Business Intelligence Simon Pease

Experience with BI Developing end-to-end BI prototype for Plan International Developing end-to-end BI prototype for Plan International Extensive project experience with Reporting Services Extensive project experience with Reporting Services Books, courses, exams and played Books, courses, exams and played Developed numerous reporting apps that should have been BI solutions! Developed numerous reporting apps that should have been BI solutions!

Concepts Business Intelligence Business Intelligence Organisation-wide perspective Organisation-wide perspective Combining data from diverse systems Combining data from diverse systems High level aggregation to detailed drill-down High level aggregation to detailed drill-down Relational data not designed for BI Relational data not designed for BI Narrow focus on specific business requirement Narrow focus on specific business requirement OLTP for speed of entry and integrity OLTP for speed of entry and integrity OLAP (On-line Analytical Processing) for aggregating large data volumes OLAP (On-line Analytical Processing) for aggregating large data volumes

Core Processes ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) Import, clean and combine diverse data Import, clean and combine diverse data Store in Data Warehouse Store in Data Warehouse Star Schema Star Schema Relational structure for OLAP, not OLTP Relational structure for OLAP, not OLTP Cubes Cubes Pre-aggregate results (sum, count) Pre-aggregate results (sum, count) Reporting Reporting (Data Mining and Prediction) (Data Mining and Prediction)

SQL Server 2005 SQL Server Management Studio SQL Server Management Studio Design and query databases Design and query databases Replaces Enterprise Manager, Query Analyser Replaces Enterprise Manager, Query Analyser Manage Servers (DB, AS, RS, IS) Manage Servers (DB, AS, RS, IS) SQL Server Business Intelligence Studio SQL Server Business Intelligence Studio VS.NET 2005 projects VS.NET 2005 projects Design, build and deploy Design, build and deploy

Business Intelligence Studio Integration Services Integration Services Data import and transform (replaces DTS) Data import and transform (replaces DTS) Merge data into Star Schema Merge data into Star Schema Analysis Services Analysis Services Design and populate Cubes Design and populate Cubes Report Model Report Model ERD for reporting ERD for reporting Report Server Report Server Design and publish reports Design and publish reports

Star Schema Star focuses on business area Star focuses on business area Sales, Logistics Sales, Logistics Fact Table stores numeric measures Fact Table stores numeric measures Order Value, Order Quantity Order Value, Order Quantity Dimension Tables Dimension Tables How data is analysed (aggregates and heirarchies) How data is analysed (aggregates and heirarchies) Product, Customer, Time Product, Customer, Time

Demo – Star and SSIS NwindOLTP2005 – Source Database NwindOLTP2005 – Source Database NwindStar2005 – Star Schema NwindStar2005 – Star Schema Data issues Data issues Re-mapping to keys in Dimension Tables Re-mapping to keys in Dimension Tables vwRawFactData vwRawFactData vwMappedFactData vwMappedFactData

Demo – AS Cube Turn on Services (AS, SQL Browser) Turn on Services (AS, SQL Browser) Set up Data Source and Data Source View Set up Data Source and Data Source View Warning – use Service Account Warning – use Service Account Run wizard to create the Cube Run wizard to create the Cube Configure Deployment Options Configure Deployment Options Process and Deploy Process and Deploy Browse in Management Studio – drag on dimensions and measures Browse in Management Studio – drag on dimensions and measures

Demo – Report Wizard Report Services Project Report Services Project Connect AS Connect AS Drag on Measures and Dimensions, set Parameters Tabular, set options Drag on Measures and Dimensions, set Parameters Tabular, set options Publish to Report Server (IIS) Publish to Report Server (IIS)