I often write custom reports to be able to analyze huge data from a SharePoint farm. I can ansewr questions such as:
\u2013 Number of documents updated per user per month over time.
\u2013 What are the metadata fields and values in use, and their frequency by department.<\/p>\n
I typically export as a CSV, using pipe delimited format (to avoid misinterpreting the ubiquitous comma), and import into a spreadsheet.<\/p>\n
What happens when the dataset is too large for Excel? The data I analyze often pushes the limits of Excel or my machine. In that case, I\u2019ll import into SQL Server. To make it repeatable, I\u2019ll create a import process, that drops and recreates the target table, defines the fields, and how to handle errors for each, then export as an SSIS DTSX package.<\/p>\n
To run a DTSX package, I\u2019ll import into Business Intelligence Studio as a package and run from there.<\/p>\n
Once in SQL Server, one can handle larger datasets, with all the tools and techniques of SQL for dealing with really big data.<\/p>\n
The data can be exposed as an SSRS report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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