TRAINING COURSES MIDLANDS
About Enable Technology Midlands Training Courses
We offer intensive two and three days courses. We guarantee the training will be delivered by a Microsoft certified expert. Each course participant will be issued with training resources which they can continue to use after the training. Course participants are welcome contact the Tutor after the course with specific queries. This support is open ended.
training courses are instructor led and task based. Participants get to practice new skills in a controlled environment. We can deliver at your premises. We can provide the equipment. We also offer the option of scheduling of course at a socially distanced venue near you in the Midlands. We are happy to modify the syllabus to match your teams training requirements.
courses are also available online. Participants can join scheduled virtual classes, watch the tutor demonstrate the topic, ask questions and share their screen
The Enable Technology team have had two decades of experience delivering technical training mainly in the Midlands region. Some of our clients are Total Telecommunications Limited, Wolverhampton City Council, Keele University, Homeserve PLC, Vodafone Group Services, University of Birmingham, Loughborough University and Royal & Sun Alliance Group PLC.
Excel 365 Advanced
- 1 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to perform advanced data analysis, collaborate on workbooks with other users, and automate workbook functionality. You will:
Work with multiple worksheets and workbooks.
Share and protect workbooks.
Automate workbook functionality.
Use Lookup functions and formula auditing.
Forecast data.
Create sparklines and map data. - Some of the training topics covered include ... Use Lookup Functions
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Determine Potential Outcomes Using Scenarios
Determine Potential Outcomes Using Data Tables
Collaborate on a Workbook
Use 3-D References
Use the Goal Seek Feature
Work with Macros Using Lookup Functions and Formula Auditing
Trace Cells
Apply Data Validation
Protect Worksheets and Workbooks Automating Workbook Functionality
Consolidate Data Sharing and Protecting Workbooks
Working with Multiple Worksheets and Workbooks
Watch and Evaluate Formulas Forecasting Data
Forecast Data Trends
Search for Invalid Data and Formulas with Errors
Use Links and External References
Excel 365 Basic
- 1 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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In this course, you will learn fundamental Excel skills. You will:
Familiarize yourself with Excel's layout, its various parts, its commands, and its terminology.
Outline Excel's abilities to quickly, efficiently, and accurately calculate data.
Update worksheets without throwing away all of the valuable work you've already done.
Format a worksheet and organize your data.
Print workbooks.
Manage the overall structure of your workbooks. - Some of the training topics covered include ... Manage Workbook and Worksheet Views
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Set Up the Page Layout
Apply Number Formats
Navigate the Excel User Interface
Getting Started with Excel
Manage Workbook Properties
Create and Save a Basic Workbook
Apply Basic Conditional Formatting Printing Workbooks
Configure Headers and Footers Managing Workbooks
Use Proofing and Research Tools Formatting a Worksheet
Enter Cell Data Performing Calculations
Navigate in Excel for the Web
Manage Worksheets
Apply Text Formats
Search for and Replace Data
Adjust Cells, Columns, and Rows
Insert Functions
Use Excel Commands
Reuse Formulas and Functions Modifying a Worksheet
Preview and Print a Workbook
Apply Colors, Borders, and Styles
Excel 365 Intermediate
- 1 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to leverage the power of data analysis and presentation in order to make informed, intelligent organizational decisions. You will:
Work with functions.
Work with lists.
Analyze data.
Visualize data with charts.
Use PivotTables and PivotCharts. - Some of the training topics covered include ... Work with Date and Time Functions
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Present Data with PivotCharts
Modify and Format Charts
Working with Functions Work with Ranges
Work with Text Functions Working with Lists
Create and Modify Tables
Apply Advanced Conditional Formatting Visualizing Data with Charts
Filter Data by Using Timelines and Slicers
Create a PivotTable
Apply Intermediate Conditional Formatting
Use Advanced Chart Features Using PivotTables and PivotCharts
Create Charts
Sort Data
Query Data with Database Functions
Analyze PivotTable Data
Work with Logical Functions
Filter Data
Outline and Subtotal Data Analyzing Data
Use Specialized Functions
Excel Power Pivot
- 1 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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A one day course introducing candidates to Power View and Power Pivot Excel tools.
