Building Your First SQL Server Cubes: SSAS, PowerPivot and Denali
Mark Kromer, Microsoft
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Session Objectives and Takeaways
Objectives:What is a cubeCubes by hand in SSASIn-memory auto-cubes in PowerPivotUDM, MDX, Vertipaq and PowerPivotCubes in Denali
Why Cubes?Semantic Model
Translate disparate data into business entitiesData Marts
Subject-specific business access to data warehouseQuickly provide pre-aggregated summarized answers
Team BIOur Context
BI Solution created by power user. Context is for a small team & it’s managed on a
server.
Personal BI Organizational BIMy Context
BI solution created by user. Context is only for user &
exists as document.
The Org’s Context
BI Solution created by IT, Established corporate context & is reusable, scalable and backed
up.
The Business Intelligence Continuum
Strategy Driven
Business
Compliance & Risk
Management
Consistent Measureme
nt & Rewards
Innovative Organizatio
n
Local Decision Making
EmpoweredAligned
SQL Server 2008 R2 extends reach from organizational BI to team and personal BI
Data Infrastructure & BI Platform
Analysis Services
Reporting Services
Master Data Services
Integration Services
Data Mining
Data Warehousing
The Microsoft BI Solution Stack
BUSINESS USER EXPERIENCE
BUSINESS COLLABORATION PLATFORM
DATA INFRASTRUCTURE & BI PLATFORM
Business Productivity Infrastructure
Dashboards & Scorecards
Excel Services
Web based forms & workflow
Collaboration
Search
Content Management
LOB data integration
PowerPivot for SharePoint
The Microsoft BI Solution Stack
BUSINESS USER EXPERIENCE
BUSINESS COLLABORATION PLATFORM
DATA INFRASTRUCTURE & BI PLATFORM
Delivered through a Familiar Interface
Self-Service access & insight
Data exploration & analysis
Predictive analysis
Data visualization
Contextual visualizationPowerPivot for Excel 2010
The Microsoft BI Solution Stack
BUSINESS USER EXPERIENCE
BUSINESS COLLABORATION PLATFORM
DATA INFRASTRUCTURE & BI PLATFORM
SQL Server Analysis Services
Advanced Analysis Services Features
Innovative Cube Designer
Best Practice Design Alerts
Enhanced Dimension Design
Enhanced Aggregation Design
Dynamic Management Views
Execution Plan
Designed to Perfor
m
Design
Run
Monitor
Subspace Computations
MOLAP Enabled Write-Back
Enhanced Back-Up Scalability
Scalable Shared Databases
Design Scalable Solutions
Productivity Enhancing DesignersOptimized design experienceBest Practice Design AlertsProject Lifecycle support
Scalable Infrastructure Heterogeneous data IntegrationRobust Scale-Out ConfigurationAdvanced Resource MonitoringUser-differentiated perspectives
Superior Performance Market leading MOLAP EngineNear real-time data accessSubspace computation optimizationMOLAP enabled write-back
Microsoft PowerPivot
PowerPivot for Excel 2010
PowerPivoting Massive Data VolumesWith a few mouse clicks, a user can create and publish intuitive and interactive self-service analysis solutions
Reporting Services as a Data Source
DATA IMPORT
Report-Based
Data Feeds
OLTP AND OLAPDATA SOURCES
PUBLISHING
Share and Collaborate
With SharePoint:
• Publish your PowerPivots as Web applications for your team
• Schedule data refreshes to keep your analysis up-to-date
• Manage security just like a document
Managed Self Service
PowerPivot for Excel PowerPivot for SharePoint
Use Office & SharePoint toMake Better Decisions
Extend Beyond OLAP
Unified Metadata Model One consolidated business view Integrated relational & OLAP analysis Business information modeling Time- and financial intelligence
Central KPI Manageability Server based KPI framework Centrally managed repository
Pervasive end-user accessibility
Predictive Analytics Complete data mining framework Embeddable viewersPredictive capabilities available to everyone through Microsoft Office
Predictive Analysis Bring Data Mining to the Masses through Microsoft Office
Enable easy to use predictive analysis
At every desktop For every information worker
Through three powerful add-ins to Microsoft Office
Predictive capabilities readily available for business users in ExcelData mining client for building data mining models in ExcelData mining templates for project visualization in Visio
“What Microsoft has done is to make data mining available on the desktop to everyone” (David Norris, Associate Analyst, Bloor Research).
Deliver Pervasive InsightOptimized Office Interoperability
Massive data analysis for everyone with PowerPivot for Excel 2010 Team Collaboration through PowerPivot for SharePoint 2010Corporate performance management through PerformancePoint Services 2010
Rich Partner Ecosystem ExtensibilityVertically specialized solutionsPackaged applications API support from all major BI vendors
Open, embeddable architecture Open API’s and XML/A based protocolsNative web service functionality Close loop analysis
Office 2010 Integration
Excel 2010Great cross product investments optimizing Excel 2010 as analytical client for Analysis ServicesEnhancements around local cubes Significant performance and functionality investments Data Mining Add-Ins for predictive analysisPowerPivot for massive data analysis on the desktop
PerformancePoint Services 2010Great cross product investments for thin analytic client for Analysis ServicesRich web capabilities for data exploration. Guided and contextual analysis through integrated dashboards
Predictive analytics by integrating with SQL Server Data Mining
SQL Server DenaliBI Semantic Model (BISM)
Denali Cubes: Convergence
BISM: BI Semantic Model
Thank you
Mark KromerMicrosoft Technology SpecialistSQL Server Data [email protected]
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