Introduction to SQL Server Analysis Services

Sheetal Kansal

What Will We Cover?

New features of Analysis Services Unified Dimensional Model (UDM)

Using Analysis Services

Helpful Experience
Experience with SQL Server
Familiarity with database analytics

Familiarity with database reports

Agenda
Introducing Analysis Services
Providing Intelligent Data

SQL Server Business Intelligence

Data acquisition from source systems and integration Data transformation and synthesis

Data enrichment with business logic; hierarchical views Data discovery through data mining

Data presentation and distribution Data access for the masses

What Is Analysis Services?

SQL Server

Datamart

Analysis Services
XML/A or ODBO

Spreadsheets

BI Front Ends

Teradata

DW

UDM

Ad Hoc Reports

Rich Reports

Oracle DB2

Cache

LOB
Dashboards

One Version of the Truth

Multiple enterprise data sources Single business view of the data Common business terminology Unified data navigation experience One version of business analytics
OLAP browser, Reporting Services, BI apps

Demo

demonstration
Defining a Cube

Define a Data Source Define a Data Source View Explore Data

Agenda
Introducing Analysis Services
Providing Intelligent Data

Data Enrichment and Analytics

Advanced business logic, rules, and calculations

Key performance indicators

Data mining and predictive analytics

What-if modeling

Demo

demonstration
Refining an Analysis Cube

Provide Localized Metadata Use Perspectives Use Key Performance Indicators

Real-Time and High Performance

Real-time data access

Isolate back-end sources

Accelerated response time

Mission Critical
Reliable and available Scalable Designed for 7/24/365

Secure by design

Manageable

Benefits of UDM
Rich, easily understood model Supported by BI applications Powerful calculation engine Heterogeneous data sources Interactive query performance over large data volumes

Uses of Relational-Based Reporting

Exploit databaselevel objects
Queries outside model

Very real time

Full text search

Session Summary
A watershed Analysis Services release Advances in functionality, scalability, manageability, and integration

UDM is a breakthrough technology at

the heart of the SQL Server BI

architecture