Business Intelligence with MicroStrategy Cookbook Intro Business Intelligence with MicroStrategy Cookbook Table of Contents Business Intelligence with MicroStrategy Cookbook Credits Foreword About the Author About the Reviewers www.PacktPub.com Support files eBooks discount offers and more Why Subscribe Free Access for Packt account holders Instant Updates on New Packt Books Preface What this book covers What you need for this book Who this book is for Conventions Reader feedback Customer support Downloading the example code Errata Piracy Questions 1. Getting Started with MicroStrategy Introduction Installing SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB Getting ready How to do it... How it works... Theres more... Installing SQL Server Native Client 11.0 Getting ready How to do it... How it works... Theres more... Installing SQL Server 2012 Command Line Utilities Getting ready How to do it... Theres more... Setting up the AdventureWorks DW sample database Getting ready How to do it... How it works... Theres more... Exercise 1 Installing the .NET Framework 4.0 and the 4.0.2 update How to do it... How it works... Checking whether IIS is enabled and working Getting ready How to do it... How it works... Theres more... Installing MicroStrategy Suite Getting ready How to do it... Theres more... Registering the MicroStrategy License Getting ready How to do it... Theres more.... Metadata and data warehouse Getting ready How to do it... How it works... Theres more... Creating ODBC DSN for metadata and data warehouse Getting ready How to do it... How it works... Theres more... Modifying the logon account for the Intelligence Server Getting ready How to do it... How it works... Written in a cookbook style this book will teach you through the use of recipes with examples and illustrations. Each recipe contains step by step instructions about everything necessary to execute a particular task.This book is intended for both BI and database developers who want to expand their knowledge of MicroStrategy. It is also useful for advanced data analysts who are evaluating different technologies. You do not need to be an SQL master to read this book yet knowledge of some concepts like foreign keys and many to many relationships is assumed. Some knowledge of basic concepts such as dimensional modeling (fact tables dimensions) will also help your comprehension of this book. No previous MicroStrategy knowledge is needed.