Put timely, mission-critical information in the hands of employees across your organization using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and the comprehensive information in this unique resource. Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 shows you, step-by-step, how to author, customize, and distribute information that will give your company the competitive edge. It's all right here--from data mining, warehousing, and scripting techniques to MDX queries, KPI analysis, and the all-new Unified Dimensional Model. Real-world examples, start-to-finish exercises, and downloadable code throughout illustrate all of the integration, analysis, and reporting capabilities of SQL Server 2005.

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Good BI Overview - 2009-09-12
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This is not the first book by Larson I've purchased, having worked through his book and seen his MSDN webcast on Reporting Services. His style suits mine, and this is a good overview of BI, in depth enough to get you started, but not so detailed detailed as to bog you down as you're moving through the process.

Do Not Bother! - 2009-05-19
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As a beginner to BI, I must say this book was a waste! Incredibly long lists of directions, with no way to recover if even one step is off. A hundred page interlude stuck in middle with definitions which could of been read in BOL. Might have been ok if he hadn't tried to throw in a half-passed intro to Integration Services.

good hands-on book to have! - 2009-04-08
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This is a good book to have if you want to get into some serious BI and DW development. It does not compete with the kimball book in anyway, in fact it actually compliments it, so one should ideally get both books. If one is familiar with the software development life cycle, think of the kimball book as the design phase and this as the implementation specific to the MS platform

Great Book - 2009-03-30
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I bought this book to gain an understanding of BI in general, and OLAP in particular. This book helped me increase my potential, and do a better job dealing with OLAP Cubes.

Delivering BI with SQL Server 2005 is a great book - 2009-01-26
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Over the past year I've read a number of SQL Server 2005 BI books and this one is absolutely the best. In addition to the clearly numbered Learn by Doing recipes there is plenty of good background and context information (which is hardly the case for many of the other books I've read). The book's graphics are exceptional and, in particular, the chapters on MDX and Data Mining are very clear.

If you're serious about really learning this technology, this book will provide you with very practical and informative material.

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