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George PondSr. Business Analyst / Data Warehouse Developer

http://www.gpond.com

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W e l c o m e t o

C y p r e s s C a yM a r i n a

H o w w o u l d y o u b u i l d a d a t a w a r e h o u s e ?W h a t w o u l d i t d o f o r y o u r b u s i n e s s ?

T h e a n s w e r s a r e i n s i d e . L e t ’ s b e g i n y o u r

t o u r w i t h f u n c t i o n a l r e q u i r e m e n t s .

...Each night, a closing report is prepared by Managersat Baracles (restaurant/pub), Dockside Gifts & Sundries, andat the boat rental kiosk...

...The proposed solution must bring in this information.Cypress Cay Managers must be able to quickly and easily

retrieve daily scorecards and drill-down reports for

trend analysis...

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...The proposed solution must bring in this information.Cypress Cay Managers must be able to quickly and easily

retrieve daily scorecards and drill-down reports for

trend analysis...

W e f i n d c r i t i c a l r e q u i r e m e n t s t h a t

c a l l f o r O n - L i n e A n a l y t i c a l P r o c e s s i n g

O L A P c u b e s e n a b l e s c o r e c a r d s ,d r i l l - d o w n r e p o r t s a n d

t r e n d a n a l y s i s .

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W e d i s c u s s d a t a r e q u i r e m e n t sw i t h C y p r e s s C a y M a n a g e m e n t

A L o g i c a l D a t a M o d e li d e n t i f i e s w h a t t h ec u b e m u s t c o n t a i n .

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A D i m e n s i o n a l M o d e l f o r w a r d - e n g i n e e r s

i n t o a P h y s i c a l D a t a b a s e .B o t h r e f l e c t t h e L o g i c a l M o d e l .

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O u r t o u r p a u s e s a t t h e

n e w , e m p t y d a t a b a s e

C y p r e s s C a y k e e p s P o i n t O f S a l e t a b l e s ,

f l a t f i l e s a n d s p r e a d s h e e t s . E a c h

m u s t b e m o v e d i n t o s t a g i n g t a b l e s .

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SSAS SSRS

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S Q L S e r v e r I n t e g r a t i o n S e r v i c e s ( S S I S )

m o v e s d a t a i n t o s t a g i n g t a b l e s

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A f t e r s t a g i n g , d a t ai s m o v e d a g a i n

S Q L S e r v e r A n a l y s i sS e r v i c e s ( S S A S )

b u i l d s 4 f a c t t a b l e sa n d 5 d i m e n s i o n s

o f C y p r e s s C a y d a t a

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SSAS SSRS

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H i e r a r c h i e s p r o v i d e

d r i l l - d o w n p a t h s

i n t o t h e O L A P c u b e

Hierarchy.

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ServerSSIS

SSAS SSRS

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W i t h i n t h e d a t a w a r e h o u s e , w e s e e

t r e n d a n a l y s i s a d d e d t o t h e c u b e

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ServerSSIS

SSAS SSRS

S S A S i n c l u d e s f o r m s f o r a d d i n g

c a l c u l a t i o n s a n d K e y

P e r f o r m a n c e I n d i c a t o r s ( K P I ) .

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M u l t i - d i m e n s i o n a l c u b e s r e q u i r e

M u l t i - D i m e n s i o n a l e X p r e s s i o n s : M D X

This MDX query builds amatrix of dates and food

sales trends.

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M i c r o s o f t E x c e l p i v o t t a b l e s c a n

p u b l i s h a m a t r i x i n g r a p h i c a l f o r m a t

N o w o u r m a t r i x h a s

f i l t e r s , d r i l l - d o w nc a p a b i l i t y a n d

s t a t u s i n d i c a t o r s .

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W i t h S Q L S e r v e r R e p o r t i n g S e r v i c e s ,C y p r e s s C a y s e e s b e y o n d d r y f a c t s .

P a t t e r n s e m e r g ea n d p e r f o r m a n c e

i s t r a c k e d t h r o u g h

s l i c e , d i c e a n d

d r i l l - d o w n .

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T h i s c o n c l u d e s y o u r

D a t a W a r e h o u s e t o u r

Y o u w o n ’ t f i n d C y p r e s s C a yM a r i n a o n a n y m a p . I t i s a

c o m p o s i t e o f h o s p i t a l i t y

b u s i n e s s e s i n t h e O r l a n d o a r e a .

For your tour today, Igenerated randomized

data and built an OLAP cubewith four fact tables and fivedimensions. Thank you for

taking the tour! George Pondhttp://www.gpond.com 14