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Free Online Training

200+ Hours of Free Online Education Courses for BI Professionals

MicroStrategy provides free and convenient 24/7 access to 200+ hours of online courses for Business Intelligence professionals, from novice to expert. If the dates and locations for MicroStrategy’s instructor-led courses do not fit within your project plan, your budget is restricted, or you are looking for a quick educational advancement, take advantage of the wealth of free online training available to you. Choose from hundreds of topics across four series in this free curriculum – whether you are new to MicroStrategy or an expert, there is a convenient online course for you.

Comprehensive Series

The Comprehensive Series are online versions of the pre-requisite courses to the three written certification exams leading up to the MicroStrategy Certified Engineer Program. These courses serve as the foundation for introductory training:

Introduction to MicroStrategy

  • Introduction to MicroStrategy Business Intelligence
  • The MicroStrategy Platform
  • MicroStrategy Reporting Terminology
  • Versions of MicroStrategy Web and Introduction to the MicroStrategy
  • Executing Reports and Documents
  • Basic Report Manipulations in MicroStrategy Web
  • Overview of Report Services
  • Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards

Reporting Essentials

  • Introduction to MicroStrategy Business Intelligence
  • Introduction to MicroStrategy Desktop
  • Reports in MicroStrategy Desktop
  • Report Manipulations in MicroStrategy Desktop (Data & Style)
  • Filters in MicroStrategy Desktop
  • Metrics in MicroStrategy Desktop
  • MicroStrategy OLAP Services in Desktop
  • Prompts and Searches in MicroStrategy Desktop
  • MicroStrategy Tutorial
  • Report Developer Tools and Project Preferences

Advanced Reporting

  • Introduction to Advanced Reporting
  • Advanced Metrics (Parts I - III)
  • Advanced Filters (Parts I and II)
  • Consolidations and Custom Groups
  • Advanced Prompts
  • Advanced OLAP Services
  • Drill Maps
  • Derived Elements
  • Report Data Options (Parts I and II)
  • Report Developer Tools
  • MicroStrategy Tutorial
  • Additional Topics

Dynamic Dashboards 100

  • Introduction to Dashboarding
  • Creating Dynamic Dashboards
  • Flash Mode
  • MicroStrategy Dashboard Design Recommendations

Report Services

  • Introduction to Report Services
  • Document Basics
  • Document Design Concepts
  • Useful Design Techniques

Project Design

  • Introduction to MicroStrategy Architect
  • The Logical Data Model
  • The Physical Warehouse Schema
  • Advanced Data Modeling and Schema Design
  • Introduction to Project Creation and MicroStrategy Architect
  • Facts
  • Attributes
  • Hierarchies
  • Project Optimization and Maintenance

Data Mining Services Essentials

  • Introduction to Data Mining
  • Data Mining with BI Applications
  • Creating Predictive Models with MicroStrategy
  • Importing Predictive Models Created with Third-Party Data Mining Applications

MicroStrategy Office Essentials

  • Introduction to MicroStrategy Office
  • Using MicroStrategy Office
  • Using Advanced Features of MicroStrategy Office
  • MicroStrategy Office Best Practices

Intelligence Server Administration

  • Introduction to MicroStrategy Administration
  • Architecture and Query Flow
  • Configuration and Administration Interface
  • Startup and Connectivity
  • Security
  • Intelligence Server Administration
  • Caching and Scheduling
  • Clustering
  • Data Marts

Intelligence Server Universal Edition

  • Implementing Intelligence Server Universal Edition
  • OLAP Cube Reporting Essentials Online
  • Introduction to OLAP Cube Reports
  • Working with SAP® BW Cubes
  • Working With Microsoft® SQL Server™ Analysis Services Cubes
  • Working with Hyperion Essbase Cubes

Administrator

  • Application Lifecycle Management
  • MicroStrategy User Merge Wizard
  • MicroStrategy Command Manager
  • MicroStrategy Enterprise Manager

Enterprise Manager Essentials

  • Introduction to MicroStrategy Enterprise Manager
  • The Enterprise Manager Project
  • Extending the Enterprise Manager Project
  • Configuring and Maintaining Enterprise Manager
  • Upgrading Enterprise Manager

Integrity Manager Essentials

  • Introduction to Integrity Manager
  • Integrity Manager Operational Modes
  • Analyzing Integrity Manager Test Results
  • Implementation Scenarios of Integrity Manager

Freeform SQL Essentials

  • Introduction to Freeform SQL Reporting
  • Creating Freeform SQL Reports
  • Prompts in Freeform SQL Reports
  • Advanced Topics for Freeform SQL Reports
  • Security for Freeform SQL Reports

MicroStrategy Distribution Services (For MicroStrategy 9 and higher)

  • Key Features
  • Distribution Services for End Users
  • Administering Subscriptions in Web
  • Configuring Distribution Services
  • Monitoring and Managing Subscriptions

Narrowcasting Essentials (For MicroStrategy 8)

  • Narrowcast Server Overview
  • Information Sources
  • Creating a Simple Service
  • Message Contents
  • Message Recipients
  • Message Delivery
  •  Personalization
  • Subscription Portal Functionality
  • Web Delivery and Administration

What's New Series

With built-in simulations of the MicroStrategy products, the What's New Series lets you experience new features of the latest MicroStrategy software release. These courses highlight key software changes and improvements:

