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A Complete BI Solution in about an HourAaron Stanley King@trendoid
What is Business Intelligence?“Business Intelligence is a set of methodologies, processes, architectures, and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information used to enable more effective strategic, tactical, and operational insights and decision-making.“
-Boris Evelson, Topic Overview: Business Intelligence
What do we need for a complete Business Intelligence solution?• Data storage
• Extract Transform Load (ETL)
• Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)
• Development support for predictive analytics
• Reporting
• Development support for integration
• Ad-hoc querying support
Agenda• Some talk about SQL Server SQL Server (SSSS **)
• Collect data using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
• Analyze the data using SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
• Report on the analysis using SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
• Display that information in a custom website
Merrill Aldrich #realProductNames
Before we code, installation ;-(• One installation for all services
• Development and management tools included
• One server install
• Low minimum hardware requirements Minimum: 1.4 GHz processor Minimum: 1 GB RAM Minimum: 5 GB Hard drive space free
*** subject to change and your exact environment
Multidimensional and Data Mining Mode or Tabular Mode• You can’t install both on one instance
• You will need to install two instances of SSAS That means run the setup twice
• Example: servername\multi and servername\tabular
• My environment has a multi-dimensional default instance servername\ and a tabular instance called servername\tabular
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh231722(v=SQL.110).aspx
Demo
Dimensions vs. Facts• Dimension Tables
Provide context Primary keys Smaller than fact tables
• Fact Tables Used for measurements Numeric or integers Foreign keys Larger than dimension tables
Data Warehouse Design
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa902672(v=SQL.80).aspx#sql_dwdesign_topic3
Data Warehouse Design
Demo
Links and Resources• Downloads
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Evaluation http://
www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29066
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP1 Report Builder http://
www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35576
SQL Server Data Tools – Business Intelligence for Visual Studio 2012 http://
www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36843
SQL Server 2012 Feature Pack http://
www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29065
• Tutorials and Videos Analysis Services Tutorials
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh231701.aspx
Special Thanks• Microsoft Fargo
http://www.microsoft.com/ebc/fargo.mspx
• Confio http://www.confio.com
• PASS http://www.sqlpass.org
• Minnesota SQL Server User Group http://minnesota.sqlpass.org
• Nimble Storage http://www.nimblestorage.com
• Tegile http://www.tegile.com
Questions and Answers• Aaron Stanley King
http://www.aaronstanleyking.com @trendoid on Twitter