Introduction to SQL Server Integration Services

• Datawarehousing Basics

• Product History

• SSIS Package Architecture Overview

• Development and Management Tools

Business Intelligence Development Studio

• Launching BIDS

• Project templates

• The package designer

• The Toolbox

• Solution Explorer

• The Properties window

• The Variables window

• The SSIS menu

Introduction to Control Flow and Data 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

• Containers – grouping and looping

• The Web Service Task

• The WMI tasks

• The Analysis Services tasks

• The Execute Process Task, Execute Package Task

• 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

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

• Configuration discipline

Debugging, Error Handling and Logging

• SSIS debugging overview

• Breakpoints in SSIS

• SSIS debugging windows

• Control Flow: The OnError event handler

• Data Flow: Error data flow

• Configuring Package Logging

• Built-in log providers

SSIS Using SQL Server Management Studio

• The Import and Export Wizard

• Importing and Exporting Data

• Scheduling and Executing Plans

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 Slowly Changing Dimension Transformation

• Transaction Handling in SSI

• Check Point configurations

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

SSIS Package Deployment

• Configurations and deployment

• The deployment utility

• Deployment options

• Deployment security

• Executing packages – DTExec and DTExecUI

SSIS Package Management

• The SSIS Service

• Managing packages with DTUtil

• Managing packages with SQL Server Management Studio

• Scheduling packages with SQL Server Agent

Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services

• Overview of SQL Server Analysis Services

• Installing SQL Server Analysis Services

OLAP Modeling

• Modeling source schemas—stars and snowflakes

• Understanding dimensional modeling— Dimensions (Type 1, 2, or 3) or rapidly changing

• Understanding fact (measures) and cube modeling

• Other types of modeling—data mining etc…

Understanding the development environment

• Creating Data Sources and Data Source Views

• Configuring Dimensions

• Defining Attribute Hierarchies

• Sorting and Grouping Attribute

• Creating cubes

• Refining Dimensions and Measures in BIDS

Intermediate SSAS

• KPIs

• Perspectives

• Translations – cube metadata and currency localization

• Partitions

• Storage topics – basic aggregations, MOLAP, ROLAP, HOLAP

• Aggregations

MDX

• Using the MDX query editor in SQL Server Management Studio

• Most-used Functions & Common tasks

• New MDX functions

Security

• Securing a cube

Deployment and processing the CUBE

Introduction to SQL Server Reporting Services

Tour of Features
Reporting Services Architecture
Reporting Services Terminology
Reporting Services Editions
Taking Reporting Services for a Spin

Creating Reports
Deconstructing Reporting Services
Shared Data Sources
Creating Reports from Scratch

Calculations and Formatting
Creating Expressions
Using the Global Collections
Formatting Items
Conditional Formatting

Grouping and Sorting
Creating Groups
Calculating Totals and Percentages
Interactive Sorting
Creating Drill-Down Reports

Report Parameters
Creating Report Parameters
Creating Drop-Down Parameters
Multi-Valued Parameters
Debugging Parameter Issues

Creating Matrix Reports and Charts
Creating a Basic Matrix Report
Matrix Subtotals
Creating a Basic Chart
Exploring the Charting Possibilities

Managing Reporting Services
Deploying Reports and Data Sources
Exporting Reports and Printing
Using the Web-Based Report Manager
Using SQL Server Management Studio-based Reporting Services Manager

Reporting Services Security
Two Parts to Reporting Services Security
Securing Access to Reports
Data Source Security

Programming Reporting Services
The Many Reporting Services APIs
Integrating Reporting Services into Applications using URL Access
Using the Report Viewer Controls

Advanced Reporting Services Programming
Using the Reporting Services Web Service
Working with Custom Assemblies

Snapshots and Subscriptions
Caching and Snapshots
Creating Standard Subscriptions
Creating Data-Driven Subscriptions
Managing Subscriptions

Ad-Hoc Reporting with Report Builder
The Report Builder Architecture
Creating Report Model Projects
Running Report Builde