What's New in MicroStrategy 9.0.1 for Administrators

  • Integrated Authentication Support for J2EE
  • Automating Task-Scheduling Dashboard Cache Creation
  • Dynamic Sourcing for Logs in SQL View
  • Monitoring your MicroStrategy System with Health Center Overview
  • Configuring and Managing the Health Center Network
  • Diagnosing and Fixing Problems
  • Collecting and Sending Information for MicroStrategy Technical Support
  • List of System Checks
  • Automated Package Creation
  • Automated Import Package
  • Project-Specific Settings on Configuration Package Creation
  • Copying Objects Across Unrelated Projects
  • Color-Coded Environments
  • Object Manager Cache Purging
  • Adding and Displaying Notes
  • Managing VLDB Properties
  • Managing Document Properties
  • Multiple Recipients in Subscription Scripts
  • Support for Flash in Document Subscriptions
  • Start and End Dates Added to Schedule Management Scripts
  • Trusted Authentication Supported in Users Scripts
  • User-Friendly Internationalization Scripts
  • New Reports and Dashboards
  • Support for Sybase ASE as Statistics Repository
  • MicroStrategy 9.0.1 Upgrade Considerations
  • Upgrading to MicroStrategy 9.0.1
  • After the Upgrading to MicroStrategy 9.0.1

What's New in MicroStrategy 9.0.1 for Desktop Developers

  • Utilizing Intelligent Cubes as Datasets
  • Dynamic Sourcing for Intelligent Cubes
  • Applying Selectors as Filters or Slices
  • Incremental Fetch on Grids/Graphs in Report Services Documents
  • Qualifying on Metrics in the View Filter in Report Services Documents
  • Automatically Maintaining Targets for Selectors
  • MDX Cube
  • Database Platform Support

What's New in MicroStrategy 9.0.1 for Mobile Users

  • Managing Your Subscriptions
  • Enabling Real Time Updates
  • Answering Prompts in MicroStrategy Mobile

What's New in MicroStrategy 9.0.1 for Project Architects

  • Incremental Loading of Project Tables in Architect
  • Ability to Create Database Instances in Architect
  • Automatic Creation of Simple Metric in Architect
  • Heuristics for Automatically Defining Attribute Relationships in Architect
  • Ability to Purge Element Caches While Updating Project Schema

What's New in MicroStrategy 9.0.1 for SDK Developers

  • Introduction to MicroStrategy SDK 9.0.1
  • Web Customization Editor Enhancements
  • Visualization SDK Enhancements
  • MSDL Enhancements

What's New in MicroStrategy 9.0.1 for Web Users

  • Support for Internet Explorer 8
  • Supporting Additional Internationalization Languages
  • Loading Panels on Demand in MicroStrategy Web

What’s New in MicroStrategy 9 for SDK Developers

  • Architectural Changes
  • Web Customization Editor
  • Application Settings View
  • CSS Settings View
  • Wizards
  • Upgrading Customizations
  • Visualization SDK-related Changes
  • Overview of Layout Controls
  • Overview of Map Controls
  • Overview of Bullet Graph Controls
  • Overview of Dynamic Data Display
  • Overview of Model Aggregation
  • Overview of Offline Composite Application
  • Overview of Retail Store Sample
  • Overview of US Map Mashup Sample
  • Overview of enableAggregation Property
  • New Topics in MSDL
  • Overview of MSDZ-related Enhancements
  • Overview of Portlet-related Enhancements
  • Overview of Task Infrastructure-related Enhancements
  • Overview of API-related Enhancements
  • Overview of Integration with Identity Management Applications

Hot Topic Series

Hot Topics are short, online lessons that provide tips, tricks, insights into more advanced settings or tools, and answers to frequently asked questions. Following are the What’s New in MicroStrategy 9 and 9.0.1 courses available online:

Hot Topics with MicroStrategy Software

  • Conditional Logic Metrics
  • Dynamic Rolling Date Filters
  • Finding Last Orders for Customers
  • Graph Formatting Tips
  • How Timeout Settings Affect MicroStrategy Web Users
  • Missing Lookup Elements
  • Narrowcast Server Repository Copy Tool
  • Project Duplication
  • Random Sampling of Data
  • Scan MD
  • Using Report Services Documents To Join Data from Multiple Sources

Companion Series

The Companion Series introduces you to companion technologies to the MicroStrategy platform such as SQL, Unix, and Universal Web Tuning, as practice for the MicroStrategy Certified Engineer Program. Explore today:

MicroStrategy Universal Tuning

  • MicroStrategy Intelligence Server Universal Tuning
  • MicroStrategy Web Universal Tuning

UNIX Companion

  • UNIX Fundamentals
  • UNIX Shell and UNIX Basics

SQL Essentials Companion

  • Introduction to SQL and RDBMS
  • Basic Data Access
  • Advanced Data Access
  • Modifying Data and Structures

Benefits of Online Education Courses:

  • Provides self-paced, interactive training, enabling you to learn at your own pace
  • Convenient for the learning professional -- timely access to courses available 24/7
  • Offers an alternative to instructor-led courses for individuals who cannot attend live instruction due to budget or time constraints
  • Provides refresher training on instructor-led courses, serving as the perfect follow-up
  • Educates individuals on the latest product releases and version changes without having to attend class