Foundations of SQL Server 2005 business intelligence : [what every SQL Server 2005 user needs to know to create business intelligence with SSAS, SSIS, SSRS, and other BI tools

Just as every business needs to effectively employ Business Intelligence (BI) to stay competitive, every IT professional needs to master BI to stay employed in this fastest-growing segment of Information Technology. Foundations of SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence is the quickest path to understanding BI, and it is essential reading for all who work with SQL Server 2005. It is written from a practical perspective, perfect for anyone who uses the tools in SQL Server 2005's extraordinarily rich BI product suite.This book explains how best to use Analysis Services, SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Server Reporting Services, and SQL Server Data Mining. It also describes best practices for implementing end-to-end BI solutions in small, medium, and large business environments. And it provides important information about integrating BI with various client tools, including Excel, Business Scorecards, Proclarity, and SharePoint Portal Server. Developers, end users, and even managers will find this an enlightening guide to the power and promise of SQL Server 2005 BI. Highlights include the following:\* Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the SQL Server 2005 BI tool suite\* Concise, yet thorough, so you can use all BI tools effectively\* Special focus on features to useand avoidto cleanly scale BI solutions\* Full of sound, practical guidance on real-world best practices\* Essential reading for developers and users with any level of BI experience

Just as every business needs to effectively employ Business Intelligence (BI) to stay competitive, every IT professional needs to master BI to stay employed in this fastest-growing segment of Information Technology. Foundations of SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence is the quickest path to understanding BI, and it is essential reading for all who work with SQL Server 2005. It is written from a practical perspective, perfect for anyone who uses the tools in SQL Server 2005s extraordinarily rich BI product suite.

This book explains how best to use Analysis Services, SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Server Reporting Services, and SQL Server Data Mining. It also describes best practices for implementing end-to-end BI solutions in small, medium, and large business environments. And it provides important information about integrating BI with various client tools, including Excel, Business Scorecards, Proclarity, and SharePoint Portal Server. Developers, end users, and even managers will find this an enlightening guide to the power and promise of SQL Server 2005 BI. Highlights include the following:

• Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the SQL Server 2005 BI tool suite


• Concise, yet thorough, so you can use all BI tools effectively


• Special focus on features to useand avoidto cleanly scale BI solutions


• Full of sound, practical guidance on real-world best practices


• Essential reading for developers and users with any level of BI experience

Just as every business needs to effectively employ business intelligence (BI) to stay competitive, every IT professional needs to master BI to stay employed in this fastest-growing segment of information technology. Foundations of SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence is the quickest path to understanding BI, and it is essential reading for all who work with SQL Server 2005. It is written from a practical perspective, perfect for anyone who uses the tools in SQL Server 2005s extraordinarily rich BI product suite. This book explains how best to use Analysis Services, SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Server Reporting Services, and SQL Server Data Mining. It also describes best practices for implementing end-to-end BI solutions in small, medium, and large business environments. And it provides important information about integrating BI with various client tools, including Excel, Business Scorecards, Proclarity, and SharePoint Portal Server. Developers, end users, and even managers will find this an enlightening guide to the power and promise of SQL Server 2005 BI. Business Intelligence (BI) is the fastest-growing segment of Information Technology. Every business needs to effectively employ BI to stay competitive, and every IT professional needs to master BI to stay employed. This book is the quickest path to seeing the BI forest as a whole as well as understanding the trees within it. It is essential reading for all who work with SQL Server 2005. Foundations of SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence is written by a noted expert from a practical perspective. It is designed for all users of any of the tools in SQL Server 2005’s extraordinarily rich BI product suite. Developers, end-users, and even managers will find this an enlightening guide to the power and promise of SQL Server 2005 BI. This book is the most concise yet comprehensive introduction to SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence. The book is the quickest path to seeing the Business Intelligence (BI) forest as a whole as well as understanding the trees within it. It is essential reading for all who work with SQL Server 2005. Foundations of SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence is written by a noted expert from a practical perspective. It is designed for all users of any of the tools in SQL Server 2005s extraordinarily rich BI product suite. Developers, end-users, and even managers will find this an enlightening guide to the power and promise of SQL Server 2005 BI. Describes how to use SQL Server 2005 to solve a variety of business intelligence problems.