Chapter 26. SQL Server Analysis Services
After completing this chapter, you will be able to
Build basic data warehouses
Understand the dimensional model
Build a cube
Construct dimensions and measures
Construct hierarchies
Browse and deploy cubes
Select appropriate data mining algorithms
Build mining models and mining structures
Browse a mining model
Entire books have been written about SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) and still they have only scratched the surface of the subject area. This chapter will provide a very basic overview of the two core features within the Analysis Services engine: online analytic processing (OLAP) and data mining. You will learn how to take the SQL2008SBS database and turn it into a structure that allows you to take advantage ...
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