Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server

CONTENUTI:

Module 1: Planning a BI Solution

• Elements of a BI Solution
• Planning a BI Project
• The Microsoft BI Platform

Lab: Planning BI Solutions

• Describe the components of a BI Solution.
• Identify the components of a BI Solution.
• Plan a BI Project.

Module 2: Planning SQL Server Business Intelligence Infrastructure

• Considerations of BI Infrastructure
• Planning Data Warehouse Hardware

Lab: Planning BI Infrastructure

• Describe the components of a BI Infrastructure and where you would use them.
• Plan for the hardware requirements of a data warehouse implementation.

Module 3: Designing a Data Warehouse

• Data Warehouse Design Overview
• Designing Dimension Tables
• Design FACT tables

Lab: Designing a Data Warehouse Logical Schema

• Design a data warehouse.
• Design dimension tables.
• Design Fact tables.
• Design a logical schema for a data warehouse.

Module 4: Designing an ETL solution

• ETL Overview
• Planning for Data Extraction
• Planning for Data Transformations
• Planning for Data Loading

Lab: Designing an ETL Solution

• Describe the components of an ETL solution.
• Design an ETL solution.

Module 5: Designing Analytical Data Models

• Introduction to Analytical data Models
• Designing Analytical Data Models

Lab: Designing Analytical Data Model and Dimensions and Hierarchies

• Describe the features of an analytical data model.
• Design an analytical data model.

Module 6: Planning a BI Delivery Solution

• Considerations for BI delivery
• Common Reporting Scenarios
• Choosing a Reporting Tool

Lab: Planning a BI Delivery Solution

• Describe the components of a BI delivery solution.
• Describe some common reporting scenarios.
• Choose an appropriate delivery solution for a given scenario.

Module 7: Designing a Reporting Services Solution

• Planning a Reporting Solution
• Designing Reports
• Planning Report Consistency

Lab: Designing a Reporting Services Solution

• Plan for a reporting Services solution.
• Design reports for a reporting services solutions.
• Plan for consistency of reporting

Module 8: Designing an Excel Based reporting Solution

• Using Excel for Data Reporting and Analysis
• PowerPivot in Excel
• Power View in Excel

Lab: Designing and Excel Reporting Solution

• Describe key features of excel reporting solutions.
• Use PowerPivot in Excel to create reports.
• Use Power View in excel to create reports.

Module 9: Planning a SharePoint Server BI Solution

• Introduction to SharePoint Server as a BI Platform
• Planning Security for a SharePoint Server BI Solution
• Planning Reporting Services Configuration
• Planning PowerPivot Configuration
• Planning for PerformancePoint Services

Lab: Implementing a SharePoint Server BI Solution and PerformancePoint Services

• Describe the components of a SharePoint Server BI solution.
• Plan security for a SharePoint Server BI solution.
• Plan reporting solutions for a SharePoint Server BI solution.
• Describe the components of a PerformancePoint Solution.
• Implement PerformancePoint services.

Module 10: Monitoring and Optimizing a BI Solution

• Overview of BI Monitoring
• Monitoring and Optimizing the Data Warehouse
• Monitoring and Analyzing Analysis Services
• Monitoring and Optimizing Reporting Services

Lab: Monitoring and Optimizing a BI Solution

• Describe the options for monitoring and optimizing a BI solution.
• Be able to monitor and optimize a BI solution.

Module 11: Operating a BI Solution

• Overview of BI Operations
• ETL Operations
• Data Warehouse Operations
• Analysis Services Operations
• Reporting Services Operations

Lab: Operating a BI Solution

• Describe the components to be managed in a BI Solution.
• Be able to manage the components of a BI solution.