate base plugins into workflows, and how to automate VMware. You will also get to know how to troubleshoot vRealize Orchestrator. By the end of this book, you will be able to get the most out of your Orchestrator installation, and will be able to develop complex workflows and create your own highly integrated automations of vRealize environments. Style and approach This practical guide provides exciting and practical recipes on VMware vRealize Orchestrator 7 for those who are waiting to automate their infrastructure.

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About This Book Create highly scalable applications using the Infinispan Data Grid Platform Maximize your application's performance in any cluster environment Become an expert in creating powerful solutions using Infinispan through ready-to-use examples Who This Book Is ForThis practical guide is intended for those who want to learn how to build extremely scalable applications. This book is easy to read and is aimed at Java enterprise developers with a solid knowledge of Java. However, no previous coding experience with Infinispan is required.

About This Book Learn how to use Liferay Portal to create a fully functional intranet enterprise with a clear structure and database of all departments and employees of your company Save your time and money by taking control of your data, documents, and business processes Packed with step-by-step, real-world examples to help you with the installation, deployment, and configuration of Liferay and to help you run powerful tools for your employees or clients Who This Book Is ForIf you are a Java developer or administrator with a technical background and want to install and configure Liferay Portal as an enterprise intranet, this is the book for you. In short, reusable recipes help you realize business goals as working features in Liferay. This book will also give you useful hints on how to easily improve the default functionality of the system and its performance.

Over 80 hands-on DevOps and ALM-focused recipes for Scrum Teams to enable the Continuous Delivery of high-quality Software... Faster! About This Book * Release high quality, reliable software quickly through building, testing, and deployment automation * Improve the predictability, reliability, and availability of TFS in your organization by scheduling administration and maintenance activities * Extend, customize, and integrate tools with TFS, enabling your teams to manage their application lifecycles effectively Who This Book Is For This book is aimed at software professionals including Developers, Testers, Architects, Configuration Analysts, and Release Managers who want to understand the capabilities of TFS to deliver better quality software faster. A working setup of TFS 2015 and some familiarity with the concepts of software life cycle management is assumed. What You Will Learn * Creating a Team Project with Dashboards, Assigning License, Adding users, and Auditing Access * Setting up a Git repository in an existing TFVC-based Team Project * Setting up branch policies and conducting Pull requests with code reviews * Mapping, assigning and tracking work items shared by multiple teams * Setting up and customizing Backlogs, Kanban board, Sprint Taskboard, and dashboards * Creating a Continuous Integration, Continuous Build, and Release Pipeline * Integrating SonarQube with TFBuild to manage Technical Debt * Triggering Selenium Web Tests on a Selenium Test Grid using TFBuild * Using Visual Studio Team Services Cloud load testing capability with new Build framework * Extending and customizing the capabilities of Team Foundation Server using API and Process Editor In Detail Team Foundation Server (TFS) allows you to manage code repositories, build processes, test infrastructure, and deploy labs. TFS supports your team, enabling you to connect, collaborate, and deliver on time. Microsoft's approach to Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) provides a flexible and agile environment that adapts to the needs of your team, removes barriers between roles, and streamlines processes. The book introduces you to creating and setting up team projects for scrum teams. You'll explore various source control repositories, branching, and merging activities, along with a demonstration of how to embed quality into every code check-in. Then, you'll discover agile project planning and management tools. Later, emphasis is given to the testing and release management features of TFS which facilitate the automation of the release pipeline in order to create potentially shippable increments. By the end of the book, you'll have learned to extend and customize TFS plugins to incorporate them into other platforms and enable teams to manage the software lifecycle effectively. Style and approach This book is a recipe-based guide that uses a problem-solution format to call out inefficiencies in the software development lifecycle and then guides you, step-by-step, on how you can use Team Foundation Server to your advantage in those areas.

Become an expert at using JIRA 7 through this one-stop guide! About This Book * This comprehensive guide will help you implement, customize and administer JIRA 7 application to meet the needs of your organization * You will get to know the strategies needed to develop and deploy JIRA 7, along with best practices when working with Jira * It covers the latest integrations of JIRA 7 with third-party platforms to help you professionally manage your software development projects Who This Book Is For If you are a JIRA administrator who is managing small-to-medium JIRA instances and you want to learn how to manage enterprise-scale instances, then this book will help you expand your knowledge and equip you with advanced skills. Prior understanding of the JIRA core concepts is required. What You Will Learn * Plan the installation and upgrade of your JIRA instance to the newest version * Configure issue type schemes, create customized workflows, modify permission schemes, and change notification schemes * Implement JIRA Service Desk to manage your support tickets * Customize JIRA for test management, helpdesk, and requirement management * Deploy JIRA for Agile tracking using the Scrum and Kanban techniques * Develop JIRA add-ons to extend JIRA's functionality * Migrate data from external systems using CSV import * Generate reports directly from the JIRA database and use custom JavaScript and CSS * Integrate your JIRA application with third-party tools such as Confluence, SVN, and Git In Detail Atlassian JIRA 7 is an enterprise issue tracker system. One of its key strengths is its ability to adapt to the needs of an organization, ranging from building software products to managing your support issues. This book provides a comprehensive explanation covering all three components of JIRA 7, such as JIRA Software, JIRA Core, and Jira Service Desk. It shows you how to master the key functionalities of JIRA and its customizations and useful add-ons, and is packed with real-world examples and use cases. You will first learn how to plan for a JIRA 7 installation and fetch data. We cover JIRA reports in detail, which will help you analyze your data effectively. You can add additional features to your JIRA application by choosing one of the already built-in add-ons or building a new one to suit your needs. Then you'll find out about implementing Agile methodologies in JIRA by creating Scrum and Kanban boards. We'll teach you how to integrate your JIRA Application with other tools such as Confluence, SVN, Git, and more, which will help you extend your application. Finally, we'll explore best practices and troubleshooting techniques to help you find out what went wrong and understand how to fix it. Style and approach This comprehensive book covers the advanced and new features of JIRA 7 with the help of rich code-based, real-world examples and use cases.

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