20466 Implementing Data Models and Reports with Microsoft SQL Server 2014

Overview

This five-day instructor-led course is on creating managed enterprise BI solutions. It describes how to implement multidimensional and tabular data models, deliver reports with Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, create dashboards with Microsoft SharePoint Server PerformancePoint Services, and discover business insights by using data mining.

Who Should Attend

This course is intended  for database professionals who need to fulfil a Business Intelligence Developer role to create analysis and reporting solutions.

Primary responsibilities include implementing analytical data models, reports, managing report delivery, creating business performance dashboards, supporting data mining & predictive analysis

Course Objectives

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the components, architecture, and nature of a BI solution
• Create a multi-dimensional database with Analysis Services
• Implement dimensions in a cube
• Implement measures and measure groups in a cube
• Use MDX Syntax
• Customise a cube
• Implement a Tabular Data Model in SQL Server Analysis Services
• Use DAX to enhance a tabular model
• Create reports with Reporting Services
• Enhance Reports with charts and parameters
• Manage report execution and delivery
• Implement a dashboard in SharePoint Server with PerformancePoint Services
• Use Data Mining for Predictive Analysis

Course Prerequisites

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

• At least 2 years experience of working with relational databases, including
• Designing a normalised database
• Creating tables and relationships
• Querying with Transact-SQL
• Some basic knowledge of data warehouse schema topology (including star and snowflake schemas)
• Some exposure to basic programming
• An awareness of key business priorities such as revenue, profitability, and financial accounting is desirable.