After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the components, architecture, and nature of a BI solution
• Create a multidimensional database with Analysis Services
• Implement dimensions in a cube
• Implement measures and measure groups in a cube
• Use MDX syntax
• Customize a cube
• Implement a tabular database
• Use DAX to query a tabular model
• Use data mining for predictive analysis

Module 1: Introduction to Business Intelligence and Data Modeling

This module introduces key BI concepts and the Microsoft BI product suite.

Lessons

• Introduction to Business Intelligence
• The Microsoft business intelligence platform

Lab : Exploring a BI Solution

• Exploring a Data Warehouse
• Exploring a data model

Module 2: Creating Multidimensional Databases

This module describes how to create multidimensional databases using SQL Server Analysis Services.

Lessons

• Introduction to Multidimensional Analysis
• Data Sources and Data Source Views
• Cubes
• Overview of Cube Security
• Configure SSAS
• Monitoring SSAS

Lab : Creating a multidimensional database

• Creating a Data Source
• Creating and Configuring a data Source View
• Creating and Configuring a Cube
• Adding a Dimension to a Cube

Module 3: Working with Cubes and Dimensions

This module describes how to implement dimensions in a cube.

Lessons

• Configuring Dimensions
• Defining Attribute Hierarchies
• Implementing Sorting and Grouping Attributes
• Slowly Changing Dimensions

Lab : Working with Cubes and Dimensions

• Configuring Dimensions
• Defining Relationships and Hierarchies
• Sorting and Grouping Dimension Attributes

Module 4: Working with Measures and Measure Groups

This module describes how to implement measures and measure groups in a cube.

Lessons

• Working with Measures
• Working with Measure Groups

Lab : Configuring Measures and Measure Groups

• Configuring Measures
• Defining Regular Relationships
• Configuring Measure Group Storage

Module 5: Introduction to MDX

This module describes the MDX syntax and how to use MDX.

Lessons

• MDX fundamentals
• Adding Calculations to a Cube
• Using MDX to Query a Cube

Lab : Using MDX

• Querying a cube using MDX
• Adding a Calculated Member

Module 6: Customizing Cube Functionality

This module describes how to customize a cube.

Lessons

• Implementing Key Performance Indicators
• Implementing Actions
• Implementing Perspectives
• Implementing Translations

Lab : Customizing a Cube

• Implementing an action
• Implementing a perspective
• Implementing a translation

Module 7: Implementing a Tabular Data Model by Using Analysis Services

This module describes how to implement a tabular data model in Power Pivot.

Lessons

• Introduction to Tabular Data Models
• Creating a Tabular Data Model
• Using an Analysis Services Tabular Data Model in an Enterprise BI Solution

Lab : Working with an Analysis Services Tabular Data Model

• Creating an Analysis Services Tabular Data Model
• Configure Relationships and Attributes
• Configuring Data Model for an Enterprise BI Solution.

Module 8: Introduction to Data Analysis Expression (DAX)

This module describes how to use DAX to create measures and calculated columns in a tabular data model.

Lessons

• DAX Fundamentals
• Using DAX to Create Calculated Columns and Measures in a Tabular Data Model

Lab : Creating Calculated Columns and Measures by using DAX

• Creating Calculated Columns
• Creating Measures
• Creating a KPI
• Creating a Parent – Child Hierarchy

Module 9: Performing Predictive Analysis with Data Mining

This module describes how to use data mining for predictive analysis.

Lessons

• Overview of Data Mining
• Creating a Custom Data Mining Solution
• Validating a Data Mining Model
• Connecting to and Consuming a Data-Mining Model
• Using the Data Mining add-in for Excel

Lab : Using Data Mining

• Creating a Data Mining Structure and Model
• Exploring Data Mining Models
• Validating Data Mining Models
• Consuming a Data Mining Model
• Using the Excel Data Mining add-in

The primary audience for this course are database professionals who need to fulfil BI Developer role to create enterprise BI solutions. 

Primary responsibilities will  include:

• Implementing multidimensional databases by using SQL Server Analysis Services
• Creating tabular semantic data models for analysis by using SQL Server Analysis Services