Smart Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server
2008
Get expert guidance on SQL
Server 2008 technologies, processes, and procedures - and accelerate your
proficiency-developing smart, business intelligence solutions.
This book
provides practical, end-to-end coverage on how to envision, plan, develop, test,
and deploy a complete SQL Server 2008-based business intelligence solution.
First, you'll build a foundational knowledge of business intelligence systems
and components, including case studies of the most common scenarios.
Next, you'll work through the physical and logical design of a business
intelligence solution, examining SQL Server tools - including SQL Server
Analysis Services, SQL Server Integration Services, and SQL Server Reporting
Services - and the problems they solve.
Finally, you'll master core
reporting and data-mining techniques. Throughout the book, real-world scenarios
and examples illustrate essential concepts and demonstrate the most effective
ways to implement the platform. The author brings pragmatic perspectives
valuable to the range of business intelligence implementers - from business
decision-makers and administrators, to beginning and advanced level developers
and architects
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