Designing and Building an End-to-End Business Intelligence Solution with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and SharePoint ServicesPaul TurleyBI Architect / ManagerHitachi Consulting

SESSION CODE: BIP202

Session AgendaActivity Running

Time Duration

Intro 0 2 minSetup scenario 2 2 minSQL BI components & concepts 4 5 minData input (Let’s go shopping) 9 7 minWhiteboard data mart schema & solution components 16 10 minImport & stage new data 26 2 minApply data mart script & review design 28 2 minOLAP, reporting & SharePoint dashboard features 30 10 minDesign dimensions & cube 40 10 minReport Builder design 50 5 minDashboard report integration 55 5 minWrap-up & review 60 5 minQ&A 65 10 min

The Business Data Continuum

Operational Databases

Data Consolidation & Transformation

(ETL)

Relational Data Warehouse

OLAP Cubes

Reports, Charts, Dashboards & Scorecards

Right-Sizing Solutions

Business Needs

Overcoming Process Over-Engineering

Experience has taught us (and many of our clients):The perfect solution may be the one you can implement today while designing the “perfect” solution for tomorrowMany business look for the “perfect” data warehouse solution (while they lose business due to lack of direction & profitability)Short-term solutions can solve immediate problems while longer-term solutions are architectedUse iterative design techniquesPlan for scalabilityEncourage executive sponsorship & requirement ownership

Let’s Go Shopping!Web form at sqlserverbiblog.com

Excersize

US Northwest

Gather Analytical Requirements

Design Dimensional Model

Design Data Transformations

Create OLAP Dimensions &

CubesDesign Reports &

AnalyticsDesign Presentation

Portal

BI Solution Design Phases & Components

SQL File Data Flow

SQL Server Relational

Integration Services

AnalysisServices

ReportingServices

SharePointServices

De-normalized / Simplified Normalized

Data Warehouse Table Schemas

Star Snowflake Relational

Dimensional Data Warehouse Design

SQL Server 2008 includes specific optimizations for data warehouse modelsData type and tuning enhancementsSparse data optimizationDatabase compression Sales Fact

Date Dimension

EmployeeDimension

GeographyDimension

Customer Dimension

ProductDimension

VendorDimension

Fact

Dimension

Dimension

Dimension

Dimension

Dimension

Dimension

• Identify business facts• Measures

• Identify dimensions• Attributes• Hierarchies

Dimensional Modeling Exercise

Designing a data mart schema

DEMO

Extract data from ODS source

Transform to star

schema

Load into data mart

Loop Container

SQL TaskTruncate target tables

FTP TaskMove files to staging

folder

Script TaskVerify import files

Data Flow TaskImport text to

database

File System TaskArchive imported files

Data Transformation with SSIS

Package

Control FlowData Flow

> Rapid design

> Intuitive & maintainable

> Handles complex logic

> SQL Server 2008 includes significant performance and memory management optimizations

> Support for script programming using C#

Transforming data with SSIS

DEMO

Cube Design Process

Create Data Source View

Design Dimensions &

Hierarchies

Create cube & Dimensional

Usage

Format Measures

Create Calculations

Design Attribute

Relationships

Design Partitions

Design Aggregations

Designing dimensions & a cube in SSAS

DEMO

Report DesignBusiness user & developer capabilitiesData Sources

Server Data Sources (relational, cubes, models, SP lists)

Server ReportsReport wizardsShared datasetsReport part gallerySparklines & KPIsMaps

Designing business reports with BIDS and Report Builder 3.0

DEMO

Integrate reporting in a SharePoint 2010 dashboard

DEMO

Track Resources

Hitachi Consulting hitachiconsulting.com

Paul’s blog sqlserverbiblog.com

MSDN forums social.msdn.com/ForumsSQL ServerIntegration ServicesAnalysis ServicesReporting ServicesSharePointPowerPivot

Resources

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