- Some of the training topics covered include ... Creating a New Query From a File
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Understanding the Navigator Pane
Changing the Look
Updating a Power View Report
Creating a Calculated Field
The Advanced Editor
Merging Queries
Creating a Timeline
Working With a Power View Object
Working With Power View Fields
Connecting to a Data Source
Navigating a Data Map
Exporting a Tour as a Video
Adding Titles and Images
Tiling Data in Power View
Creating a Data Model PivotTable
Viewing and Editing a Tour
Working With Height and Category
Using Calculated Fields
Excel Programming Using VBA
- 2 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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A two day Excel VBA programming course which introduces advanced Excel users to the process of writing and editing Macros. No prior programming experience is assumed.
- Some of the training topics covered include ... Declaring Variables
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Using Message Boxes
Understanding PivotTables
Working with Inline Error Handling
Using the Immediate Window to Call Procedures
Using the For Each...Next Structure
Working with UserForm Properties, Events, and Methods
Working with the Frame Control
Working with Boolean Expressions
Getting Started
Using Intrinsic Functions
Understanding VBA's Error Trapping Options
Understanding Objects
Working with the PivotFields Collection
Understanding Collections
Understanding UserForms
Working with Procedures and Functions
Understanding Error Handling
Setting Breakpoints
JavaScript
- 2 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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This introductory two day JavaScript training course aimed at Web Designers will enable participants to interpret, adapt and write their own JavaScript code.
No prior programming knowledge is assumed.- - Some of the training topics covered include ... Validating Text areas
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Built-In JavaScript Objects
Arrays
User-defined Functions
Basic Rules
typeof Operator
JavaScript Functions
Methods
Validating Select Menus
Accessing Form Data
Preloading
Passing Values to Functions
A Loosely-typed Language
Conditionals
Backward Compatibility
for in Loop Syntax
Switch / Case
Properties
JQuery
- 3 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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This intensive three day jQuery training course provides a comprehensive overview of the jQuery JavaScript library. Ideally candidates should have a working knowledge of HTML and CSS.
- Some of the training topics covered include ... Basic Operators
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Traversing
Encapsulation
Key Concepts
Use Stylesheets for Changing CSS on Many Elements
Truthy and Falsy Things
Switch Statements
Use $.data Instead of $.fn.data
Working with JSONP
Don't Treat jQuery as a Black Box
Connecting Events to Elements
Best Performance Practices-
Key Concepts
Effects-
Events-
Convenience Methods
Choosing Selectors
Cache Length during Loops
JQuery Mobile
- 2 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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A two day intensive course in which participants develop single sites for all popular smartphone, tablet, and desktop platforms. You'll learn how to use jQuery Mobile to handle touch events, build mobile-optimized forms and widgets, incorporate HTML5 features, leverage phone capabilities such as making calls and texting, and more. Along the way, we'll cover jQuery Mobile's extensive theme framework and plugin architecture.
Prior knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript is required.
- Some of the training topics covered include ... Buttons and Toolbars
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Supported Devices/OSs/Browsers
Orientation (Portrait/Landscape)
Basic Page Template
ThemeRoller
What Is jQuery Mobile?
Overriding Themes with Custom CSS Plugins
Page Transitions
Creating Your Own Plugin
Overview
Themes and Swatches
HTML5 and CSS3 Getting Started with jQuery
Data-role
Dialogs
plugin Architecture
Microsoft Access
- 2 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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In this two day course we teach participants how to design, build and use a Microsoft Access relational database. The syllabus will cover working with tables, queries, reports, forms and macros. The progresses from introductory level to advanced topics.
- Some of the training topics covered include ... Creating and Using Forms
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Importing and Exporting Records
Creating and Using Reports
Action Queries
Multi Table Queries
Relational Database Design
Parameter Queries
Creating a Relational Database
Getting to Know Access
Modifying Table Structures
Database Security
An Introduction to VBA
Navigation Pane Protection
Creating and Using Macros
Sorting and Filtering
Creating a Lookup Database
Adding Transactional Records
Designing a Lookup Database
Database Wellness
Understanding VBA
Macros on Forms
Microsoft Access Programming Using VBA
- 3 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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This short intensive course teaches participants how to fully automate and extend the functionality of Microsoft Access. This programming course assumes no prior knowledge of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Delegates will learn how to build user defined functions, create sub procedures and connect remotely to external data sources.
- Some of the training topics covered include ... Creating a Standard Module
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Working with Procedures and Functions
Creating a Function Procedure
Using the If...End If Decision Structures
Determining the Value of Expressions
Understanding Expressions and Statements
Handling Errors
Understanding Control-of-Flow Structures
Why Program in Access?
