Business Intelligence with SQL Server 2008 R2 (SSAS, SSIS, SSRS) Training Course

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Duration

35 hours
 

Requirements

No requirements but any previous experience with SQL and databases will be highly beneficial.

 

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Overview

Learn SQL Server Business Intelligence from the ground up using SQL Server 2008 R2.  SSAS, SSIS, SSRS are covered in this full immersion 5-day course.

 

Course Outline

Introduction to SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence

What is Business Intelligence?
Business Intelligence and SQL Server 2008
Data Warehouse vs Data Mart
Multidimensional databases
OLAP vs OLTP

SSAS (SQL Server Analysis Services)

UDM
The Cube
Dimensions and Measures
Schemas, Dimensions and Fact Table
BIDS
The Dimension Wizard
Translations and Localization
Designers and Wizards
Storage, caching and partitioning
MDX
Data Mining
Using SSIS with SSAS
Performance and Availability
SSRS with SSAS
SharePoint integration

SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services)

ETL and SSIS
Packages
Control Flow
Workflow
Constraints
Data Flows
Variables
Containers
Transactions
Errors and Debugging
Logging
Slowly Changing Dimensions
Deploying a Package
Security
Scripting
Best Practices

SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services)

The tools and the architecture
Creating SSRS projects
Controls
Types of reports (tabular, list, matrix)
Expressions
Global collections
Groups and Totals
Parameters
Sorting a report
The Tablix data region
Charts and Gauges
Caching
Subscriptions
Deploying reports
Security
APIs
RS Web Service
Custom Assemblies