The Microsoft data warehouse toolkit : with SQL server 2008 R2 and the Microsoft Business Intelligence toolset /
Mundy, Joy,1961-
Thornthwaite, Warren,1957-
Kimball, Ralph,1916-2001.
Indianapolis, IN : Wiley,
c2011.
Includes index.
Requirements, realities, and architecture. Defining business requirements ; Designing the business process dimensional model ; The toolset ; System setup -- Building and populating the databases. Creating the relational data warehouse ; Master data management ; Designing and developing the ETL system ; The core analysis services OLAP database ; Design requirements for real-time BI -- Developing the BI applications. Building BI applications in reporting services ; PowerPivot and Excel ; The BI portal and SharePoint ; Incorporating data mining -- Deploying and managing the DW/BI system. Designing the implementing security ; Metadata plan ; Deployment ; Operations and maintenance ; Present imperatives and future outlook.
SQL server.
Data warehousing.
Client/server computing.