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Databeacon

Databeacon software allows Mid-market enterprise and departmental organizations to speed deployment, increase adoption of Business Analytics and Reporting, ease integration with existing infrastructure, and lower total cost of ownership via no-touch deployments.


Course Title Days
Reporting Database Design 1
Understanding OLAP 1
Databeacon Essentials 2
Mastering Databeacon 1


For end users, Databeacon’s browser-based Insight viewer is highly intuitive and requires no training. However, the Databeacon publishing tool does require some training to maximise the potential of the software and kickstart projects. Our training professionals are experienced Databeacon trainers and will have implemented a number of Databeacon projects so they will ensure your success by transferring these essential skills and knowledge to your team.

Databeacon training courses range from two to three days in duration and can be tailored to reflect your needs. Sign up for a scheduled class or request on-site training.



Reporting Database Design

This training course is designed for those who have an understanding of relational databases and wish to understand the techniques behind building a database for reporting purposes.

The Reporting Database Design training courses are run by consultants with extensive practical experience to provide you with the foundation required to build your own reporting / analytical databases.


Objectives

Delegates attending this course will be able to:

  • Understand the concepts and use of a reporting database/data warehouse
  • Utilise the appropriate design techniques
  • Plan the project

Topics covered

In the presentations and labs the delegate will gain experience of:

  • Compare and contrast analytical and reporting databases
  • ETL (Extract, Transform, Load)
  • Recognise dimensions, members and hierarchies amongst database attributes
  • Define star and snowflake schemas
  • Cope with slowly changing dimensions
  • Plan the build and implementation

Who should attend?

This course is designed for reporting database builders


Pre-requisites

A high level understanding of relational databases


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Or Call: 020 8133 8323


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Understanding OLAP

This training course is designed for those who need a generic high level understanding of OLAP or Business Intelligence (BI). It is delivered by consultants with many years practical experience with a variety of end user tools.


Objectives

Delegates attending this course will be able to:

  • Create a Business Case for an OLAP project
  • Understand where OLAP tools fit into the organisation's strategy
  • Extract User Requirements
  • Create high level designs

Topics covered

In the presentations and labs the delegate will gain experience of:

  • Quantifying benefits
  • Pros and cons of contrasting tool sets
  • Recognising the key components of multidimensional cubes
  • Design techniques
  • Planning an OLAP project

    Who should attend?

    This course is designed for managers/project managers who require a thorough understanding of OLAP/BI principles


    Pre-requisites

    None


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    Or Call: 020 8133 8323


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    Databeacon Essentials

    This module within the Databeacon training course is designed to help you start using Databeacon as quickly as possible. You will learn how to build and publish datasets, analyse the data, provide sophisticated reports and integrate Databeacon into your other applications/web delivery mechanisms.


    Objectives

      Delegates attending this course will be able to:

    • Provide end users with sophisticated views on the data
    • Build the underlying datasets and publish them for external viewing
    • Automate delivery of the datasets

    Topics covered

      In the presentations and labs the delegate will gain hands-on experience in:

    • Architecture and installation
    • Use of the Insight viewer
    • Data preparation
    • Cube building
    • Batch processing

    Who should attend?

    This course is designed for Administrators and Publishers of Databeacon


    Pre-requisites

    None


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    Or Call: 020 8133 8323


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    Mastering Databeacon Training

    This module within the Databeacon training course is designed to extend your knowledge of Databeacon so that you can integrate the delivery with other applications and extend its functionality.


    Objectives

    Delegates attending this course will be able to:

    • Add external functionality into Databeacon through CGI program
    • Integrate Databeacon into external web applications
    • Customise the look and feel to the end user

    Topics covered

    In the presentations and labs the delegate will gain hands-on experience in:

    • Navigating from cube-to-cube
    • Adding custom functionality
    • Scripting
    • Dynamic cube building
    • Using the API

    Who should attend?

    This course is designed for Administrators and Publishers of Databeacon


    Pre-requisites

    Either completion of the Databeacon Essentials training course or three months practical experience of Databeacon publishing.


    Request more information regarding this course

    Or Call: 020 8133 8323


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