Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Utilize Microsoft's Data Warehousing, Mining & Reporting Tools to Provide Critical Intelligence to A - Couverture souple

Larson, Brian

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ISBN 10 : 0072260904 ISBN 13 : 9780072260908

Editeur : McGraw-Hill Osborne, 2006

Synopsis

Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 A guide explaining how to develop a secure, integrated, and available BI solution. It helps readers learn to set up the database, mine and analyze data, and deliver the results.

A propos du livre

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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.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR DATABASE PROFESSIONALS

• Understand the goals and benefits of business intelligence
• Manage Analysis Services databases using BI Development Studio
• Improve performance and decrease latency using proactive caching
• Create interactive reports using SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
• Enable ad hoc reporting using Report Models and Report Builder
• Integrate with applications using ADOMD.NET and the Report Viewer Control
• Design and create relational data marts and OLAP cubes
• Perform powerful data analysis using MDX queries and scripts
• Perform complex operations with Integration Services
• Uncover behavior patterns and proclivities using data mining

Biographie de l'auteur :

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 currently writing 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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: McGraw-Hill Osborne
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0072260904
• ISBN 13: 9780072260908
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 776