1. SQL 2005 BI and Reporting Services for the developer
Matthew Stephen – SQL Server Evangelist

2. Agenda BI Platform ETL tool (SQL Server Integration Services)
Unified Dimensional model
Reporting Services

3. Microsoft BI Product Suite
MBS BI Applications
SharePoint Portal
Server
Business Scorecard Manager
Excel + Addin
OWC
Map Point
Data Analyzer
Visual Studio .Net
Dev Tools
Reporting Services
Management Tools
Analysis Services
OLAP & Data Mining
Integration Services
Services
SQL Server
Relational Engine
Windows Server

4. SQL Server Business Intelligence
Integrate
Analyze
Report
Data acquisition from source systems and integration
Data transformation and synthesis
Data enrichment, with business logic, hierarchical views
Data discovery via data mining
Data presentation and distribution
Data access for the masses

5. SQL Server Integration Services
A new Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence application
The successor to Data Transformation Services
The platform for a new generation of high performance data integration technologies

6. Before Integration Services
Alerts & escalation
Data mining
Call centre data: semi structured
Legacy data: binary files
Application database
Hand
coding
Staging
Text Mining
ETL
Cleansing
&
ETL
Staging
ETL
Warehouse
Reports
Mobile
data
Integration and warehousing require separate, staged, operations.
Preparation of data requires different, often incompatible, tools.
Reporting and escalation is a slow process, delaying smart responses.
Heavy data volumes make this scenario increasingly unworkable.

7. With Integration Services
Alerts & escalation
Warehouse
Reports
Mobile
data
SQL Server Integration Services
Text mining
components
Custom
source
Standard
sources
Data cleansing
Merges
Data mining
Call centre:
semi-structured data
Legacy data: binary files
Application database
Integration and warehousing are a seamless, manageable, operation.
Sourced, prepare and load data in a single, auditable process.
Reporting and escalation can be parallelized with the warehouse load.
Scales to handle heavy and complex data requirements.

8. How SSIS Operates
Data sources can be diverse, including custom or scripted adapters
Transformation components shape and modify data in many ways.
Data is routed by rules or error conditions for cleansing and conforming.
Flows can be as complex as your business rules, but highly concurrent.
And finally data can be loaded in parallel to many varied destinations.

9. Enabling new architectures …
Traditional (DTS) warehouse loading
Integration process simply conforms data and loads the database server
The database performs aggregations, sorting and other operations
Database competes for resources from user queries
This solution does not scale very well

10. Enabling new architectures …
Warehouse loading with SQL Server Integration Services
SQL Server Integration Services conforms the data
But also aggregates and sorts, and loads the database
This frees-up the database server for user queries

11. What is the UDM? Enterprise BI - Today
Data Source
Data Model
Tool
MOLAP
OLAP
Browser (2)
Browser (1)
Datamart
Reporting
Tool (1)
Reporting
Tool (1) DW
Reporting
Tool (3)

12. Enterprise BI – a Messy Reality
Data Source
Data Model
Tool
Duplicate
Data
Duplicate
Models
MOLAP
OLAP
Browser (2)
Browser (1)
OLAP
vs.
Reporting
Datamart
Reporting
Tool (1)
Reporting
Tool (1) DW
Reporting
Tool (3)

13. Relational VS OLAP Reports
OLAP v Relational OLTP
Relational VS OLAP Reports
Feature
Relational
OLAP
Flexible schema
Real time data access
Single data store
Simple management
Detail reporting
High performance
End-user oriented
Ease of navigation and exploration
Rich analytics
Rich semantics

14. The Unified Dimensional Model – The Best of Relational and OLAP
Multiple fact tables
Full richness the dimensions’ attributes
Transaction level access
Star, snowflake, 3NF…
Complex relationships: Multi-grains, many-to-many, role playing, indirect…
Recursive self joins
Slowly changing dimensions
Relational Reporting
Multidimensional navigation
Hierarchical presentation
Friendly entity names
Powerful MDX calculations
Central KPI framework
“Actions”
Language translations
Multiple perspectives
Partitions
Aggregations
Distributed sources
OLAP Cubes

15. The Unified Dimensional Model – The Best of Relational and OLAP
Multiple fact tables
Full richness the dimensions’ attributes
Transaction level access
Star, snowflake, 3NF…
Complex relationships: Multi-grains, many-to-many, role playing, indirect…
Recursive self joins
Slowly changing dimensions
Relational Reporting
Multidimensional navigation
Hierarchical presentation
Friendly entity names
Powerful MDX calculations
Central KPI framework
“Actions”
Language translations
Multiple perspectives
Partitions
Aggregations
Distributed sources
OLAP Cubes
The Unified Dimensional Model

16. Enterprise BI – With A Unified Dimensional Model
Data Source
Data Model
Tool
MOLAP
OLAP
Browser (2)
Browser (1)
MOLAP
UDM
Datamart
Reporting
Tool (1)
Reporting
Tool (1) DW
BI Applications

