1. T: 051 401 2754 itinfo@ufs.ac.za www.ufs.ac.za/it RIS622 – A DVANCED D ATABASES Dr. Eduan Kotzé 2012

2. M ODULE O BJECTIVE Learn the fundamentals of Business Intelligence (BI) and how apply the knowledge of BI delivery channels (reports, cubes & dashboards) to deliver information from data warehouses. Learn the basics of data mining and apply some of the data mining techniques on sample data.

3. D EVELOPMENT E NVIRONMENT Microsoft Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) 2008: –Analysis Services (SSAS) –Data Mining (part of SSAS) Visual Studio 2010 (with MDX) SQL Server 2008 R2 For further reading visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Intelligence_Development_Studio

4. A SSESSMENT Class Tests (20%) Practical Assignments (20%) Practical Project (60%) –No written examination. –Build a Dashboard (VS 2010) for a customer which must include Grids, Reports, KPI’s etc. The data sources will consist of dimensional databases and cubes.

5. P RESCRIBED B OOK ( USED IN RIS625) Data Warehousing Fundamentals For IT Professionals 2 nd Edition Paulray Ponniah Wiley Computer Publishing New Jersey 2010 ISBN: 978-0-470-46207-2

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