Overview

The focus of 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.

Duration

5 Days

Target Audience

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, such as OLAP cubes.
Implementing reports, and managing report delivery.
Creating business performance dashboards.
Supporting data mining and predictive analysis.

Topics

Introduction to Business Intelligence and Data Modelling

Creating Multidimensional Databases

Working with Cubes and Dimensions

Working with Measures and Measure Groups

Introduction to MDX

Enhancing a Cube

Implementing an Analysis Services Tabular Data Model

Introduction to DAX

Implementing Reports with SQL Server Reporting Services

Enhancing Reports with SQL Server Reporting Services

Managing Report Execution and Delivery

Delivering BI with SharePoint PerformancePoint Services

Performing Predictive Analysis with Data Mining

A more comprehensive course outline is available in the Course Download section, to the right of this page.