How to incorporate data mining directly into the Data Flow of SQL Server 2008 R2 Integration Services-based packages.  Read more...

This article demonstrates using SQL Server's data mining capabilities with the Excel.  Read more...

In SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008, Microsoft has added some fantastic visualizations around data-mining algorithms. These visual aids allow us to see exactly what a particular algorithm is predicting or describing—making a difficult subject easier to understand.  Read more...

The Data Mining Query Task can be used to run prediction queries based on data mining models built in analysis service.  Read more...

Another sample chapter from Wiley, this time for one of the hot topics in business intelligence: data mining.  Read more...

Can you use SQL Server to extrapolate out trends from your data? Lots of companies would have you buy a BI solution instead, but new author Mark Wojciechowicz brings us a great example of how you could forecast something in T-SQL.  Read more...

This articles explores how you can work with filtered models, a powerful new feature introduced in SQL Server 2008 that allows you build models on slices of a mining structure.  Read more...

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I want to show you another easier way to pull information to help predict database growth again using the Data Mining Tools.  Read more...

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Google is trying to figure out who might quit the company, using their own custom application. Steve Jones thinks this is a great idea and wishes more companies would do it.  Read more...

Google is trying to figure out who might quit the company, using their own custom application. Steve Jones thinks this is a great idea and wishes more companies would do it.  Read more...

Google is trying to figure out who might quit the company, using their own custom application. Steve Jones thinks this is a great idea and wishes more companies would do it.  Read more...

Google is trying to figure out who might quit the company, using their own custom application. Steve Jones thinks this is a great idea and wishes more companies would do it.  Read more...

How do you determine who is an expert in a field? Or if they are willing to answer questions for others? A new system that should do just that intrigues Steve Jones.  Read more...

How do you determine who is an expert in a field? Or if they are willing to answer questions for others? A new system that should do just that intrigues Steve Jones.  Read more...

How do you determine who is an expert in a field? Or if they are willing to answer questions for others? A new system that should do just that intrigues Steve Jones.  Read more...

How do you determine who is an expert in a field? Or if they are willing to answer questions for others? A new system that should do just that intrigues Steve Jones.  Read more...

Learn more about the new APIs for data mining in SQL Server 2005, and get an introduction to several common development scenarios.  Read more...

Describes how SQL Server 2005 Data Mining allows aggregation directly at the algorithm level. Although this restricts what the third-party algorithm developer can support in terms of language and data types, it frees the developer from having to implement data handling, parsing, meta data management, session, and rowset production code on top of the core data mining algorithm implementation.  Read more...