MCSA Training : MSBI (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS)

Design and implement an extract, transform, and load (ETL) control flow by using a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package

• Design and implement ETL control flow elements, including containers, tasks, and precedence constraints; create variables and parameters; create checkpoints, sequence and loop containers, and variables in SSIS; implement data profiling, parallelism, transactions, logging, and security

Design and implement an ETL data flow by using an SSIS package

• Implement slowly changing dimension, fuzzy grouping, fuzzy lookup, audit, blocking, non-blocking, and term lookup transformations; map columns; determine the appropriate transform object for a given task; determine appropriate scenarios for Transact-SQL joins versus SSIS lookup; design table loading by using bulk loading or standard loading; remove extra rows or bad rows by using deduplication

Implement an ETL solution that supports incremental data extraction

• Design fact table patterns, enable Change Data Capture, create a SQL MERGE statement

Implement an ETL solution that supports incremental data loading

• Design a control flow to load change data, load data by using Transact-SQL Change Data Capture functions, load data by using Change Data Capture in SSIS

Debug SSIS packages

• Fix performance, connectivity, execution, and failed logic issues by using the debugger; enable logging for package execution; implement error handling for data types; implement breakpoints; add data viewers; profile data with different tools; perform batch clean-up

Deploy and configure SSIS packages and projects

• Create an SSIS catalog; deploy packages by using the deployment utility, SQL Server, and file systems; run and customize packages by using DTUTIL

Create a knowledge base

• Create a Data Quality Services (DQS) knowledge base, determine appropriate use cases for a DQS knowledge base, perform knowledge discovery, perform domain management

Maintain data quality by using DQS

• Add matching knowledge to a knowledge base, prepare a DQS for data deduplication, create a matching policy, clean data by using DQS knowledge clean data by using the SSIS DQS task, install DQS

Implement a Master Data Services (MDS) model

• Install MDS; implement MDS; create models, entities, hierarchies, collections, and attributes; define security roles; import and export data; create and edit a subscription; implement entities, attributes, hierarchies, and business rules

Manage data by using MDS

• Use MDS tools, use the Master Data Services Configuration Manager, create a Master Data Manager database and web application, deploy a sample model using MDSModelDeploy.exe, use the Master Data Services web application, use the Master Data Services Add-in for Excel, create a Master Data Management hub, stage and load data, create subscription views

Create a multidimensional database by using Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)

• Design, develop, and create multidimensional databases; select a storage model

Design and implement dimensions in a cube

• Select an appropriate dimension model, such as fact, parent-child, roleplaying, reference, data mining, many-to-many, and slowly changing dimension; implement a dimension type; define attribute relationships

Implement measures and measure groups in a cube

• Design and implement measures, measure groups, granularity, calculated measures, and aggregate functions; define semi-additive behavior

Design and publish a tabular data model

• Design measures, relationships, hierarchies, partitions, perspectives, and calculated columns; create a time table; publish from Microsoft Visual Studio; import from Microsoft PowerPivot; select a deployment option, including Processing Option, Transactional Deployment, and Query Mode

Configure, manage, and secure a tabular model

• Configure tabular model storage and data refresh, configure refresh interval settings, configure user security and permissions, configure row-level security

Develop a tabular model to access data in near real time

• Use DirectQuery with Oracle, Teradata, Excel, and PivotTables; convert in-memory queries to DirectQuery

Create basic MDX queries

• Implement basic MDX structures and functions, including tuples, sets, and TopCount

Implement custom MDX solutions

• Create custom MDX or logical solutions for pre-prepared case tasks or business rules, define a SCOPE statement

Create formulas by using the DAX language

• Use the EVALUATE and CALCULATE functions, filter DAX queries, create calculated measures, perform data analysis by using DAX

Plan and deploy SSAS

• Configure memory limits, configure Non-Union Memory Architecture (NUMA), configure disk layout, determine SSAS instance placement

Monitor and optimize performance

• Monitor performance and analyze query plans by using Extended Events and Profiler, identify bottlenecks in SSAS queries, monitor processing and query performance, resolve performance issues, configure usability limits, optimize and manage model design

Configure and manage processing

• Configure partition processing; configure dimension processing; use Process Default, Process Full, Process Clear, Process Data, Process Add, Process Update, Process Index, Process Structure, and Process Clear Structure processing methods; configure Parallel, Sequential, and Writeback processing settings

Create Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and translations

• Configure KPI options, including Associated measure group, Value Expression, Goal Expression, Status, Status expression, Trend, Trend expression, and Weight; create KPIs in multidimensional models and tabular models; create and develop translations