Implementing Multidimensional Databases

Overview

This three-day instructor-led course is aimed at database professionals who fulfill a Business Intelligence (BI) developer role.

This course looks at implementing multidimensional databases by using SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), and at creating tabular semantic data models for analysis with SSAS.

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Who Should Attend

The primary audience for this course are database professionals who need to fulfil BI Developer role to create enterprise BI solutions. Responsibilities will include:

• Implementing multidimensional databases by using SQL Server Analysis Services
• Creating tabular semantic data models for analysis by using SQL Server Analysis Services

The secondary audiences for this course are ‘power’ information workers/data analysts

Course Objectives

After completing this course, participants will be able to, for example:

• Describe the components, architecture & nature of a BI solution
• Create a multidimensional database with analysis services
• Implement dimensions in a cube
• Implement measures & measure groups in a cube
• Use MDX syntax
• Customise a cube
• Implement a tabular database
• Use DAX to query a tabular model
• Use data mining for predictive analysis

Course Prerequisites

Before attending this course, participants must have, in addition to their professional experience:

• A basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system & its core functionality
• Working knowledge of Transact-SQL
• Working knowledge of relational databases