Writing an Error-Handling Routine
Understanding Modules
Working with Events
Using the For...Next Structure
Stepping through Code
Using the Select Case...End Select Structure
Using Message Boxes
Introduction to Programming in Access
Using the Immediate Window to Call Procedures
Microsoft Excel Power Query
- 1 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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This course familiarises the participant with Microsoft Power Query, a revolutionary data tool for Excel that allows you to intuitively discover and automate the import, transformation, and combination of data across a variety of data sources for use in Excel and Microsoft Power BI. Power Query is a free add-in for Excel that enhances the self-service Business Intelligence experience in Excel. The course uses Excel 2016, however Power Query works with Excel 2010 and above.
Participants should be familiar with Excel and the concepts of datasets and basic reporting including the use of PivotTables.
- Some of the training topics covered include ... Loading into Power BI Desktop
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Importing, Transforming, and Loading Data into Excel and Power Pivot
Understand and utilize merges. LOADING YOUR DATA
Transforming Data
Grouping Options
Understanding the Issues
Loading Data
Understand and perform importing from SQL Server Analysis Services Multidimensional.
Using PivotTables CONNECTING TO DATABASES
Understand working with relational data.
Working with Folders and Files
Summarising WORKING WITH THE POWER QUERY LANGUAGE “M”
Appending Operations
Loading into Excel
Understand Power Query formulas.
Combining Worksheets
Data Sources GROUPING AND SUMMARISING WITH POWER QUERY
Performing Merges
Power Query Interface
Understanding and Handling Special Situations
Understanding Data Types WORKING WITH CSV, TXT AND EXCEL WORKSHEETS
Microsoft Excel PowerPivot Data Analytic Expressions DAX Language
- 2 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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This course is intended for Power Users, Business Intelligence Developers and IT Professionals who will be involved with the development of Excel PowerPivot queries and tabular modelling. The course is intended to expose the delegates to the technology of DAX and to familiarise them with functionality of DAX at an advanced level.
Prior experience with Excel and Microsoft SQL query writing is useful.
- Some of the training topics covered include ... Conversion Functions
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Multiple Table Evaluation Context Working with Dates
Understanding Values
Date Functions
Utilizing Operators
Using Multiple Calendars Utilising Advanced DAX Functionality
Text Functions
Introduction to DAX
Working with Calendars
Filter Functions
Explaining Syntax
Relational Functions Understanding Evaluation Contexts
Introduction to DAX
Exploring Data Types
PowerPivot Data Model
Many-to-Many Relationships
Single Table Evaluation Context
Information Functions
Logical Functions
Aggregation Functions
Statistical Functions
Microsoft Power BI
- 2 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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This course is intended for Managers, Report Developers and Data Participants who will learn how to use Microsoft Power BI to transform organisational data into rich visuals that facilitate new ways of thinking. This course covers both Power BI On Line and Power BI desktop.
- Some of the training topics covered include ... Use Power Bi desktop to create interactive data visualisations. Direct Connectivity
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Combine data together from tables in your dataset. Modeling data
The Power BI Interface
Importing data into Power BI
Viewing reports from Excel files Shaping and Combining Data
Using Excel as a data source for Power BI
Creating Power BI reports
Direct connectivity from Power BI desktop
Custom visuals Power BI mobile app
Shape data using formatting and transformations.
Create a Power BI dashboard
Create relationships between data tables.
Using databases as a data source for Power BI
Create calculated columns, calculated tables and measures. Interactive Data Visualisations
Connecting to Power BI data
Importing different data sources into Power BI
Use Power BI direct connectivity to access data in Azure SQL data warehouse
Direct connectivity from the Power BI service
Overview of the Power BI Data Model. Using Power BI
Power BI desktop queries
Managing a Power BI solution
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services SSAS Multdimensional Modelling
- 2 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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This intensive two day course is intended for SQL professionals and business intelligence professionals. The course covers the use of Analysis Services development tools to create and deploy multidimensional SSAS projects.
- Some of the training topics covered include ... Create a Dimension by Generating a Non-Time Table in the Data Source
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Partition Writeback Calculations
Calculations using the Business Intelligence Wizard
Create Calculated Members
Define Semiadditive Behavior
Change a Partition Source
Tools and Approaches for Processing
Data Source Views
Define a Regular Relationship and Regular Relationship Properties
Deploy Model Solutions Using the Deployment Wizard
Define Named Queries in a Data Source View
Dimension permissions
Modify or Delete in Solution Explorer Database Dimensions
Replace a Table or a Named Query in a Data Source View
Use a Template to Create an Action Deployment
Document and Script an Analysis Services Database
Edit or Delete Partitions Merge Partitions
Backup Options Restore Options
Configure Analysis Services Project Properties
Attach and Detach Analysis Services Databases
Deploy Model Solutions Using XMLA
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular Modelling
- 2 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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A two day intensive course detailing how to create, deploy, use and manage tabular models in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) . The course is aimed at Data Analysts and SQL professionals. No prior knowledge of SSAS is assumed.
