About this course
The focus of this 3-day instructor-led course is on creating managed enterprise BI solutions. It describes how to implement both multidimensional and tabular data models and how to create cubes, dimensions, measures, and measure groups. This course helps you prepare for the Exam 70-768.
Audience profile
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
At course completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction to Business Intelligence and Data Modeling
This module introduces key BI concepts and the Microsoft BI product suite.
Lessons
Lab : Exploring a BI Solution
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 2: Creating Multidimensional Databases
This module describes how to create multidimensional databases using SQL Server Analysis Services.
Lessons
Lab : Creating a multidimensional database
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 3: Working with Cubes and Dimensions
This module describes how to implement dimensions in a cube.
Lessons
Lab : Working with Cubes and Dimensions
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 4: Working with Measures and Measure Groups
This module describes how to implement measures and measure groups in a cube.
Lessons
Lab : Configuring Measures and Measure Groups
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 5: Introduction to MDX
This module describes the MDX syntax and how to use MDX.
Lessons
Lab : Using MDX
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Module 6: Customizing Cube Functionality
This module describes how to customize a cube.
Lessons
Lab : Customizing a Cube
After completing this module, you will be able to:
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
Lab : Working with an Analysis Services Tabular Data Model
After completing this module, students will be able to:
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
Lab : Creating Calculated Columns and Measures by using DAX
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Module 9: Performing Predictive Analysis with Data Mining
This module describes how to use data mining for predictive analysis.
Lessons
Lab : Using Data Mining
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Before attending this course, students must have: