Business Intelligence with SSAS Training Course
SSAS (SQL Server Analysis Services) is a Microsoft SQL Server tool designed for online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining, enabling the analysis of data across multiple databases, tables, or files. The semantic data models created by SSAS are utilized by client applications such as Power BI, Excel, Reporting Services, and various other data visualization tools.
During this instructor-led live training (available onsite or remotely), participants will learn how to leverage SSAS to analyze large volumes of data stored in databases and data warehouses.
Upon completing this training, participants will be able to:
- Install and configure SSAS
- Comprehend the relationships between SSAS, SSIS, and SSRS
- Apply multidimensional data modeling to extract business insights from data
- Design OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) cubes
- Query and manipulate multidimensional data using the MDX (Multidimensional Expressions) query language
- Deploy real-world BI solutions using SSAS
Audience
- BI (Business Intelligence) professionals
- Data Analysts
- Database and data warehousing professionals
Format of the Course
- Interactive lecture and discussion
- Extensive exercises and practice
- Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment
Course Customization Options
- This training is based on the latest version of Microsoft SQL Server and SSAS.
- To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.
Course Outline
Introduction
Installing and Configuring SSAS
Overview of SSAS Features and Architecture
Data Insight and Business Intelligence
Operational Analytics
New functionality Column store Index
Querying Data in SSAS Tabular
Querying Multidimensional Data
Enhanced SSIS
Enhanced MDS
Troubleshooting
Summary and Conclusion
Requirements
- An understanding of data analysis
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server
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