Transcript Dimension

This seminar is based on a number of sources including a few
dozen of Microsoft-owned presentations, used with
permission. Thank you: Michael Tejedor, Chris Volckerick, Tara
Seppa, Morris Novello, Bryan Bredehoeft, Chris Dial, Donald
Farmer, Sabrena McBride, Peter Sprague, and Diwakar
Rajagopal.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the opinions and views
of Project Botticelli and/or Rafal Lukawiecki. The material presented is not certain and may vary
based on several factors. Microsoft makes no warranties, express, implied or statutory, as to the
information in this presentation.
Portions © 2011 Project Botticelli Ltd & entire material © 2011 Microsoft Corp unless noted
otherwise. Some slides contain quotations from copyrighted materials by other authors, as
individually attributed or as already covered by Microsoft Copyright ownerships. All rights
reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered
trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for
informational purposes only and represents the current view of Project Botticelli Ltd as of the
date of this presentation. Because Project Botticelli & Microsoft must respond to changing
market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft,
and Microsoft and Project Botticelli cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided
after the date of this presentation. Project Botticelli makes no warranties, express, implied or
statutory, as to the information in this presentation. E&OE.
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Call Center
Web Apps
CRM
SOA –
Enterprise
Service Bus
Finance
Inventory
Data Warehouse
HR
ERP
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ETL
Basis of All BI
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fact measure
• 42 footballs sold
dimensions
John
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Data Providers
ODBC
SQL Server
SAP
NetWeaver BI
SQL Server
Integration Services
DB2
MySAP
SQL Server
Report Server Models
Teradata
XML
SQL Server
Data Mining Models
SQL Server
Analysis Services
OLE DB
Hyperion Essbase
Oracle
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Potential for slower query performance in relational
reporting
No difference in performance in Analysis Services database
measurements
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keys
dimensions
Reseller sales data by:
•Product
•Order Date
•Reseller
•Employee
•Sales Territory
Day Grain
Sales quota data by:
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•Time
Quarter Grain
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SalesTerritoryKey
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Customers by Geography
Country
State
City
Customer
Customers by Demographics
Marital
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Measure Group
Dimension
Sales
Inventory
Customers
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Products
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Time
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Promotions
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Warehouse
Finance
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Department
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Account
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Scenario
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© 2011 Microsoft Corporation & Project Botticelli Ltd. All rights reserved.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the opinions and views of Project Botticelli and/or Rafal
Lukawiecki. The material presented is not certain and may vary based on several factors. Microsoft makes no warranties, express,
implied or statutory, as to the information in this presentation.
Portions © 2011 Project Botticelli Ltd & entire material © 2011 Microsoft Corp unless noted otherwise. Some slides contain quotations
from copyrighted materials by other authors, as individually attributed or as already covered by Microsoft Copyright ownerships. All
rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks
in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Project
Botticelli Ltd as of the date of this presentation. Because Project Botticelli & Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it
should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft and Project Botticelli cannot guarantee the
accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. Project Botticelli makes no warranties, express, implied or
statutory, as to the information in this presentation. E&OE.