How to use BI to analyze and improve your SharePoint farm

Bas Lijten

• SharePoint Architect/Dev• Search • Windows Phone• BI• http://blog.baslijten.com

VerzekerenHypothekenPensioenenBancaire producten

Internet: • 2007, 2010 &

2013• 1600 sites• Millions of users• Loads of traffic

from outside network

• A LOT of customizations

Intranet • 2007 -> 2013 on

premise• 20000 users• Loads of content• Traffic from internal

network

Fastlane concept

1) Build reusable components

2) Use3) Upgrade4) repeat

Challenges

Performance insightsUpgrading customizationsInsights in reuseOverall insights platform

Tooling

PowerShellLogParserExcel

PowerQueryPowerPivotPowerMapPowerView

PowerBISQL SSISSSAS

Internet PowerShell / SQL /PowerPivot

IntranetIIS Logs / LogParser / Excel / O365

Insights using Logparser

• Merge logs• Logparser.exe -i:iisw3c "select * into c:\logs\mergediislog.log from c:\logs\50082\SPIntranet\W3SVC797578619\*.log" -o:w3c

• Alle ASPX pagina’s• Logparser .exe -i:iisw3c "select * into c:\logs\mergediislog_allaspx.log from c:\logs\50082\SPIntranet\W3SVC797578619\*.log where cs-uri-stem like ‘%aspx%’" -o:w3c

Wrap-up

PowerShell: gather dataSQL: storagePowerQuery: data aggregation/modificationPowerPivot: AnalyzePowerMap/PowerView: VisualistionPowerBI: publish reports/datasources