Overview
- Covers brand new support in SQL Server for the R language
- Appeals to data scientists and quantitative analysts who rely upon R for analyzing data and driving business decisions
- Provides examples in SQL Server R Services, and in R Tools for Visual Studio
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About this book
Learn how to develop powerful data analytics applications quickly for SQL Server database administrators and developers. Organizations will be able to sift data and derive the business intelligence needed to drive business decisions and profit. The addition of R to SQL Server 2016 places a powerful analytical processor into an environment most developers are already comfortable with – Visual Studio. This book walks even the newest of users through the creation process of a powerful R-language tool set for use in analyzing and reporting on your data.
- Walks you through setup and installation of SQL Server R Services.
- Explains the basics of working with R Tools for Visual Studio.
- Provides a road map to successfully creating custom R code.
What You Will Learn
- Discover R’s role in the SQL Server 2016 hierarchy.
- Manage the components needed to run SQL Server R Services code.
- Run R-language analytics and queries inside the database.
- Create analytic solutions that run across multiple datasets.
- Gain in-depth knowledge of the R language itself.
- Implement custom SQL Server R Services solutions.
Who This Book Is For
Any levelof database administrator or developer, but specifically it's for those developers with the need to develop powerful data analytics applications quickly. Seasoned R developers will appreciate the book for its robust learning pattern, using visual aids in combination with properties explanations and scenarios. Beginning SQL Server R Services is the perfect “new hire” gift for new database developers in any organization.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Setup and Installation
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Learning the Basics
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Creating and Viewing Reports
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Bradley Beard is a professional software developer residing in the lovely city of Palm Bay, Florida. He started off designing websites using PHP and MySQL in the late 90’s, and gradually moved on to ColdFusion and SQL Server. His breadth of SQL Server experience began with SQL Server 7, mainly concentrated on SQL Server 2000, and then picked up again in SQL Server 2008. He earned his MCSA: SQL Server 2012 certification in 2013, his MCSE: Business Intelligence certification in 2016, he was the Technical Reviewer for Mike McQuillan’s Introducing SQL Server, available from Apress, and he is the author of Practical Maintenance Plans in SQL Server, also available from Apress.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Beginning SQL Server R Services
Book Subtitle: Analytics for Data Scientists
Authors: Bradley Beard
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2298-0
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Bradley Beard 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-2297-3Published: 11 November 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-2298-0Published: 11 November 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 261
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 275 illustrations in colour
Topics: Database Management, Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters