Microsoft Business Intelligence SQL Server Analysis Services
Microsoft Business Intelligence SQL Server Analysis Services
What Is Microsoft BI? Core concept BI is the cube or UDM Example cube as seen using Excel pivot table MS BI is comprehensive more than Analysis Services on SQL Server Demonstration of SQL Reporting Services with cube as data source
Modeling changing dimensions Dimension Intelligence w/ Wizard Using the Add Business Intelligence Wizards write-back, semi-additive measures, time intelligence, account intelligence
Cube Storage and Aggregation Storage topics basic aggregations, MOLAP Advanced Storage Design MOLAP, ROLAP, HOLAP Partitions relational and Analysis Services partitions Customizing Aggregation Design Processing Design Rapidly changing dimensions / ROLAP dimensions Welcome to the Real Time Proactive Caching Cube processing options
OLAP Modeling Modeling source schemasstars and snowflakes Understanding dimensional modeling Dimensions (Type 1, 2, or 3) or rapidly changing Understanding fact (measures) and cube modeling
Beginning MDX Basic syntax Using the MDX query editor in SQL Server Management Studio Most-used Functions & Common tasks New MDX functions
Using SSAS in BIDS Understanding the development environment Creating Data Sources and Data Source Views Creating cubes using the UDM and the Cube Build Wizard Refining Dimensions and Measures in BIDS
Intermediate MDX Adding calculated members Adding scripts Adding named sets
Intermediate SSAS KPIs Perspectives Translations cube metadata and currency localization Actions regular, drill-through and reporting
SSAS Administration Best practices health monitoring XMLA scripting (SQL Mgmt Studio) Other Documentation methods Security roles and permissions Disaster Recovery backup / restore Clustering high availability
Advanced SSAS Introduction to Data Mining Using multiple fact tables Modeling intermediate fact tables Modeling M:M dimensions, Fact (degenerate) dimensions, Role-playing dimensions, writeback dimensions What and why? Examples of using each of the 9 algorithms (MS Clustering, MS Decision Trees, Nave Bayes, MS Sequence
Clustering, MS Time Series, MS Association Rules, MS Neural Network) Data Mining dimensions Data Mining clients Processing mining models
Introduction to Reporting Clients Excel 2003 Pivot Tables SQL RS & Report Builder SPS RS web parts & .NET 2.0 report viewer controls
Launching BIDS Project templates The package designer The Toolbox Solution Explorer The Properties window The Variables window The SSIS menu
Introduction to Control Flow Control Flow Overview Precedence Constraints The Execute SQL Task The Bulk Insert Task The File System Task The FTP Task The Send Mail Task
Future Directions Integration with Office 12 SharePoint 12 and AS Report Center (type of dashboard) uses KPIs, Reports, Excel Web, Filter Excel Services 12 and AS (Web Services)
Advanced Control Flow Containers grouping and looping The Web Service Task The WMI tasks The Analysis Services tasks The Execute Process Task The Execute Package Task
Introduction to Data Flow Data Flow Overview Data Sources Data Destinations Data Transformations The Copy Column Transformation The Derived Column Transformation The Data Conversion Transformation The Conditional Split Transformation The Aggregate Transformation The Sort Transformation Data Viewers
Variables and Configurations Variables Overview Variable scope SSIS system variables Using variables in control flow Using variables in data flow Using variables to pass information between packages Property expressions Configuration Overview
Configuration options
Debugging , Error Handling and Logging SSIS debugging overview Breakpoints in SSIS SSIS debugging windows Control Flow: The OnError event handler Data Flow: Error data flow Configuring Package Logging Built-in log providers Advanced Data Flow Revisiting data sources and destinations The Lookup Transformation Getting Fuzzy: The Fuzzy Lookup and Fuzzy Grouping Transformations The Multicast Transformation The Merge and Merge Join Transformations The Data Mining Query Transformation The Data Mining Model Training Destination The Slowly Changing Dimension Transformation Extending SSIS through Custom Code Introduction to SSIS scripting The SSIS script editor The SSIS object model Script in Control flow: The Script Task Script in Data flow: The Script Component Introduction to SSIS component development SSIS Package Deployment Configurations and deployment The deployment utility Deployment options Deployment security Executing packages DTExec and DTExecUI SSIS Package Management
The SSIS Service Managing packages with DTUtil Managing packages with SQL Server Management Studio Scheduling packages with SQL Server Agent
Creating Reports Deconstructing Reporting Services Shared Data Sources Creating Reports from Scratch Calculations and Formatting Creating Expressions Using the Global Collections Formatting Items Conditional Formatting
Grouping and Sorting Creating Groups Calculating Totals and Percentages Interactive Sorting Creating Drill-Down Reports
Report Parameters Creating Report Parameters Creating Drop-Down Parameters Multi-Valued Parameters Debugging Parameter Issues
Creating Matrix Reports and Charts Creating a Basic Matrix Report Matrix Subtotals Creating a Basic Chart Exploring the Charting Possibilities
Managing Reporting Services Deploying Reports and Data Sources Exporting Reports and Printing Using the Web-Based Report Manager Using SQL Server Management Studio-based Reporting Services Manager Reporting Services Security Two Parts to Reporting Services Security Securing Access to Reports Data Source Security Programming Reporting Services The Many Reporting Services APIs Integrating Reporting Services into Applications using URL Access Using the Report Viewer Controls Advanced Reporting Services Programming Using the Reporting Services Web Service Working with Custom Assemblies Snapshots and Subscriptions Caching and Snapshots Creating Standard Subscriptions Creating Data-Driven Subscriptions Managing Subscriptions
Ad-Hoc Reporting with Report Builder The Report Builder Architecture Creating Report Model Projects Running Report Builder