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6234A: Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services

Course Length: 3 Days

Overview:
This three-day instructor-led course teaches students how to implement an Analysis Services solution in an organization. The course discusses how to use the Analysis Services development tools to create an Analysis Services database and an OLAP cube, and how to use the Analysis Services management and administrative tools to manage an Analysis Services solution.

Prerequisites:
Conceptual understanding of OLAP solutions
Experience navigating the Microsoft Windows Server environment
Experience with Windows services (starting and stopping)
Experience creating service accounts and permissions
Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, including:

• SQL Server Agent
• SQL Server query language (SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, and DELETE)
• SQL Server System tables
• SQL Server accounts (users and permissions)

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe how SQL Server Analysis Services can be used to implement analytical solutions
• Create multidimensional analysis solutions with SQL Server Analysis Services
• Implement dimensions and cubes in an Analysis Services solution
• Implement measures and measure groups in an Analysis Services solution
• Query a multidimensional Analysis Services solution
• Customize an Analysis Services cube
• Deploy and secure an Analysis Services database
• Maintain a multidimensional Analysis Services solution
• Implement a Data Mining solution

Course Content

Lesson 1: Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services

• Overview of Data Analysis Solutions
• Overview of SQL Server Analysis Services
• Installing SQL Server Analysis Services
• Lab: Using SQL Server Analysis Services
• Lab Exercise 1: Installing SQL Server Analysis Services
• Lab Exercise 2: Verifying Installation

Lesson 2: Creating Multidimensional Analysis Solutions

• Developing Analysis Services Solutions
• Creating Data Sources and Data Source Views
• Creating a Cube
• Lab: Creating Multidimensional Analysis Solutions
• Lab Exercise 1: Creating a Data Source
• Lab Exercise 2: Creating and Modifying a Data Source View
• Lab Exercise 3: Creating and Modifying a Cube

Lesson 3: Working with Cubes and Dimensions

• Configuring Dimensions
• Defining Attribute Hierarchies
• Sorting and Grouping Attributes
• Lab: Working with Cubes and Dimensions
• Lab Exercise 1: Configuring Dimensions
• Lab Exercise 2: Defining Relationships and Hierarchies
• Lab Exercise 3: Sorting and Grouping Dimension Attributes

Lesson 4: Working with Measures and Measure Groups

• Working With Measures
• Working with Measure Groups
• Lab: Working with Measures and Measure Groups
• Lab Exercise 1: Configuring Measures
• Lab Exercise 2: Defining Dimension Usage and Relationships
• Lab Exercise 3: Configuring Measure Group Storage

Lesson 5: Querying Multidimensional Analysis Solutions

• MDX Fundamentals
• Adding Calculations to a Cube
• Lab: Querying Multidimensional Analysis Solutions
• Lab Exercise 1: Querying a Cube by Using MDX
• Lab Exercise 2: Creating a Calculated Member
• Lab Exercise 3: Defining a Named Set

Lesson 6: Customizing Cube Functionality

• Implementing Key Performance Indicators
• Implementing Actions
• Implementing Perspectives
• Implementing Translations
• Lab: Customizing Cube Functionality
• Lab Exercise 1: Implementing a KPI
• Lab Exercise 2: Implementing an Action
• Lab Exercise 3: Implementing a Perspective
• Lab Exercise 4: Implementing a Translation

Lesson 7: Deploying and Securing an Analysis Services Database

• Deploying an Analysis Services Database
• Securing an Analysis Services Database
• Lab: Deploying and Securing an Analysis Services Database
• Lab Exercise 1: Deploying an Analysis Services Database
• Lab Exercise 2: Securing an Analysis Services Database

Lesson 8: Maintaining a Multidimensional Solution

• Configuring Processing
• Logging, Monitoring, and Optimizing an Analysis Services Solution
• Backing Up and Restoring an Analysis Services Database
• Lab: Maintaining a Multidimensional Solution
• Lab Exercise 1: Configuring Processing
• Lab Exercise 2: Implementing Logging and Monitoring
• Lab Exercise 3: Backing Up and Restoring an Analysis Services Database

Lesson 9: Introduction to Data Mining

• Overview of Data Mining
• Creating a Data Mining Solution
• Validating Data Mining Models
• Lab: Introduction to Data Mining
• Lab Exercise 1: Creating a Data Mining Structure
• Lab Exercise 2: Adding a Data Mining Model
• Lab Exercise 3: Exploring Data Mining Models
• Lab Exercise 4: Validating Data Mining Models

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