Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Author: Brian Larson
Transform disparate enterprise data into actionable business intelligence
Put timely, mission-critical information in the hands of employees across your organization using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and the comprehensive information in this unique resource. Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 shows you, step-by-step, how to author, customize, and distribute information that will give your company the competitive edge. It's all right here--from data mining, warehousing, and scripting techniques to MDX queries, KPI analysis, and the all-new Unified Dimensional Model. Real-world examples, start-to-finish exercises, and downloadable code throughout illustrate all of the integration, analysis, and reporting capabilities of SQL Server 2005.
Brian Larson is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, with degrees in Physics and Computer Science. He has 20 years of experience in the computer industry and 16 years of experience as a consultant creating custom database applications. Brian is currently Chief of Technology for Superior Consulting Services in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a Microsoft Consulting Partner for Reporting Services. He is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) and a Microsoft Certified Database Administratior (MCDBA).
Brian served as a member of the Reporting Services development team as a consultant to Microsoft. In that role, he contributed to the original code base of Reporting Services.
Brian has presented seminars and provided training and mentoring on Reporting Services across the country. He is a contributor and columnist for SQL Server magazine and is currentlywriting the B.I. Powers column appearing on the SQL Server magazine website. In addition to this book, Brian is the author of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, also from McGraw-Hill/Osborne.
Table of Contents:
| Ch. 1 | Equipping the organization for effective decision making | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Making the most of what you've got - using business intelligence | 13 |
| Ch. 3 | Searching for the source - the source of business intelligence | 25 |
| Ch. 4 | One-stop shopping - the unified dimensional model | 43 |
| Ch. 5 | First steps - beginning the development of business intelligence | 61 |
| Ch. 6 | Building foundations - creating and populating data marts | 95 |
| Ch. 7 | Fill 'er up - using integration services for populating data marts | 141 |
| Ch. 8 | Cubism - measures and dimensions | 273 |
| Ch. 9 | Bells and whistles - special features of OLAP cubes | 321 |
| Ch. 10 | Writing a new script - MDX scripting | 375 |
| Ch. 11 | Pulling it out and building it up - MDX queries | 421 |
| Ch. 12 | Panning for gold - introduction to data mining | 457 |
| Ch. 13 | Building the mine - working with the data mining model | 483 |
| Ch. 14 | Spelunking - exploration using data mining | 519 |
| Ch. 15 | On report - delivering business intelligence with reporting services | 555 |
| Ch. 16 | Let's get together - integrating OLAP with your applications | 673 |
| Ch. 17 | Another point of view - Excel pivot tables and pivot charts | 717 |
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