Implementing & Maintaining SQL 2008 Analysis Services (SSAS)

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.

Who should attend?

Delegates who design and maintain business intelligence solutions, and work in environments where databases play a key role in their primary job. Attendees may also perform database administration and maintenance on a day-to-day basis.

The secondary audience are individuals who develop applications that deliver content from SQL Server Analysis Services to the organization.

Delegates 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 and maintain a multidimensional Analysis Services solution.
• Customise an Analysis Services cube.
• Deploy and secure an Analysis Services database.
• Implement a Data Mining solution.

Prerequisites

Experience with these products or areas is strongly recommended

• 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)

Topics covered

Maintaining a Multidimensional Solution

• Configuring processing
• Logging, monitoring and optimising an Analysis Services Solution
• Backing up and restoring an analysis services database
• Maintaining a multi-dimensional solution

Introduction to Data Mining

• Overview of data mining
• Creating a data mining solution
• Validating data mining models

Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services

• Overview of data services solutions
• Overview and installing of SQL server analysis services

Creating Multidimensional Analysis Solutions

• Developing analysis services solutions
• Creating data sources and data source views
• Creating a cube
• Creating multidimensional analysis solutionsI thin

Working with Cubes & Dimensions

• Configuring dimensions
• Defining attribute hierarchies
• Sorting and grouping attributes
• Working with cubes and dimensions
• Sorting dimension attributes

Working with Measures and Measure Groups

• Working with measures
• Working with measure groups
• Working with measures and measure groups

Querying Multidimensional Analysis Solutions

• MDX Fundamentals
• Adding Calculations to a cube
• Querying Multidimensional analysis solutions

Customising cube functionality

• Implementing key performance indicators
• Implementing actions
• Implementing perspectives
• Implementing translations
• Customising cube functionality

Deploying and Securing an Analysis Services Database

• Deploying and securing an Analysis Services Database
• Securing an Analysis Services Database