The Data Warehouse Lab: A step-by-step guide using SSIS and SSAS 2017

By Amin Jalali

This book aims to help students and practitioners who are new to data warehousing to start developing a new data warehouse project from scratch. It shows different phases of data warehousing projects through a simple case. So readers can experience the full data warehouse development life-cycle through a simple example step-by-step. The book is written for the novice user, so there is no requirement for previous experience of working with MS SQL Server and other tools. However, it expects readers to know basics of databases like the table, columns, etc. The book does not aim to teach data warehousing multi-dimensional design principle, nor play the role of a comprehensive reference book on Microsoft Business Intelligence Toolset. It only intends to help readers to gets a hands-on experience on data warehouse development quickly. It aims to give readers basic understanding and experience, so they become more confident in using reference books and online materials. The book does not go through the installation of tools that are used in the sample project. The readers need to install the following tools in order to follow the steps, i.e., Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine, Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) 2017, Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) 2017, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Power BI.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1549918796
• ISBN13: 9781549918797
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"