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Guides to Setting Up for Labs/Project Using DW with OLAP

Phase 1: Preparation of Labs/Project

1. Downloads and Installations

1. Visual Studio 2012/2013 or higher

2. SQL Server 2012/2013 or higher

3. Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (for Analysis Service) - Business Intelligence (SSDT

BI) for Visual Studio 2012/2013

4. Adventure Works (a Sample Data Warehouse) for SQL Server 2012/2014

For download and installation instructions:

Downloading and Installation Guides and Set up Instructions are available on the class

webpage.

You can access each class webpage from my webpage: http://grail.csuohio.edu/~sschung/

Or

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/jj856966(v=sql.120).aspx

After successful installations,

1. Open Visual Studio

2. File -> New Project

3. You should see following BI add-ons which lets you create Data mining projects.

a. Analysis Service

b. Integration Service

c. Reporting Service

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PHASE 2:

Downloading and Setting up a Sample Database/DW Adventure Works 2012

(or 2014) Data Warehouse for SQL Server 2012/2014

1. Go to Microsoft CodePlex site:

2. For Adventure Works DW Databases – 2012

http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/

3. For Adventure Works DW Databases – 2014

http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/

4. Download Adventure Works DW Databases – 2012 or higher

Choose Either 2012 SQL Server DW 2012/2014

or 2012 SQL Server OLAP 2012/2014

5. Restore database in SQL Server 2012/2014.

6. There are two different ways to restore Adventure Works DW in your SQL Server

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6-1) Simpler Way:

- When you downloaded Adventure Works DW 2012 and restoring the DW in SQL

Server 2012, See the instruction to follow at:

1) Attach the Adventure Work 2012

2) Download the zip file from this website

http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/105902

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3) After downloading, unzip the folder and then copy the .mdf file and .ldf file in this directory

- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SS2012\MSSQL\DATA (If you

don’t put them in this directory you will get an error when attaching the files).

Or

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA

4) Right click on the database and choose attach.

5) The attach database page appears

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6) Click the Add button and then browse for adventure work file

7) Then Click OK

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8) On the object explorer expand the Databases and then expand the AdventureWorksDW2012.

You will get:

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7. After the step 6, you should see the following tables or the similar.

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Step 6-2: Another Professional Way:

- When you downloaded Adventure Works DW 2014 and restoring the DW in SQL

Server 2014 at:

http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/

Download the following:

Adventure Works 2014 Warehouse Script.zip

Make sure you have instawdb.sql in the downloaded files.

Find the readme file below in the site and See the instruction (Readme file) to follow at:

Readme for Adventure Works 2014 Sample Databases.docx

7. After the step 6, you should see the following tables or the similar.

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2) Creating Olap Cube:

Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools - Business Intelligence for Visual Studio 2012:

1) Go to All Programs >> Microsoft SQL Server 2012 >> SQL Server Data Tools

2) Click new project and verify Business Intelligence Projects is selected in the Project type’s pane.

In the Templates pane, select Analysis Services Multidimensional and Data Mining Project.

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3) Name the project and click ok

Step 1: Create Data Source

a) In The solution explorer, right click on Data Sources and click New Data Source.

b) Data Source Wizard will appear

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c) Click Next

d) Click New

e) Enter the name of the server and the database name “AdventureWorkDW2012” and select

windows authentication.

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f) Click Next

g) Check Inherit then Next

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h) Click Finish

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Step 2: Create New Data Source View

a) In the Solution Explorer, Right Click on Data Source View and click on New Data Source

View

b) Click Next

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c) Select AdventureWorks2012DW and Click Next

d) On Select Table and Views , choose these dimensions and fact table

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DimCustomer

DimProduct

DimGeography

DimDate

FactInternetSales

then Click Next

e) Click Finish

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f) Now Data Source View is ready to use

References

• http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/

• https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143708(v=sql.120).aspx

• https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt204009.aspx

• http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/105902

• http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/658912/Create-First-OLAP-Cube-in-SQL-Server-

Analysis-Serv

• http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/710387/Learn-to-Write-Custom-MDX-Query-First-Time

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-IN/library/ms175595.aspx

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• http://marktab.net/datamining/2010/08/21/mining-olap-cubes

• http://www.erpsoftwareblog.com/2014/04/using-ssas-sql-server-analysis-services-data-

mining-to-automate-marketing-analysis-part-1/

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc280440.aspx

• https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc879271.aspx

• https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj856966.aspx

• https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt204009.aspx