- Some of the training topics covered include ... Delete Relationships
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Data sources supported in tabular 1200 models
Create a New Tabular Model Project
Filter Data in a Table Relationships
Add columns to a table
Database Process Partitions in the Workspace Database Perspectives
Process Database, Table, or Partition
DAX formula compatibility in DirectQuery mode Tables and Columns
Add a table Delete a Table
Import from Power Pivot
Create and Manage Measures KPIs
Set the Data Type of a Column
Understanding DAX in Tabular Models Measures
Create and Manage Tabular Model Partitions
Create a Calculated Column
Create a Calculated Table
Row filter mappings
Restore from Power Pivot
Connect to a tabular model database
Object-level security
Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services SSIS
- 2 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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This two day intensive course introduces SQL Server Integration Services. No prior knowledge of Integration Services is assumed.
- Some of the training topics covered include ... Data Loading with the Analysis Services Tasks
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Performing Joins with the Merge Transformation
Using the Workflow Tasks
Working with Advanced Logging and Reporting
Utilizing Sequences in a Container
Understanding Packages
Using the Best Practices Debugging SQL Server Integration Services Packages
Utilizing Data Preparation Tasks
Utilizing Connection Managers SQL Server Integration Services Tasks
Administration of SQL Using the SQL Management Objects Tasks Data Flow
Using Package Hierarchies: Parent Child
Examining the Transformation and Other Tasks Variables, Parameters and Expressions
Working with XML
Define and Use Variables and Parameters
Moving Data with Data Flow
Using Destinations and Understanding choices
Overview of Containers
Creating Dynamic Packages
Working in the Explore Window
Understanding Variables
Utilizing Container Loops Performing Joins
Microsoft SQL Server Report Builder SSRS
- 2 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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Aimed at Data Analysts and SQL users this instructor-led course provides participants with the necessary knowledge to develop reports using Microsoft SQL Server Report Builder. The course covers Report Builder wizards, basics of report design, report parameters, report expressions, filters, report visualisations including graphs, charts, images and gauges. The course also covers the use of maps, interactive reports, report parts, sub reports, subscriptions and exporting options.
- Some of the training topics covered include ... Utilizing Data Sources
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Examining Maps
Exploring Table or Matrix Wizard
SQL Server Report Builder Basic Reports
Utilizing Dynamic Headers and Footers
Working with Map Wizard
Understanding Visualizations
SQL Server Report Builder Wizards
Planning Your Reports
Formatting Reports
Understanding Report Parts
Utilizing Lists
Mastering Data Region(s)
Introduction to SQL Server Report Builder
Utilizing Chart Wizard
Working with Expressions
Examining Parameters
Using Tables
Visualizing Your Company Report Templates
Filtering, Grouping, and Sorting
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS
- 3 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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This three day intensive course will give delegates a comprehensive understanding of how to design and publish parametrised reports, manage permissions, schedule automated reporting and configure report caching. The course also demonstrates how to build reports designed for tablets and mobile devices.
- Some of the training topics covered include ... Use databars, sparklines, and indicators in reports Summarising Report Data
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Images and charts
Secure access to reports by using authentication, permissions, and SSL encryption.
Introduction to reporting services
Add a drillthrough to a custom URL
Report subscription and delivery Administering Reporting Services
Configuring data access with report builder
Extend reporting services functionality with external assemblies.
Drillthrough in mobile reports
Implementing report filters and parameters Visualizsng Data with Report Services
Reporting services tools Reporting Services Data Sources
Use report services configuration manager to reconfigure SSRS servers.
Report sub-reports
Monitor and optimize the performance of SSRS on a given set of server hardware Extending and Integrating Reporting Services
Databars, sparklines, indicators, gauges, and maps
Schedules
Mobile report publisher
Drilldown and drill through Sharing Reporting Services Reports
Sorting and grouping
Using Datasets Creating Paginated Reports
Publish a report to reporting services Working with Reporting Services Data
Oracle PL/SQL
- 3 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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This three day course gives participants a sound understanding of working with Oracle PL/SQL. The courses assumes no prior programming knowledge and is hands on in character.
