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SQL Server 2008 for Business Intelligence<br />UTS Short Course<br />

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Peter Gfader<br />Specializes in <br />C# and .NET (Java not anymore)<br />TestingAutomated tests<br />Agile, ScrumCertified Scrum Trainer<br />Technology aficionado <br />Silverlight<br />ASP.NET<br />Windows Forms<br />

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Admin Stuff<br />Attendance<br />You initial sheet<br />Hands On Lab<br />You get me to initial sheet<br />Homework<br />Certificate <br />At end of 5 sessions<br />If I say if you have completed successfully <br />

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Course Website<br />Course Timetable & Materials<br />http://www.ssw.com.au/ssw/Events/2010UTSSQL/<br />Resources<br />http://sharepoint.ssw.com.au/Training/UTSSQL/<br />

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Course Overview<br />

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Recap<br />Reporting services<br />Building reports<br />Export to which formats?<br />Adding interactivity with ?<br />Building ad hoc reports<br />Tools to create and modify reports?<br />Processing<br />Local vs server side?<br />Report Administration<br />Creating scheduled reports<br />Performance - Caching <br />Security<br />

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http://www.ssw.com.au/ssw/Standards/Rules/ RulesToBetterSQLReportingServices.aspx<br />Three best ones<br />Three bad ones<br />Create report<br />Top 10 customers (Table)<br />Top 10 products (Table)<br />Top 10 employees (Table)<br />1 chart that shows the top 10 customers<br />1 usage of the gauge control (surprise me)<br />Homework<br />

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SSRS - More on reports<br />

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Report processing<br />Local<br />Server side<br />More on reports<br />

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How to publish reports?<br />Push<br />Pull<br />Web<br />WPF, Windows Forms<br />More on reports<br />

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The plan<br />

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Step by step to BI<br />Create Data Warehouse<br />Copy data to data warehouse <br />Create OLAP Cubes<br />Create Reports<br />Browse the cube<br />Do some Data Mining<br />Discovering a Relationship that was not obvious<br />Predict future events (e.g. targeting and forecasting)<br />

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Alternative cube browsers<br />

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Session 4: Tonight’s Agenda<br />Overview<br />Microsoft Data Analyzer<br />Proclarity<br />Excel 2003/2007/2010<br />Excel services<br />Thinslicer<br />Performance Point<br />Power Pivot<br />

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Microsoft Data Analyzer<br /><ul><li>Data analysis software for Microsoft Office XP

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Stand alone app

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Part of Office XP suite

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Not updated beyond version 3.5</li></li></ul><li>Microsoft Data Analyzer<br />

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ProClarity (now assimilated by MS)<br />

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ProClarity – Selection of Data & Charts<br />Drillable Charts e.g. Bar, Line, Pie, Area <br />Simple selection of data via Hierarchies<br />Auto-Highlighting for Readability<br />

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ProClarity - Decomposition<br />Analyse via the decomposition Tree<br />

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ProClarity – Performance Map<br />Use for showing relative performance & change between Dimensions<br />

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ProClarity – Perspective View<br /><ul><li>Allow for comparison of 2 measures against selected hierarchies

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Good for detecting values outside the norm

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Statistical Sliders</li></li></ul><li>ProClarity – Other Features<br />Views<br />Briefing Books to share your analysis<br />

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Excel 2007 - Pivot Table<br />Connecting to an OLAP cube<br />General navigation of member information and cube data<br />Drilling down to details of reporting summaries<br />Venturing beyond the " X-Y " dimensions, and making the PivotTable Report truly multidimensional<br />Select formatting options for our Excel 2007 PivotTable Reports. <br />

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Pivot Sample<br />

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Excel 2007 – Pivot Table - Fields and Drop Zones <br />

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Excel Services<br />Publishes Excel pivot tables onto SharePoint<br />http://richardlees.com.au/sites/Demonstrations/Pages/NZCensus_Excel.aspx<br />

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ThinSlicer<br />http://richardlees.com.au/sites/Demonstrations/Pages/TS_Foodmart.aspx<br />Bought by Angry Koala in 2008 – www.angrykoala.com.au<br />Adhoc Cube Browser on the Web<br />

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ThinSlicer<br />

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Microsoft Performance Point<br />http://richardlees.com.au/sites/Demonstrations/Shared%20Documents/Windows%20Performance%20Monitor/Perfmon.aspx<br />

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Excel Services (already in 2007)<br />PowerPivot via Excel 2010 (AKA Gemini)<br />Reporting Services Integration (already in 2007)<br />Visio Services 2010 (Strategy Maps)<br />Access Services<br />What else is SharePoint 2010 offering?<br />

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Put your spreadsheets online<br />Connect to live data<br />Auto refresh<br />Adhoc reporting<br />Excel Services<br />

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Allows you to publish reporting services reports up to SharePoint<br />Scheduling and exporting to different formats<br />Interactive drill through<br />Great for Static Reports<br />E.g. Monthly Sales<br />Reporting Services Integration<br />

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Publish Visio diagrams into SharePoint<br />View Visio diagrams through the browser without needing Visio to be installed<br />Data driven diagrams so you can pull information into your Visio dagrams<br />For more information see http://siddhumehta.blogspot.com/2010/02/strategy-maps-visio-services-2010.html<br />Visio Services (Strategy Maps)<br />

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Publish Access Databases into SharePoint<br />Create databases with forms and reports through SharePoint<br />Browse and edit records on the web<br />Access Services<br />

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“The most important thing about PowerPivot is the ability to share users analysis into SharePoint so that these other users can slice and data form within a browser.” - Andrew Fryer<br />Addin to Excel 2010<br />PowerPivot (Excel 2010)<br />

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Migration guide<br />http://www.reportingservicesmigration.com/<br />Resources - SSRS<br />

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SQL Server R2 Licensing<br />http://www.directionsonmicrosoft.com/samples/Licensing_SQL_Server_2008.pdf<br />Data warehousing with SQL Server R2<br />http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/data-warehousing.aspx<br />SQL Server R2<br />

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TechNet Virtual Labs - Hands on Labs<br />http://technet.microsoft.com/it-it/cc164207(en-us).aspx<br />http://www.ssw.com.au/ssw/Standards/Rules/RulesToBetterBusinessIntelligence.aspx<br />http://www.ssw.com.au/ssw/Standards/betterSoftwareSuggestions/PerformancePoint.aspx<br />Resources<br />

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http://www.powerpivot.com/<br />http://www.microsoft.com/bi/powerpivot/<br />Excel - Powerpivot<br />

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Summary<br />Overview<br />RS Report Builder<br />Data Analyzer<br />Proclarity<br />Excel 2003/2007<br />Excel Services<br />Thin Slicer<br />Performance Point<br />PowerPivot<br />

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3things…<br />PeterGfader@ssw.com.au<br />http://blog.gfader.com/<br />twitter.com/peitor<br />

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