Data Mining in SQL Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 empowers informed decisions with predictive analysis through intuitive data mining ─ seamlessly integrated within the Microsoft Business Intelligence platform and extensible into business applications.

Top New Features

  • Test multiple data mining models simultaneously with statistical scores of error and accuracy and confirm their stability with cross validation.
  • Build multiple, incompatible mining models within a single structure; apply model analysis over filtered data; query against structure data to present complete information, all enabled by enhanced mining structures.
  • Combine the best of both worlds by blending optimized near-term predictions (ARTXP) and stable long-term predictions (ARIMA) with Better Time Series Support
  • Discover the relationship between items that are frequently purchased together by using Shopping Basket Analysis; generate interactive forms for scoring new cases with Predictive Calculator, delivered with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Data Mining Add-ins for Office 2007.