Activity Running Time DurationIntro0 2 min Setup scenario 2 2 min SQL BI components & concepts 4 5 min Data input (Let’s go shopping) 9 7 min Whiteboard data mart schema & solution components min Import & stage new data 26 2 min Apply data mart script & review design 28 2 min OLAP, reporting & SharePoint dashboard features min Design dimensions & cube min Report Builder design 50 5 min Dashboard report integration 55 5 min Wrap-up & review 60 5 min Q&A65 10 min

Operational Databases Data Consolidation & Transformation (ETL) Relational Data Warehouse OLAP Cubes Reports, Charts, Dashboards & Scorecards

Business Needs

Experience has taught us (and many of our clients): The perfect solution may be the one you can implement today while designing the “perfect” solution for tomorrow Many business look for the “perfect” data warehouse solution (while they lose business due to lack of direction & profitability) Short-term solutions can solve immediate problems while longer-term solutions are architected Use iterative design techniques Plan for scalability Encourage executive sponsorship & requirement ownership

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Gather Analytical Requirements Design Dimensional Model Design Data Transformations Create OLAP Dimensions & Cubes Design Reports & Analytics Design Presentation Portal SQLFile Data Flow SQL Server Relational Integration Services Analysis Services Reporting Services SharePoint Services

De-normalized / Simplified Normalized StarSnowflakeRelational

SQL Server 2008 includes specific optimizations for data warehouse models Data type and tuning enhancements Sparse data optimization Database compression Sales Fact Date Dimension Employee Dimension Geography Dimension Customer Dimension Product Dimension Vendor Dimension

Fact Dimension Identify business facts Measures Identify dimensions Attributes Hierarchies

Extract data from ODS source Transform to star schema Load into data mart Loop Container SQL Task Truncate target tables FTP Task Move files to staging folder Script Task Verify import files Data Flow Task Import text to database File System Task Archive imported files Package Control Flow Data Flow > Rapid design > Intuitive & maintainable > Handles complex logic > SQL Server 2008 includes significant performance and memory management optimizations > Support for script programming using C#

Create Data Source View Design Dimensions & Hierarchies Create cube & Dimensional Usage Format Measures Create Calculations Design Attribute Relationships Design Partitions Design Aggregations

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