Overview:
This 3-day instructor-led course will teach you how to implement an Analysis Services solution in an organisation. It discusses how to use the Analysis Services development tools to create an Analysis Services database and an OLAP cube, and how to use the Analysis Services management and administrative tools to manage an Analysis Services solution.
Learning method:
This course uses a combination of instructor presentation, and student hands-on practical exercises. Participants will have the opportunity to apply what they have learned in the classroom throughout the course.
Who will benefit from this course?
This course is intended for information technology (IT) professionals and developers who need to implement analysis solutions by using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services.
Pre-requisites:
Before attending this course, you must have:
- professional experience with programming in C, C++, earlier versions of Visual Basic or C#, Java, or another programming language
- familiarity with the .NET Framework versions 2.0 and 3.0
- conceptual understanding of OLAP solutions
- experience navigating the Microsoft Windows server environment
- experience with Windows services(starting and stopping)
- experience creating service accounts and permissions
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, 2000 or 2005, including:
- SQL Server Agent
- SQL Server query language (SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, and DELETE)
- SQL Server System tables
- SQL Server accounts (users and permissions)
What can you expect to gain from this course?
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- describe how SQL server analysis services can be used to implement analytical solutions
- create multidimensional analysis solutions with SQL server analysis services
- implement dimensions in an analysis services solution
- implement measures and measure groups in an analysis services solution
- query a multidimensional analysis services solution
- customise an analysis services cube
- deploy and secure an analysis services database
- maintain a multidimensional analysis services solution
- implement a data mining solution
Course outline:
Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services
- Overview of data analysis solutions
- Overview of SQL Server 2005 analysis services
- Installing SQL Server 2005 analysis services
Module 2:Creating Multidimensional Analysis Solutions
- Developing analysis services solutions
- Data sources and data source views
- Creating a cube
- Exercise 2:Creating a multidimensional analysis solution
- Creating a data source
- Creating and modifying a data
- Source view
- Creating and modifying a cube
Module 3:Working with Dimensions
- Configuring dimensions
- Defining hierarchies
- Sorting and grouping attributes
- Exercise 3: Defining dimensions
- Configuring dimensions
- Defining relationships and hierarchies
- Sorting and grouping dimension attributes
Module 4:Working with Measures and Measure Groups
- Working with measures
- Working with measure groups
- Exercise 4: Configuring measures and measure groups
- Configuring measures
- Defining dimension usage and relationships
- Configuring measure group storage
Module 5: Querying Multidimensional Analysis Solutions
- MDX fundamentals
- Adding calculations to a cube
- Exercise 5: Querying a cube
- Querying a cube by using MDX
- Creating a calculated member
- Defining a named set
Module 6:Customising Cube Functionality
- Implementing key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Implementing actions
- Implementing perspectives
- Implementing translations
- Exercise 6: Customising cube
- Implementing a KPI
- Implementing an action
- Implementing a perspective
- Implementing a translation
Module 7: Deploying and Securing an Analysis Services Database
- Deploying an analysis services database
- Securing an analysis services database
- Exercise 7: Deploying and securing an analysis services database
- Deploying an analysis services database
- Securing an analysis services database
Module 8: Maintaining a Multidimensional Solution
- Configuring processing settings
- Logging, monitoring, and optimising an analysis services solution
- Backing up and restoring an analysis services database
- Exercise 8: Maintaining an analysis services database
- Configuring processing
- Implementing logging and monitoring
- Backing up and restoring an analysis services database
Module 9: Introduction to Data Mining
- Overview of data mining
- Creating a data mining solution
- Validating data mining models
- Exercise 9: Implementing data mining
- Creating a data mining structure
- Adding a data mining model
- Exploring data mining models
- Validating data mining models