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Introduction To Business Intelligence and Data Modeling

This document provides an overview of Module 1 of an introduction to business intelligence and data modeling course. It covers key topics including business intelligence scenarios, trends in BI, roles in BI projects, and data modeling. It also outlines the Microsoft BI platform including SQL Server, Analysis Services, Reporting Services, and PowerPivot. Finally, it describes scenarios for desktop, departmental, and enterprise BI and considerations for configuring SharePoint for BI.

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Introduction To Business Intelligence and Data Modeling

This document provides an overview of Module 1 of an introduction to business intelligence and data modeling course. It covers key topics including business intelligence scenarios, trends in BI, roles in BI projects, and data modeling. It also outlines the Microsoft BI platform including SQL Server, Analysis Services, Reporting Services, and PowerPivot. Finally, it describes scenarios for desktop, departmental, and enterprise BI and considerations for configuring SharePoint for BI.

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Module 1

Introduction to Business
Intelligence and Data
Modeling
Module Overview
• Introduction to Business Intelligence
• The Microsoft Business Intelligence Platform
Lesson 1: Introduction to Business Intelligence
• Business Intelligence Scenarios
• Trends in Business Intelligence
• Business Intelligence Project Roles
• Data Models
Business Intelligence Scenarios

Reporting Data Analysis

Collaboration
Trends in Business Intelligence

• Self-service reporting and analysis

• Increasing adoption of BI by a
wider range of organizations

• Availability of out-of-the-
box solutions
Business Intelligence Project Roles

• Business advisors
• Project manager
• BI architect
• BI developers
• Report authors
• Information workers
• Testers
• BI administrator
Data Models
• Semantic models
 Present data to users as meaningful information
 Add context and structure to data

• Data modeling
 Requires knowledge of business and technical aspects of the
solution
 Is an iterative process
 Helps to ensure that solutions meet the stated requirements
Lesson 2: The Microsoft Business Intelligence Platform
• Microsoft Business Intelligence Technologies
• BI Semantic Models in SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services
• Installation Requirements for Common Scenarios
• Considerations for SharePoint Configuration
Microsoft Business Intelligence Technologies
Data Warehousing

Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services


Microsoft SQL Azure
and the Windows
Azure Marketplace

SQL Server Database Engine

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SQL Server Master Data SQL Server Data Quality


Services Services

SQL Server
Business Intelligence

Analysis Services

SQL Server
Reporting Services
Microsoft PowerPivot
s Technologies
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aly
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da Microsoft Excel
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act • PowerPivot Add-In
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In

aliz ations Power View


ta visu Microsoft SharePoint
nte ra ctive da
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Server
Reports, KPIs, and Dashboards
BI Semantic Models in SQL Server 2012 Analysis
Services
• A single logical model
• A choice of data models to suit different BI requirements

Third-Party SharePoint
Power View Excel PowerPivot Applications Insights

BI SEMANTIC MODEL

Data Model Multidimensional Tabular

Business Logic and


MDX DAX
Queries

Direct
Data Access ROLAP MOLAP VertiPaq
Query
Installation Requirements for Common Scenarios
• Desktop BI
 Data analysis in PowerPivot for Excel workbooks
• Departmental BI
 Departmental reporting
 Analysis of data in Analysis Services databases

• Enterprise BI
 SharePoint integration
 Power View reporting
 Collaboration
Considerations for SharePoint Configuration
• Reporting Services in SharePoint Integrated mode
 Select Reporting Services – SharePoint and Reporting
Services Add-in for SharePoint installation options
 Install Reporting Services SharePoint service
 Create a Reporting Services service application

• Analysis Services in SharePoint Integrated mode


 Select the SQL Server PowerPivot for SharePoint setup
role
 Configure the server by using the PowerPivot
Configuration Tool
Lab Scenario

This lab is an overview lab, designed to show the BI


capabilities you will explore in greater depth in the rest of
this course
Business users and executives at Adventure Works Cycles
need to be able to view reports that show sales figures, and
perform interactive analysis of sales data in Excel and
SharePoint Server
Lab 1: Reporting and Analyzing Data
• Exercise 1: Exploring a Reporting Services Report
• Exercise 2: Exploring a PowerPivot Workbook
• Exercise 3: Exploring a Power View Report

Logon information
Virtual machine MIA-SQLBI
User name ADVENTURWORKS\Student
Password Pa$$w0rd
Estimated time: 30 minutes
Module Review and Takeaways
• How do the BI implementations in your place of work use
Microsoft technologies?
• Does your organization use SharePoint in a BI context?

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