This document provides an overview and examples of projects completed as part of a Business Intelligence Master's program, including: 1) An SSIS project to extract data from Excel spreadsheets and load it into SQL Server tables. 11 packages were created to perform ETL. 2) An SSAS project to create a cube with dimensions, hierarchies, calculations and KPIs from fact tables. 19 MDX queries were written. 3) A project using SSRS, PerformancePoint and Excel Services to develop reports, charts, and dashboards. Reports were published to SharePoint. 4) A final team project to deliver a BI solution with database design, ETL, a cube, and 15 reports

1. Business Intelligence Portfolio Yvonne Hung [email_address] (214) 636-4512

2. Table of Contents Introduction SSIS Project SSAS Project SSRS Project (publishing in PerformancePoint dashboard and SharePoint) Final Project

3. Introduction Successfully completed the SetFocus Business Intelligence Master's Program: An intense 400 hours course on the Microsoft Business Intelligence suite of products with in-depth coverage on OLAP design, SQL Server 2005, Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS), T-SQL, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, MDX, PerformancePoint and MOSS Well rounded IT background with experience in project management, business analysis and testing. Able to communicate effectively with both business users and technical engineers.

4. SSIS Project Overview: Design and build a SQL Server 2005 database to track employee and customer information, timesheet and labor rates data, as well as job order information, job materials, and customer invoices which data is currently stores in Excel Spreadsheets. Project Goals: Able to develop various SSIS packages to extract, transform and load data from clients ad hoc data from Excel Spreadsheet into a staging warehouse database in SQL Server 2005.

5. Total of 11 packages were developed for this project. Above is screen shot of one of the packages. It reads contents of the spreadsheet that contains employee data from a file share and add or update data to Employees table in the SQL Server AllWorksDBStudent database.

6. A Script Task is added to keep an accumulative count of number of files and rows being processed. It will return the total number of files and rows being processed. Total of 11 packages were developed for this project. Above is screen shot of one of the packages. It has a Foreach loop to loop through timesheet files in a file share. A Data Flow task reads the contents of the spreadsheet that contains timesheet data and add or update data to Employees JobTimeSheet table in the SQL Server AllWorksDBStudent database.

7. The data flow task is within the Foreach Loop task which will loop through the CSV files in the file share location. One CSV file will be processed. Content of each file will be read. Data conversion and validation will be performed. It will then insert or update row in the JobTimeSheets table based on the Job ID, Employee ID and Work Date.

8. SSAS Project Overview: Created an SSAS solution in BIDS, and built a cube from the four fact tables. Developed five KPIs from the cube. Completed 19 queries using MDX. Project Goals: Able to create an OLAP cube using BIDS and develop hierarchies, calculations and KPIs within the cube. To be able to use MDX queries to query against the cube.

9. Data Source View

10. Example of Calculations in the cube

11. Example of KPI

12. Using Excel to connect to the cube to display KPI

13. MDX Queries

14. SSRS, PPS and Excel Services Project Overview: Developed reports, charts and dashboards using SSRS, PPS (PerformancePoint) and Excel Services. Created MOSS (SharePoint) site to publish reports and dashboards. Project Goals: Able to create various reports using SSRS, PPS and Excel Services. To create dashboard in PPS. To publish reports and dashboard using MOSS and build web parts.

15. Report example in Performance Point

16. PPS dashboard published on SharePoint

17. Excel report example published on Sharepoint

18. SSRS report example

19. SSRS report example in BIDS

20. Final Project Overview: A team of four members is required to deliver a Business Intelligence solution for Setfocus, LLC to better track Applicants admission rate since 2004. One table of client data is given. 15 reports are required to be delivered in four days. Project Goals: To be able to work as a team and use all the skills and tools that was covered in program to deliver a business intelligence solution.

21. Final Project Deliverables: Visio diagram of staging database design SSIS packages to extract, transform and load six dimension tables and one fact table with more than 125,000 applicant records. SSAS cube with six dimensions, three hierarchies and two partitions. 15 reports were developed using MDX and various tools including SSRS, PPS and Excel Services. Five reports were developed in each tool. One Sharepoint team site to publish all reports and dashboard. Team presentation

22. Staging Database Design

23. SSIS Package that loads the Fact CID table

24. Data Source View of the cube

25. Daily by Track report developed in SSRS and published in SharePoint Report Example:

26. Daily by Track report developed in Excel Services and published in SharePoint Report Example:

27. Daily by Track report developed in PerformancePoint Server and published in SharePoint Report Example: