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I probably needed to provide greater details into my problem in order to get a solution that would have met my needs.
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I probably needed to provide greater details into my problem in order to get a solution that would have met my needs.

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I am looking for some general guidance on how to develop a solution that is similar to a Market Basket analysis. &nbsp;I understand the question a Market Basket Analsis answers is....if a person bought product X they were also likely to buy product Y and/or Z. &nbsp;What I am trying to do is provide alternatives to product X. &nbsp;So, if a person inputs that they want to buy product X, the solution would provide alternative products based on similar product attributes. &nbsp;Is this something that a data mininig algorithm would solve(Market Basket Analyis or Association) or is this something that can be handled outside of any data mining product (I am looking for the easiest approach).<br />
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Currently I have the MS SQL Server 2008 product suite so I would like to develop such a solution using this toolset but would interested in hearing of any similar solutions built on other products.
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I am looking for some general guidance on how to develop a solution that is similar to a Market Basket analysis.  I understand the question a Market Basket Analsis answers is....if a person bought product X they were also likely to buy product Y and/or Z.  What I am trying to do is provide alternatives to product X.  So, if a person inputs that they want to buy product X, the solution would provide alternative products based on similar product attributes.  Is this something that a data mininig algorithm would solve(Market Basket Analyis or Association) or is this something that can be handled outside of any data mining product (I am looking for the easiest approach).

Currently I have the MS SQL Server 2008 product suite so I would like to develop such a solution using this toolset but would interested in hearing of any similar solutions built on other products.

General Data Mining Question

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008

A database report is the formatted result of database queries and contains useful data for decision-making and analysis. Most good business applications contain a built-in reporting tool; this is simply a front-end interface that calls or runs back-end database queries that are formatted for easy application usage.

DB Reporting Tools

SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) is an online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining tool in Microsoft SQL Server used as a tool by organizations to analyze and make sense of information possibly spread out across multiple databases, or in disparate tables or files. Analysis Services includes a group of OLAP and data mining capabilities and comes in two flavors - Multidimensional and Tabular.