SQL Server Analysis & Int Services Training Course

SQL Server Analysis Services

Overview

Business Intelligence overview
Analysis Services (SSAS) Multidimensional and Tabular mode
Review of third normal form and relational OLTP databases
Introduction to relational star schemas
Introduction to multidimensional cubes
Introduction to SSAS tabular models
Building dimension tables
Building fact tables
Building cubes in BIDS/SSDT
Developing an Integration Services ETL package

Dimension design

Attribute hierarchies
User hierarchies and drill-down
Attribute relationships
Key collections
Parent-child dimensions

Cube design

Calculations and named sets (using MDX expressions)
KPIs (using MDX)
Actions (drill-through and reporting)
Partitions and aggregation design
Perspectives

Visualisation

MDX queries
SSRS reports on multidimensional and tabular cubes
Excel pivot tables
PowerPivot and DAX
 

Administration

Backing up and restoring star schemas
Backing up and restoring cubes
Slowly-changing dimensions
Incremental updates
Security

SQL Server Integration Services

Overview

Integration services (SSIS)
Workflow
Control Flow toolbox overview
Data Flow toolbox (ETL) overview

Control Flow

Package variables
Script Task
Execute SQL Task
Send Mail Task
WMI Event Watcher Task
Sequence Container
Foreach Loop Container

Data Flow

Sources, destinations, and transformations
Data Viewers
Conditional Split transformation
Derived Column transformation
Lookup transformation (with caching, Sort and Merge transformations)
Fuzzy Grouping transformation

Administration

Deploying packages
Executing packages with dtexec and stored procedures
Scheduling packages with SQL Server Agent
Configuring packages
Logging packages
Security