Decision Support

Training

The following links provide additional training resources for learning about and using tools to get the information you need from the Enterprise Data Warehouse to make decisions and become more effective in your job.

We are busy growing our content and welcome requests for in person training and suggestions for online training content. Please contact us.

UW Training

Workshops

• Attend an EDW workshop to learn more about EDW resources available and how to use them.

On Demand Video

• These online, recorded sessions walk you through step by step examples of how to get connected to and use Enterprise Data Warehouse reports, cubes and data. Learn online at your own pace, when and where it's convenient for you.

User Groups

• Enterprise Data Warehouse Business Intelligence SIG
  • The Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) Business Intelligence (BI) Special Interest Group (SIG) formed to share information about EDW activity, tools and other resources. The group meets monthly in semi-structured format with both presentations and free-form discussion on issues of the day. If you are involved in reporting or using information to make decisions, you are encourage you to attend.
• UW Tableau User Group Canvas site. Subscribe to the mailing list.
  • Tableau Software users at UW are encourage to join this mailing list to connect with each other. UW Information Technology and the Office of Planning and Budgeting are sponsoring a Tableau Pilot to determine fit and scalability as a data visualization tool for UW. If you are interested in joining the pilot, please contact the Decision Support Services team.

Self-Directed Learning

Data Analysis Skills

• Reading
  • The Accidental Analyst, by Eileen and Stephen McDaniel
  • Now You See It: Simple Visualization Techniques for Quantitative Analysis, by Stephen Few
• Working with Pivot Tables
  • A variety of offerings on YouTube
  • PivotTable I: What's so great about PivotTable reports? offered by Microsoft

Report Development Learning Resources

• SQL Server Reporting Services
• Webcasts at Microsoft
• Microsoft Developer Network Forum
• SQL Server Reporting Services Developer Center
• MSDN 2008 Reporting Services Tutorials
• Microsoft TechNet's Report Design: Best Practices and Guidelines
• Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services- by Paul Turley, Thiago Silva, Bryan C. Smith, and Ken Withee

Cube Learning Resources

• Introduction to Cubes
• Excel Pivot Table using Cubes (also known as Online Analytical Processing – OLAP)
• Analysis Services 2008 Tutorial
• Analysis Services Webcasts
• SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Step by Step– by Scott Cameron

SQL Online Communities

• SQLServerCentral.com
  Contains thousands of articles, scripts, and forum postings. Subscribe to a daily newsletter containing handy tips. Membership is free if you provide your email address. Many suggestions learned from this site have been shared at RS-SIG meetings.