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Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence

Duration
45 Hours

Course Description


         Business intelligence (BI) refers to the technologies, applications, and practices used to collect, analyze, and present business data to improve decision-making. BI tools help organizations understand their past performance, monitor current operations, and predict future trends. Essentially, BI transforms raw data into actionable insights that can be used across the organization. 

Course Outline For Business Intelligence

1. SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)

  • Introduction to SSIS: Understanding SSIS architecture, its role in ETL processes, and various data integration tasks.
  • SSIS Tools and Environment: Working with SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) (formerly Business Intelligence Development Studio or BIDS) to develop and manage SSIS packages.
  • Control Flow: Designing the workflow of packages using tasks (e.g., Execute SQL Task, File System Task, Data Flow Task) and precedence constraints.
  • Data Flow: Implementing the core ETL process with data flow sources (e.g., flat files, OLE DB), destinations (e.g., OLE DB, Excel), and various transformations (e.g., Aggregate, Sort, Conditional Split, Lookup).
  • Variables and Expressions: Making packages dynamic and flexible using variables, parameters, and expressions.
  • Debugging, Error Handling, and Logging: Implementing techniques for debugging packages, handling errors, configuring logging, and using event handlers for robust solutions.
  • Deployment and Administration: Deploying packages to the SSIS Catalog (SSISDB), managing package execution, and configuring security. 

2. SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)

  • Introduction to SSAS and Data Warehousing: Understanding the need for analytical applications, OLTP vs. OLAP concepts, and the role of data warehouses.
  • Dimensional Modeling: Designing data warehouse schemas using dimensional modeling (star and snowflake schemas) and understanding facts and dimensions.
  • Cube Creation and Configuration: Creating and configuring cubes and dimensions in SSAS using SSAS tools.
  • Measures and Measure Groups: Working with measures (facts) and measure groups for data analysis.
  • Multidimensional Expressions (MDX): Learning to write MDX queries to retrieve and manipulate data from cubes.
  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Actions, and Perspectives: Customizing cube functionality with KPIs, actions, perspectives, and translations.
  • Tabular Models and DAX: Working with tabular models and Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) for creating calculated columns and measures.
  • SSAS Administration: Implementing security, deploying and synchronizing databases, and performing backup and restore operations. 

3. SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)

  • Introduction to SSRS and Reporting: Understanding SSRS architecture, its role in creating reports, and different report types and formats.
  • Report Design with Report Designer and Report Builder: Using SSRS tools (Report Designer in SSDT and Report Builder) to create various reports.
  • Data Sources and Datasets: Connecting to data sources, defining datasets, and joining multiple datasets for report creation.
  • Report Layout and Formatting: Designing the layout of reports, adding tables, matrices, charts, images, and formatting with expressions.
  • Parameters and Filters: Implementing parameters to create dynamic reports and using filters to restrict data in reports.
  • Advanced Reporting Features: Working with advanced features like subreports, drill-down and drill-through functionality, and document maps.
  • Deployment and Delivery: Deploying reports to the Report Server, configuring subscriptions, and managing report delivery options.
  • SSRS Security: Securing the Reporting Services environment, assigning users to roles, and setting permissions on report items. 

4. Data warehousing concepts

  • Introduction to Data Warehousing: Understanding the purpose of data warehouses and their role in Business Intelligence.
  • Data Warehouse Architecture: Exploring concepts like OLTP and OLAP, ETL processes, and the differences between data warehouses and data marts.
  • Dimensional Modeling: Designing dimensions and fact tables, understanding granularity, and working with slowly changing dimensions. 

5. Other topics

  • Power BI Integration: Integrating Power BI with MSBI for advanced data visualization and analysis.
  • Real-World Projects and Case Studies: Applying MSBI concepts to practical scenarios and building end-to-end BI solutions. 
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