TY - BOOK AU - Mundy,Joy AU - Thornthwaite,Warren AU - Kimball,Ralph TI - The Microsoft data warehouse toolkit: with SQL server 2008 R2 and the Microsoft Business Intelligence toolset AV - QA76.9.D37 M95 2011 U1 - 005.74 PY - 2011/// CY - Indianapolis, IN PB - Wiley KW - SQL server KW - blmlsh KW - fast KW - blmsh KW - Data warehousing KW - Client/server computing KW - Computer science KW - local KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - Best practices and invaluable advice from world-renowned data warehouse expertsIn this book, leading data warehouse experts from the Kimball Group share best practices for using the upcoming "Business Intelligence release" of SQL Server, referred to as SQL Server 2008 R2.℗¡In this new edition, the authors explain how SQL Server 2008 R2 provides a collection of powerful new tools that extend the power of its BI toolset to Excel and SharePoint users and they show how to use SQL Server to build a successful data warehouse that supports the business intelligence requirements that are common to most ER -