The document outlines Colin Sobers' skills and experience with Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) tools. It includes projects demonstrating proficiency with SQL Server, Integration Services, Analysis Services, Reporting Services, PerformancePoint Server, and SharePoint. The projects involve relational and dimensional modeling, T-SQL and MDX queries, ETL processes, cube design, reports, dashboards, and scorecards. Colin received hands-on training through SetFocus' 400-hour BI master's program focused on the Microsoft BI stack.

1. Colin Sobers
sobers.colin@gmail.com
678.414.1476

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
 Overview – Introduction
 Relational Data Modeling
 SQL Server T-SQL Programming
 SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
 MDX Query
 SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
 Dimensional Data Modeling
 SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
 Performance Point Server (PPS)
 Microsoft Office SharePoint Services (MOSS)
 What is SetFocus?

3. OVERVIEW
 Introduction: This portfolio contains screen shots of code and result sets, and
various other screen shots of my development skills using the Microsoft BI Stack toolset.
 Core Technology Microsoft BI Stack
 Microsoft SQL Server 2008, T-SQL and MDX Queries
 SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and Business Intelligence Development
Suite (BIDS)
 SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
 SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
 SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
 Microsoft Office Performance Point Server (PPS) and Dashboard Designer
 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS)
 Audience
 Business Executives
 IT Directors/Hiring Managers
 Project Managers, IT Professionals
 BI Designers/Implementers and BI Analysts

4. RELATIONAL DATA MODELING
This is the data model of a
Construction Company’s
Relational Database. This
model was used in
applications supporting the
day to day business
requirements for data
storage, ad-hoc queries,
reports, KPIs, Scorecards
and Dashboards.

5. T-SQL PROJECT
 Introduction: This project was used to help me demonstrate my knowledge of T-
SQL programming constructs such as: The use of Common Table Expressions, Sub-
Queries, Recursive Queries, Grouping Sets, System Functions, User Defined Functions
(UDF), Stored Procedures, Capturing changes using Insert/Update/Delete Database
Triggers and Change Data Capture(CDC), Transactions with various Transaction
Isolation Levels, Structured Error Handling using Begin Try/End Try/Catch block and
many others.

6. T-SQL QUERY SAMPLE #1
T-SQL Query from the Store and Vendor tables, showing all records and those where the Name column exists in both tables. Those
records existing in both tables will be flagged as “Both” in the result set.
Query uses Common
Table Expression.
Partial Results…

7. T-SQL QUERY SAMPLE #2
T-SQL Query from the Store and Vendor tables, showing all records and those where the Name column exists in both tables.
Those records existing in both tables will be flagged as “Both” in the result set.
Query uses Common
Table Expression and a
Sub-Query in the Join.
Same result set using two
different techniques.
Partial Results…

8. SSIS PROJECT
 Introduction: This project was used to help me demonstrate my knowledge
of SSIS Package Development using the Business Intelligence Development Suite
(BIDS) tool. The use of Control Flow, Data Flow and their various Task Items to
perform ETL of a Data Warehouse Staging Area and an OLAP Database,
Dimension Tables, Fact Tables and Cubes; ETL using Excel Workbooks, CSVs and
SQL Server Relational database tables as data source and target destinations; To
Send notification emails upon successful or failure status of the SSIS Package

9. SSIS PROJECT SAMPLE #1
CONTROL FLOW
Overview
Lookup the EmployeeID and
Rate Effective Date
to verify if incoming row will be
inserted or changed.
Validate EmployeeID and
write out invalid rows to
Error Log. Provide row counts
for All scenario and
total for the same. Unchanged
rows are ignored. Email
Success or Failure Status to
Operator.

10. SSIS PROJECT SAMPLE
DATA FLOW

11. SSIS PROJECT SAMPLE
CONTROL FLOW – SEND MAIL TASK WITH
EXPRESSIONS
The use of Expressions on the Send Mail Task in the Control Flow to
dynamically add the Message Source, Subject and ToLine using System and
User Variables.

