About MSBI SSAS/SSRS/SSIS

What is BI?

Introduction to Business Intelligence, understanding the concept of Data Modeling, Data Cleaning, learning about Data Analysis, Data Representation, Data Transformation.

ETL Overview

Introduction to ETL, the various steps involved Extract, Transform, Load, using a user’s email ID to read a flat file, extracting the User ID from email ID, loading the data into a database table.

Working with Connection Managers

Introduction to Connection Managers – logical representation of a connection, the various types of Connection Managers – Flat file, database, understanding how to load faster with OLE DB, comparing the performance of OLE DB and ADO.net, learning about Bulk Insert, working with Excel Connection Managers and identifying the problems.

Data Transformations

Learning what is Data Transformation, converting data from one format to another, understanding the concepts of Character Map, Data Column and Copy Column Transformation, import and export column transformation, script and OLEDB Command Transformation, understanding row sampling, aggregate and sort transformation, percentage and row sampling.

Advance Data Transformation

Understanding Pivot and UnPivot Transformation, understanding Audit and Row Count Transformation, working with Split and Join Transformation, studying Lookup and Cache Transformation, Integrating with Azure Analysis Services, elastic nature of MSBI to integrate with the Azure cloud service, scale out deployment option for MSBI, working with cloud-borne data sources and query analysis. Scaling out the SSIS package, deploying for tighter windows, working with larger amount of data sources, SQL Server vNext for enhancing SQL Server features, more choice of development languages and data types both on-premise and in the cloud.

Slowly Changing Dimensions

Understanding data that slowly changes over time, learning the process of how new data is written over old data, best practices.Detail explanation of three types of SCDs –Type1, Type2 and Type3, and their differences.

Overview of Fuzzy Look-up Transformation and Lookup and Term Extraction

Understanding how Fuzzy Lookup Transformation varies from Lookup Transformation, the concept of Fuzzy matching,

Concepts of Logging & Configuration

Learning about error rows configuration, package logging, defining package configuration, understanding constraints and event handlers.

MSBI SSRS Course Content

Introduction to SSRS

Get introduced to the SSRS Architecture, components of SSRS Report Building tool, learning about the data flow in different components.

Matrix and Tablix Overview

Understanding the concepts of Matrix and Tablix, working with Text Box, learning about formatting, row/column grouping, understanding sorting, formatting, concepts of Header, Footer, Totals, Subtotals and Page Breaks.

Parameters and Expression

Learning about Parameters, filter and visibility expression, understanding drill-through and drill-down, defining variables, custom code.

Reports and Charts creation

Introduction to various aspects of Bar Chart, Line Chart, Combination Chart, Shape Chart, Sub Reports,Integration of Power Query and M language with SSRS, working with additional data sources in MSBI, rich transformation capabilities addition to MSBI, reusing M functions build for PBIX in SSRS.

Dashboard Building

Learn how to build a Dashboard with Sparklines, Data Bars, Map Charts, Gauge Charts and drilling into reports, the basics of ad hoc reporting.

Data Bar, Sparkline, Indicator, Gauge Chart, Map Chart, Report Drilling, What is Ad hoc reporting?

Reports and Authenticity

Understanding Report Cache, Authorization, Authentication and Report Snapshot, learning about Subscriptions and Site Security.

MSBI SSAS Course Content

Getting started with SSAS

Understanding the concept of multidimensional analysis, understanding SSAS Architecture and benefits, learn what is Cube, working with Tables and OLAP databases, understanding the concept of Data Sources, working with Dimension Wizard, understanding Dimension Structure, Attribute Relationships, flexible and rigid relationship.

Structures and Processes

Learning about Process Dimension, the Process database, creation of Cube, understanding Cube Structure, Cube browsing, defining the various categories, Product Key and Customer Key, Column Naming, processing and deploying a Cube, Report creation with a Cube.

Hands-on Exercise – Create a Cube and name various columns Deploy a cube after applying keys and other rules Create reports with a cube

Type of Database Relationship

Understanding Data Dimensions and its importance, the various relationships, regular, referenced, many to many, fact, working on Data Partitions, and Data Aggregations.

SSAS Cube

Learning about SSAS Cube, the various types of Cubes, the scope of Cube and comparison with Data Warehouse.

Cube: Operations & Limitations

The various operations on Cube, the limitations of OLAP Cubes, the architecture of in-memory analytics and its advantages.

Cube and In-memory Analytics

Deploying cube with existing data warehouse capabilities to get self-service business intelligence, understanding how in-memory analytics works.

Hands-on Exercise – Deploy cube to get self-service business intelligence

Data Source View

Logical model of the schema used by the Cube, components of Cube, understanding Named Queries and Relationships.

Dimensions

An overview of the Dimensions concept, describing the Attributes and Attributes Hierarchies, understanding Key/Value Pairs, Metadata Reload, logical keys and role-based dimensions.

Hands-on Exercise – Create role based dimensions, Use Attributes Hierarchies

Measures & Features of Cube

Understanding the Measure of Cube, analyzing the Measure, exploring the relationship between Measure and Measure Group, Cube features and Dimension usage.

Measures and Features of Cube Cont.

Working with Cube Measures, deploying analytics, understanding the Key Performance Indicators, deploying actions and drill-through actions on data, working on data partitions, aggregations, translations and perspectives.

Hands-on Exercise – Work with Cube Measures, Deploy analytics, Deploy actions and drill-through actions on data, Make data partitions

Working with MDX

Understanding Multidimensional Expressions language, working with MDX queries for data retrieval, working with Clause, Set, Tuple, Filter condition in MDX.

Hands-on Exercise – Apply Clause, Set and filter condition in MDX query to retrieve data

Functions of MDX

Learning about MDX hierarchies, the functions used in MDX, Ancestor, Ascendant and Descendant function, performing data ordering

Hands-on Exercise – Create MDX hierarchies, Perform data ordering in ascending order, in descending order

DAX language

Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Using the EVALUATE and CALCULATE functions, filter DAX queries, create calculated measures, perform data analysis by using DAX

Hands-on Exercise – Use the EVALUATE and CALCULATE functions, filter DAX queries, create calculated measures, perform data analysis by using DAX

BI Semantic Model

Designing and publishing a tabular data model, Designing measures relationships, hierarchies, partitions, perspectives, and calculated columns

Hands-on Exercise – Design and publish a tabular data model, Design measures relationships, hierarchies, partitions, perspectives, and calculated columns

Plan and deploy SSAS

Configuring and maintaining SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), Non-Union Memory Architecture (NUMA), Monitoring and optimizing performance, SSAS Tabular model with vNext, Excel portability, importing model from Power BI Desktop, importing a Power Pivot model, bidirectional cross-filtering relationship in MSBI.

Hands-on Exercise – Configure and maintain SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), Monitor and optimize performance

Analyzing Big Data with Microsoft R

Reading data with R Server from SAS, txt, or excel formats, converting data to XDF format; Summarizing data, rxCrossTabs versus rxCube, extracting quantiles by using rxQuantile; Visualizing data (rxSummary and rxCube, rxHistogram and rxLinePlot) Processing data with rxDataStep Performing transforms using functions transformVars and transformEnvir Processing text using RML packages Building predictive models with ScaleR Performing in-database analytics by using SQL Server

Hands-on Exercise – Read data with R Server from SAS, txt or excel formats, convert data to XDF format; Summarize data, Extract quantiles by using rxQuantile; Visualize data (rxSummary, rxCube, rxHistogram and rxLinePlot) Perform transforms using functions transformVars and transformEnvir Build predictive models with ScaleR Perform in-database analytics by using SQL Server