Get More From Your Business Data

We are seeing an increasing number of our clients wanting to get more out of their databases and as a result we are seeing an increase in demand for business intelligence and data analysis courses.

• Can you see at a glance if you are meeting your business performance goals?

• Do you know who your best clients are?  Do you know who your worst clients are?

• Do you know which products or services are your  most successful?

• Can you predict your busiest and quietest times?

• Do you know the real cost of employee absence?

• Do you know the characteristics of your most profitable or troublesome clients?

• Can you predict your most successful target audience?

• Do you know what associated products your clients are buying?

• Do you have your Business Intelligence available to you when you need it and where you need it?

A SQL Server Business Intelligence (BI) Solution

What you may not know is if you already have SQL Server based applications and systems in your business that with your SQL Server database is an incredibly powerful set of features and services included with SQL server, "Out Of The Box" and at no extra license cost, that can help you to answer yes to these questions!

You get:

• A reporting service to deliver dashboards, charts, tables and more

• An ETL service to export and import data from various locations

• A data analysis service to drill down into your business data and identify business trends

• Integration with Microsoft Excel through Pivot Tables, Pivot Charts, PowerPivot, PowerView

We can help you to get more from your data by briefing and training your teams to know what they can achieve and how to do it, or through our co-operative, mentoring, supportive style consultancy service where our consultant works with you on a project guiding and training as well as "doing” along the way. Our instructors/consultants have been working with SQL Server based systems for over 20 years and some have been working with relational database for 30 years or more so they understand the business challenges as well as the technical challenges – they know what they are talking about!

Here are a selection of the courses that we have that will help to equip you and your team with the skills needed to roll out a SQL Server BI solution using tools that you have already paid for by purchasing SQL Server and Microsoft Office:

• Introduction to SQL Server Business Intelligence - learn about what is available and what can be achieved

• Designing a Data Warehouse - learn about the design process for building a purpose built reporting and analysis database

• SQL Server Analysis Services - learn how to design, build and customise multidimensional cubes

• SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular Mode - learn how to design, build and customise Tabular Models for Excel and PowerPivot Tables and Charts

• SQL Server Integration Services - learn how to automate imports and exports between data sources and data warehouses

• SQL Server Reporting Services - learn how to design, create, deploy and deliver reports through a web front end

• Microsoft Excel PowerPivot - learn how to to import data into a PowerPivot Data Model and create PowerPivot Tables & Charts

Remember that we are more than happy to tailor training to your specific needs and to blend training with Business Intelligence Consultancy services to get you started. Call us today on 0118 979 4000 or email Keith Doward at keith.doward@ptr.co.uk.