SQL SERVER ANALYSYS SERVICES 2005 & 2008

1. Introduction to Data Warehousing Concepts

i. What is Data Warehousing?
ii. Need for Data warehousing
iii. OLTP Databases Vs DW
iv. Multi-dimensionalit
v. !tar !"hema
2. Introduction to Analysis Services
i. Need for !!#!
ii. $undamentals of #nalsis !ervi"es %&&' and %&&(
iii. #r"hite"ture of !!#!
iv. $#!M) *ules
v. +on,guration of !!#!
vi. !!#! and !-L !erver .rowser !ervi"e
vii. )ntegration with !-L !erver +om/onents
viii. #nalsis !ervi"es +om/onents Overview
3. Designing Analysis Services Projects
i. Data Pre/aration
ii. !tarting an #nalsis !ervi"es Pro0e"t
iii. 1ierar"hies and #ttributes
iv. Dimension Design
v. +ube Design
vi. .asi" .rowsing
4. Advanced SSAS Design
i. MD2 -ueries
ii. +reation of !ub +ubes
iii. Partitions
iv. #ggregations
v. #nalsis #"tions
vi. !lowl +hanging Dimensions 3!+D4
vii. Pers/e"tives
viii. Permissions and *oles
i5. !e"urit over +ubes and Dimensions
. !D" and Cu#e Analysis
i. Basic MDX
Multi-dimensional expressions
MDX queries
Creating calculations
ii. Advanced MDX
Defining named sets
Basic scripting
Defining actions
$. %ey Per&or'ance Indicators
i. What are 6P)s
ii. 7se and Variants of 6P)s
iii. .rowsing 6P)s using 7) and MD2
iv. 6P)s and 2ML#
(. !anaging Analysis Services
i. #nalsis !ervi"es +on,guration
ii. De/loment O/tions
iii. Pro"essing T/es
iv. .rowsing +ubes
v. !e"urit Management
vi. 7sage .ased O/timi8ations 37.O4
vii. )m/orting !!#! Pro0e"t
). Per&or'ance Counters
i. !-L !erver Pro,ler
ii. Performan"e +ounters
*. Co'parison +ith Analysis Services o& S,- Server 2...
1.. !igrating SSAS 2.. Projects to 2..)
i. New features in !-L !erver %&&(
ii. Performan"e bene,ts over M!#! %&&'
iii. Dimension and +ube 95tensions
iv. Mining 95tensions in !!#! %&&(
v. #ttribute *elationshi/s and Pro/erties
vi. T/e ) and T/e )) SCDs
11. /eneration o& 0eports &ro' SSAS Cu#es
12. 1est Practices and Conclusion