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Chapter 2

Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing with SSASCourse Id: 165Presented by Scott WhighamPublished by LearnItFirst.com

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Chapter Listing:1. Course Introduction and How to Get Started

2. Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing

3. How to Install SSAS 2008

4. Understanding and Designing Multidimensional Databases

5. Dimension and Measure Design

6. Cube Development with SSAS

7. Reporting Services with SSAS 2008

8. Client Tools: Excel, PowerPivot, SharePoint and More

9. ETL Strategies and How to Load Data Warehouses Using SSIS

10. Writing MDX Queries

11. Data Mining with Analysis Services

12. Analysis Services Security

Chapter Listing

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• Overview of Chapter

• Defining Business Intelligence

• BI and SQL Server

• OLTP vs. OLAP

• “Where should I put my data warehouse?”

• Multi-dimensional databases

• Data Mining

• What is Analysis Services?

• New Features in SSAS 2008

Chapter 2 Overview

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• Chapter 2 is for all tracks– Coverage of common

concepts and terms used in all facets

Chapter 2 Overview

BI Architects

BI Analysts/Users

System Admins

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• By the end of this chapter, you will– Understand what Business Intelligence tools are

available in the SQL Server space

– Understand the need for a data warehouse

– Understand common terms and techniques

– Understand where SSAS fits

Chapter 2 Overview

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• You can skip this chapter if:– You have a solid understanding of OLAP vs. OLTP

– You have a basic understanding of multidimensional database design

– You hate lectures…

• This entire chapter is lecture!

Chapter 2 Overview

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• If you do skip this chapter:– Chapter 3 will help you install SSAS 2008

• System Administrator track

– Chapter 4 is about understanding and designing multidimensional databases

• BI Architects

• BI Analysts/Users may want to watch as well

Chapter 2 Overview

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• What is Business Intelligence?

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Patsy, “Absolutely Fabulous”

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