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Microsoft Business Intelligence (MSBI) Online Training Curriculum

Section 1: What Is Microsoft BI?
Core concept – BI is the cube or UDM
Example cube as seen using Excel pivot table
MS BI is comprehensive – more than Analysis Services on SQL Server
Demonstration of SQL Reporting Services with cube as data source
Section 2: Using SSAS in BIDS
Understanding the development environment
Creating Data Sources and Data Source Views
Creating cubes – using the UDM and the Cube Build Wizard
Refining Dimensions and Measures in BIDS
Section 3: Intermediate SSAS
KPIs
Perspectives
Translations – cube metadata and currency localization
Actions – regular, drill-through and reporting
Section 4: Advanced SSAS
Using multiple fact tables
Modeling intermediate fact tables
Modeling M:M dimensions, Fact (degenerate) dimensions, Role-playing dimensions, writeback dimensions
Modeling changing dimensions – Dimension Intelligence w/ Wizard
Using the Add Business Intelligence Wizards – write-back, semi-additive measures, time intelligence, account intelligence
Section 5: Cube Storage and Aggregation
Storage topics – basic aggregations, MOLAP
Advanced Storage Design – MOLAP, ROLAP, HOLAP
Partitions – relational and Analysis Services partitions
Customizing Aggregation Design - Processing Design
Rapidly changing dimensions / ROLAP dimensions
Welcome to the Real Time – Proactive Caching
Cube processing options
Section 6: MDX
Basic syntax
Using the MDX query editor in SQL Server Management Studio
Adding calculated members
Adding scripts
Adding named sets
Section 7: SSAS Administration
Best practices – health monitoring
XMLA scripting (SQL Mgmt Studio)
Security – roles and permissions
Disaster Recovery – backup / restore
Section 8: Introduction to Reporting Clients
Excel 2007/  Power pivot  
SQL RS & Report Builder
Sharepoint Performance Point Services 2010
Section 9: Introduction to SQL Server Integration Services
Product History 
SSIS Package Architecture Overview 
Development and Management Tools 
Deploying and Managing SSIS Packages 
Source Control for SSIS Packages
Section 10: SSIS for DBAs: Using SQL Server Management Studio
The Import and Export Wizard 
Importing and Exporting Data 
Working with Packages 
Database Maintenance Plans 
Creating Database Maintenance Plans using SSMS 
Scheduling and Executing Plans · Examining Database Maintenance Plan Packages
Section 11: Business Intelligence Development Studio
Launching BIDS 
Project templates 
The package designer 
The Toolbox 
Solution Explorer 
The Properties window
The Variables window · The SSIS menu
Section 12: Introduction to Control Flow
Control Flow Overview 
Precedence Constraints 
The Execute SQL Task 
The Bulk Insert Task 
The File System Task 
The FTP Task 
The Send Mail Task
Section 13: Advanced Control Flow
Containers – grouping and looping 
The Web Service Task 
The WMI tasks 
The Analysis Services tasks 
The Execute Process Task · The Execute Package Task
Section 14: Introduction to Data Flow
Data Flow Overview 
Data Sources 
Data Destinations 
Data Transformations 
The Copy Column Transformation 
The Derived Column Transformation 
The Data Conversion Transformation 
The Conditional Split Transformation 
The Aggregate Transformation 
The Sort Transformation 
Data Viewers
Section 15: Variables and Configurations
Variables Overview 
Variable scope 
SSIS system variables 
Using variables in control flow 
Using variables in data flow 
Using variables to pass information between packages 
Property expressions 
Configuration Overview
Configuration options
Section 16: Debugging, Error Handling and Logging
SSIS debugging overview 
Breakpoints in SSIS 
SSIS debugging windows 
Control Flow: The on Error event handler 
Data Flow: Error data flow 
Configuring Package Logging · Built-in log providers
Section 17: Advanced Data Flow
Revisiting data sources and destinations 
The Lookup Transformation 
Getting Fuzzy: The Fuzzy Lookup and Fuzzy Grouping Transformations 
The Multicast Transformation 
The Merge and Merge Join Transformations 
The Data Mining Query Transformation 
The Data Mining Model Training Destination
The Slowly Changing Dimension Transformation
Section 18: Extending SSIS through Custom Code
Introduction to SSIS scripting 
The SSIS script editor 
The SSIS object model 
Script in Control flow: The Script Task 
Script in Data flow: The Script Component
Introduction to SSIS component development
Section 19: SSIS Package Deployment
Configurations and deployment 
The deployment utility 
Deployment options 
Deployment security
Executing packages – DTExec and DTExecUI
Section 20: SSIS Package Management
The SSIS Service 
Managing packages with DTUtil 
Managing packages with SQL Server Management Studio
Scheduling packages with SQL Server Agent
Section 21: SIS 2012 new featSures
CDC (Change data capture) control Flow & Dataflow task 
SSIS Catalog Reports (Dashboard)
Package upgrades from legacy to SSIS 2012
Section 22: Introducing SQL Server Reporting Services
Tour of Features 
Reporting Services Architecture 
Reporting Services Terminology
Reporting Services Editions
Section 23: Creating Reports
Deconstructing Reporting Services 
Shared Data Sources
Creating Reports from Scratch
Section 24: Calculations and Formatting
Creating Expressions 
Using the Global Collections 
Formatting Items ·  Conditional Formatting
Section 25: Grouping and Sorting
Creating Groups 
Calculating Totals and Percentages 
Interactive Sorting
Creating Drill-Down Reports
Section 26: Report Parameters
Creating Report Parameters 
Creating Drop-Down Parameters 
Multi-Valued Parameters
Debugging Parameter Issues
Section 27: Creating Matrix Reports and Charts
Creating a Basic Matrix Report 
Matrix Subtotals 
Creating a Basic Chart 
Exploring the Charting Possibilities
Section 28: Managing Reporting Services
Deploying Reports and Data Sources 
Exporting Reports and Printing
Using the Web-Based Report Manager
Section 29: Reporting Services Security
Two Parts to Reporting Services Security 
Securing Access to Reports 
Data Source Security
Section 30: Programming Reporting Services
The Many Reporting Services APIs 
Integrating Reporting Services into Applications using URL Access 
Using the Report Viewer Controls
Section 31: Advanced Reporting Services Programming
Using the Reporting Services Web Service 
Working with Custom Assemblies
Section 32: Snapshots and Subscriptions
Caching and Snapshots 
Creating Standard Subscriptions 
Creating Data-Driven Subscriptions
Managing Subscriptions
Section 33: Ad-Hoc Reporting with Report Builder
The Report Builder Architecture 
Creating Report Model Projects 
Running Report Builder
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