- Some of the training topics covered include ... Selecting into a Variable
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Beyond Declarative Integrity
LOB Locators
Calling a Stored Function
Triggers
User-Defined Exceptions
Record Variables
Collection Methods
Fetching Rows
Stored Functions and SQL
The UTL_FILE Package
Exception Handling
Cascading Triggers and Mutating Tables
Package Variables
Maintaining Stored Programs
Iterating Through Collections
Character Data
Overloading Package Functions and Procedures
Procedures and Functions
Oracle SQL
- 2 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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A two day intensive course familiasing participants with the use of SQL in an Oracle context. SQL statements will be written and executed using a number of Oracle environments including SQL* Plus and Oracle SQL Developer.
- Some of the training topics covered include ... Date Functions
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NULL Values
Data Manipulation and Transactions
Combining SELECT Statements
Introduction to SQL
Data Inconsistencies
Creating Views
The INSERT Statement
Nulls and DISTINCT
The EXISTS Operator
Viewing Table Characteristics
The UPDATE Statement
Review of Relational Database Terminology
Buffer Manipulation Commands
Relational Database and SQL Overview
Running SQL*Plus Scripts
Transaction Management
Loading Tables From External Sources
Regular Expression Functions
Inline Constraints
Sequences
SQL
- 2 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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This short intensive SQL (Structured Query Language) course assumes no prior knowledge. Candidates will learn how to write SQL queries which can extract filtered, grouped and aggregated data from a relational database. The course also covers creating tables, views, updating, inserting and deleting data. This course focuses on core SQL which is applicable to almost all database platforms.
- Some of the training topics covered include ... The BETWEEN Operator
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Order of Evaluation Advanced SELECTs
Popular Databases
Foreign Keys
Table Aliases
Renaming Tables
Columns
Primary Keys
Calculated Fields
Subqueries
Creating Stored Procedures
Checking Multiple Conditions
Simple SELECT Statements
Relationships
Tables
Using CASE Inserting, Updating and Deleting Records
Checking for Equality
SQL Server Data Warehouse Implementation
- 3 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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Participants will learn to perform ETL (Extraction Transformation and Loading) operations by creating SSIS packages, managing a control flow and data flow, executing packages, and troubleshooting errors. To ensure the smooth functioning of the ETL operations, you will manage SSIS packages and secure them. Delegates will use SSIS packages to design and build a Data Warehouse.
The course requires a working knowledge of SQL.
- Some of the training topics covered include ... Deploy SSIS Packages
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Execute Packages from Different Control Flow Working with Dynamic Variables
Configure MDS
Create Fact Tables
Create an SSIS Project
Debugging and Troubleshooting Packages
Create Columnstore Indexes Implementing Data Warehouses in SQL Server 2012
Cleanse Data Using DQS Managing SSIS Package Execution
Change Granularity Creating Fact Tables and Columnstore Indexes
Secure Packages
Overview of Data Warehouse Components
Introduction to Data Analysis and Reporting Concepts Creating Dimensions and Changing Granularity of Dimensions
Deploy a Control Flow
Create Expressions with Variables
Track Changed Data Managing Data Flow
Execute SSIS Packages on the Server
Add Data Flow Components to a Data Flow Task
Introduction to Data Warehouses
Install Integration Services Working with Integration Services
Troubleshoot Package Failures Deploying Packages
Work with MDS Databases
Transact SQL
- 2 day course
- Location: Midlands
- Telephone on 01952 938014
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This two day Transact SQL course introduces delegates to querying and manipulating data in Microsoft SQL Server. The course explores how to write select statements, join tables, create subqueries, write update, delete and insert statements. It differs from the generic SQL course in that if explores Microsoft SQL Server product specific functions and the notation associated with creating Microsoft SQL Server User Defined Functions, Stored Procedures and Triggers.
The course id practical, hands on and does not assume prior SQL or programming experience.
- Some of the training topics covered include ... Manage Triggers
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Work with T-SQL Statements
Work with Subqueries
Work with Window Functions
Overview of SQL Server
Create Queries Using Join Algorithms
Write SELECT Statements
Work with String and Numeric Data Types
Configure User-Defined Functions (UDF)
Getting Started with SQL Server 2012
Manage Query Plans
Manage SQL Server Constraints Writing SELECT Queries
Work with Binary Data Types
Assign Aliases Using Queries
Work with SSMS Working with T-SQL
Manage Views
Analyze Data from Query Plans
Create Queries Using Built-in Functions
Work with Date and Time Data Types
Work with Data Access Technologies Implementing Stored Procedures
Work with Grouping Sets Managing Error Handling and Transactions
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