17. Enterprise BI – With A Unified Dimensional Model
Data Source
Data Model
Tool
MOLAP
OLAP
Browser (2)
Browser (1)
MOLAP
UDM
Datamart
Reporting
Tool (1)
Reporting
Tool (1) DW
BI Applications
A single dimensional model for all OLAP analysis and
Relational reporting needs

18. Analysis Services – Scaleable, High Performance UDM Server
Data Source
Tool
MOLAP
OLAP
Browser (2)
Browser (1)
Analysis
Services
MOLAP
UDM
Datamart
XML/A or ODBO
Reporting
Tool (1)
Reporting
Tool (1) DW
BI Applications
Optimized SQL to all major RDBMS platforms
Most scaleable OLAP store
OLE DB and XML/A API’s
UDM automatically becomes Web Service
API supported by all major BI vendors

19. Analysis Services – Transparent MOLAP Caching
Data Source
Tool
MOLAP
OLAP
Browser (2)
Browser (1)
Analysis
Services
MOLAP
UDM
Datamart
XML/A or ODBO
Reporting
Tool (1)
Reporting
Tool (1) DW
Cache
BI Applications
Notifications
“Proactive Caching” – Automatic MOLAP cache creation and management
MOLAP becomes transparent – no need to manage an OLAP store any more
Relational reporting enjoys MOLAP like performance

20. Analysis Services – Data Marts are Virtualized
Data Source
Tool
OLAP
Browser (2)
Browser (1)
Analysis
Services
UDM
Datamart
XML/A or ODBO
Reporting
Tool (1)
Reporting
Tool (1) DW
Cache
BI Applications
UDM’s provide “subject area centric” view of the DW
“Perspectives” feature allow user/group specific view of the same data
High performance ensured by the Proactive Cache

21. Analysis Services – Streamlined BI Infrastructure
Data Source
Tool
OLAP
Browser (2)
Browser (1)
Analysis
Services DW
UDM
XML/A or ODBO
Reporting
Tool (1)
Reporting
Tool (1)
Cache
BI Applications
Unified logical model for both relational and OLAP with superb performance and scalability
One data store to manage ensure data consistency and low TCO
Rich user experience with many, many of Microsoft and 3rd party tools

22. Components of a UDM Security End-user Model Calculations
Translations
Actions
KPIs …
Calculations
Scope(Customer.Country.USA, *);
Sales = 2;
End Scope;
Basic Dimensional Model
Cubes and Dimensions
Storage/caching policies
Linked objects
Data Source View
Customer
Name
ID (PK)
Age
Order
Order# (PK)
CustomerID
DueDate

23. What is SQL Server Reporting Services?
Reporting platform for both traditional and interactive reports
Scalable, manageable and embeddable server infrastructure
Integrated with SharePoint, Office applications, browser and other familiar tools
Single platform and tools for all types of structured data (relational, hierarchical, multidimensional)

24. Reporting Services BI User Profiles
SQL Server
Analysis Services
Analysts
5-10% of users
SQL Server
Reporting
Services
Information Explorers
15-25% of users
Information Consumers
65-80% of users

25. Reporting Lifecycle
Reporting Services is an open and extensible platform supporting the authoring, management and delivery of rich, interactive reports to the entire enterprise.
Authoring
Management
Delivery

26. Report Authoring
Reports are defined in Report Definition Language (RDL), a documented XML schema
Use Microsoft or 3rd party tools that support RDL
Create single reports from multiple data sources (SQL, OLE DB, ODBC, Oracle, and .NET data providers)
More info on the RDL spec:

27. Report Management
Report definitions, folders, and resources are published and managed in a reporting web service
Managed reports can be executed either on-demand or via schedule and are cached for consistency and performance
Scalable & Extensible server architecture

28. Report Delivery Traditional (paper) and interactive (web) reports
On-demand (“pull”) or event-based (“push”) delivery
Choose from multiple formats (HTML, Excel, PDF, XML)
Deliver reports to almost any device ( , file share, etc.)

29. XML Web Service Interface
Product Architecture
Browser
Office
Custom Application
Security
Security Services
(NT, Passport,
Custom)
XML Web Service Interface
Data Processing
Data Sources
(SQL, OLE DB, XML/A,
ODBC, Oracle, Custom)
Report Server
Report Processing
Delivery
Delivery Targets
( , SharePoint,
Custom)
Rendering
Output Formats
(HTML, Excel, PDF, Custom)
SQL Server Catalog

30. Report Services SQL 2005 New Features
Direct Client Printing (debut in 2000 sp2)
End User Sort
Multi-Valued Parameters
Custom Report Items
Visual Studio
No longer requires VS to be installed
Improved expression editor
Analysis Services Query Designer
Sharepoint Reporting Web Parts
Report Viewer Controls

31. Report Viewer Controls: Two Modes of Operation
Report Server Mode
View and interact reports that are centrally managed on a Report Server
Local Mode
For processing and viewing reports without connecting to a Report Server
Can upgrade local mode applications to server mode

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This presentation is for informational purposes only. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary.