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Beginning the BI Discussion

Duration: 1.0 day
Course fee:
EPTO units: .
CEUs: 0.6
Available for on-site training or can be scheduled at any SAS training facility if demand warrants.

Presented by James Waite, Technical Training Specialist for SAS Institute (Canada)

In this interactive course, you'll learn the fundamentals of Business Intelligence (BI), the terminology, business value, pitfalls and more. Through project experiences and industry best practices, we illustrate how BI works. You'll participate in animated discussions about your unique needs, then take home the workshop materials and seminar notes.

Who should attend

All those who play a strategic role in BI initiatives will benefit from this one-day course. This non-technical, discussion-based course is ideal for managers and executives who will define the vision of BI within their organization. It will equip them with the information to participate effectively in BI discussions at all levels.

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Course Contents
Introduction
  • fundamental terminology
  • BI objectives and components
  • Analytic Intelligence
  • pitfalls on the BI journey
BI Overview
  • Business Intelligence: definition
  • BI objectives
  • BI evolution
Intelligent Storage
  • ETL: definition
  • RDBMS and data warehouse comparison
  • warehouse vs. mart
Metadata
  • metadata: definition
  • importance of metadata
  • metadata items
OLAP Navigation
  • OLAP: definition
  • OLAP terminology
Querying and Reporting
  • types of business reporting
  • OLAP reporting
  • OLTP reporting
  • metadata reporting
Dashboarding and Scorecarding
  • dashboarding: definition
  • dashboard benefits
  • scorecarding: definition
  • types of scorecards
  • balanced scorecard: discussion
Advanced Analytics
  • advanced intelligence: definition
  • analytic intelligence vs. Business Intelligence
  • benefits of analytics
Portal
  • portal: definition
  • portal objectives
Summary
  • main BI terms: review
  • keys to successful BI implementation
  • BI implementation planning
  • next steps
Open forum
  • questions and answers to address participants' specific needs
Course Materials
Students receive a hardcopy of the course notes and, in some courses, can choose to take home a copy of the course data.

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Course fee and EPTO units will differ for on-site training.

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