September 2010
Beginner to intermediate
424 pages
12h 17m
English
book
Knight's Microsoft® Business Intelligence 24-Hour Trainer: Leveraging Microsoft SQL Server® Integration, Analysis, and Reporting Services with Excel® and SharePoint®
by Brian Knight, Devin Knight, Adam Jorgensen, Patrick LeBlanc, Mike Davis
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Contents
INTRODUCTION xxv
Data Warehousing anD Business intelligenCseCtion i: e
Why Business intelligenCe? lesson 1: 3
How Intelligent Is Your Organization? 4
Getting Intelligence from Data 4
BI to the Rescue 5
BI = Business Investment 5
Microsoft’s Business Intelligence Stack 5
BI Users and Technology 7
Try It 7
Dimensional moDeling lesson 2: 9
Key Dimensional Modeling Elements 12
How Does Dimensional Modeling Work? 12
Try It 14
Lesson Requirements 14
Hints 15
Step-by-Step 15
FaCt taBle moDeling 1lesson 3: 7
Try It 18
Lesson Requirements 19
Hints 19
Step-by-Step 19
sQl server integration serviCeseCtion ii: s
unDerstanDing ssis 2lesson 4: 3
Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) 23
Solution Explorer 24
SSIS Designer 25
Variables 26
SSIS Architecture 26
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CONTENTS
Try It 28
Lesson Requirements 28
Hints 28
Step-by-Step 29
using the Control FloW 3lesson 5: 5
Control Flow Containers 35
Control Flow Tasks 36
Precedence Constraints 37
Connection Manager 37
Control Flow Designer 38
Try It 39
Lesson Requirements 39
Hints 40
Step-by-Step 40
using the Data FloW 4lesson 6: 5
Data Flow Sources (Extracting Data) 46
Data Flow Transformations 48
Data Flow Paths 50
Data Flow Designer 50
Try It 51
Lesson Requirements 51
Hints 52
Step-by-Step 5
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