12. MDX QUERY PROJECT
 Introduction: This project was used to help me demonstrate my knowledge
of MDX programming constructs by using many of the MDX Functions such as
Generate to get a list of jobs and the top 3 Employees who work on those jobs
ranked in descending order from highest hours worked;
CurrentMember.PrevMember to get the previous Fiscal Quarter Dollar Sales from
the Current Member; ParallelPeriod to get the Dollar Sales for the Prior year;
PeriodsToDate to get to Dollar Sales from a given period up to the Current Date
slice of the query; Filter function to limit the Query result set for Dollar Sales
greater than $10,000.00; Order Function to sort the result set by highest Dollar
Sales and various other MDX Functions.

13. MDX QUERY SAMPLE #1
MDX Query for the Job Master Children and the Top 3 Employees with their hours worked on job for
the Requested Fiscal Year, sorted by Hours worked descending.
Partial Results…

14. MDX QUERY SAMPLE #2
MDX Query for Fiscal Year, Quarter, Month, Show the Internet Sales for present and one period ago and the Percent
Increase. If no data exists for the period one year ago, instead of showing NULL in the result set for the Percent Increase,
change the output to ‘No data for Yr’, ‘No data for Qtr’, or ‘No data for Month’.

15. SSAS PROJECT
 Introduction: This project was used to help me demonstrate my knowledge
of SSAS Development using the Business Intelligence Development Suite (BIDS)
tool. Dimension and Fact Tables were loaded from the Data Warehouse staging
area and then cubes were created. The examples will show the OLAP Database,
Dimensions, Fact Tables, Calculations and KPIs.

16. OLAP CUBE DATA MODEL

17. OLAP CUBE KPI

18. OLAP CUBE DIMENSION/AGGREGATIONS
Dimension Model
Aggregations

19. OLAP CUBE CALCULATIONS

20. SSRS PROJECT
 Introduction: This project was used to help me demonstrate my knowledge of
SQL Server Reporting Services using BIDS to create and publish reports to Microsoft
Office SharePoint Server (MOSS). Reports use Cascading Parameters, Built-In fields for
Page counts in the footer, UserID of user executing the report, Variables, operators and
various functions to format the reports.

21. SSRS REPORT DESIGNER/PREVIEW #1
Partial Results

22. SSRS REPORT DESIGNER/PREVIEW #2

23. PERFORMANCE POINT SERVER PROJECT
 Introduction: This project was used to help me demonstrate my knowledge of
Performance Point Server Dashboard Designer and publishing the Dashboards,
Scorecards and various types of reports to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS).
SSRS and Excel reports were imported into PPS and placed on Dashboards with Filters
to drive the reports selection criteria.

24. KPIS AND SCORECARDS SAMPLE (PPS)

25. PPS KPIS USING GAUGE AND TRAFFIC LIGHT
STATUS INDICATORS

26. PPS DASHBOARD WITH A CHART AND
REPORT DRIVEN BY THE SAME FILTER

27. EXCEL SERVICES PPS SAMPLE #1

28. EXCEL SERVICES SAMPLE (PPS) #2

29. MOSS SITE SAMPLE WITH WEB PARTS
REPORT USING CASCADING PARAMETERS
MOSS Site with report built using Web Parts on the Home Page. Home page also shows
the various Document Libraries where other types of reports, dashboards, scorecards
and Subscriptions are located.

30. WHAT IS SETFOCUS?
 The SetFocus BI Master’s Program is an intensive,
hands–on, project oriented program allowing knowledge
and valuable experience putting the BI skill set to use in a
simulated work environment.
 I received 400 hours of in-depths hands on experience
focused on the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack.
 SetFocus projects are real world projects that are
distributed just as I would receive in a position. I received
project specifications and was expected to identify best
courses of action with deadlines set for completion.