1. Introduction to SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Melville Thomson IT Pro Evangelist

2. New features of Analysis Services Unified Dimensional Model (UDM) Using Analysis Services What Will We Cover?

3. Experience with SQL Server Familiarity with database analytics Familiarity with database reports Helpful Experience

4. Introducing Analysis Services Providing Intelligent Data Agenda

5. SQL Server Business Intelligence Data acquisition from source systems and integration Data transformation and synthesis Data enrichment with business logic; hierarchical views Data discovery through data mining Data presentation and distribution Data access for the masses IntegrateAnalyzeReport

6. Analysis Services Roadmap Enter the Game Entry-level offering Establish industry application programming interface (API) Generate mindshare Focus on total cost of ownership (TCO) Win Leadership Feature complete Penetrate the enterprise Thought leadership Market share leadership Scale Breakthrough

7. What Is Analysis Services? Dashboards Rich Reports BI Front Ends Spreadsheets Ad Hoc Reports SQLServer Teradata OracleDB2 LOB DW Datamart AnalysisServices UDM Cache XML/A or ODBO

8. What Is Analysis Services? - Notes Dashboards Rich Reports BI Front Ends Spreadsheets Ad Hoc Reports SQLServer Teradata OracleDB2 LOB DW Datamart AnalysisServices UDM Cache XML/A or ODBO

9. One Version of the Truth Multiple enterprise data sources Single business view of the data Common business terminology Unified data navigation experience One version of business analytics OLAP browser, Reporting Services, BI apps

10. One Version of the Truth - Notes Multiple enterprise data sources Single business view of the data Common business terminology Unified data navigation experience One version of business analytics OLAP browser, Reporting Services, BI apps

11. Demo Defining a Cube Define a Data Source Define a Data Source View Explore Data demonstration

12. Introducing Analysis Services Providing Intelligent Data Agenda

13. Data Enrichment and Analytics Advanced business logic, rules, and calculations Key performance indicators Data mining and predictive analytics What-if modeling

14. Data Enrichment… - Notes Advanced business logic, rules, and calculations Key performance indicators Data mining and predictive analytics What-if modeling

15. Demo Refining an Analysis Cube Provide Localized Metadata Use Perspectives Use Key Performance Indicators demonstration

16. Real-Time and High Performance Isolate back-end sources Accelerated response time Real-time data access

17. Mission Critical Reliable and available Designed for 7/24/365 Scalable Secure by design Manageable

18. Mission Critical - Notes Reliable and available Designed for 7/24/365 Scalable Secure by design Manageable

19. Common Bet on Analysis ServicesSQL Server ™ Teradata OracleDB2 LOB DW Datamart AnalysisServices UDM Cache XML/A or ODBO

20. Benefits of UDM Rich, easily understood model Supported by BI applications Powerful calculation engine Heterogeneous data sources Interactive query performance over large data volumes

21. Benefits of UDM - Notes Rich, easily understood model Supported by BI applications Powerful calculation engine Heterogeneous data sources Interactive query performance over large data volumes

22. Uses of Relational-Based Reporting Queries outside model Full text search Very real time Exploit database- level objects

23. A watershed Analysis Services release Advances in functionality, scalability, manageability, and integration UDM is a breakthrough technology at the heart of the SQL Server BI architecture Session Summary

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