SSAS and what is Data mining?

Have a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zIBy_leNTE

And the user creativecommIT has a whole host of usefull vids you can watch
http://www.youtube.com/user/creativecommIT

I found this site http://www.learnitfirst.com
I saw the reviews and it was very good, so I am thinking to purchase the these videos
So please I need advice in case there may be something better.

can you help me with my search please?

is there any books ?

i need a examples for retail Sales

also i am looking for walkthroughs

any videos "http://www.learnitfirst.com" is this one good or bad?

One more: Top 10 Data Mining Video Sites
http://mydatamine.com/?p=1012

Data Mining can be a very interesting beast. It is part of the SSAS offering with Business Intelligence, but really is the next step in analytics. It can be quite intensive in terms of models and the resources (machine and time) required to crunch data.

It takes BI a few steps forward in trying to identify patterns from data relationships, trends and exceptions to help with predictive analytics. It uses a slightly different language from what you might expect - called DMX and that takes a bit of getting used to, so you will want to study up a bit on that. Good examples / sample databases to play with are the best way.

There are some good links above and to add just a few more for you (more for background)...

http://www.microsoft.com/BI/en-us/Solutions/Pages/Product%20Overview.aspx - and have a good look around there - there is BI TV, Labs, Resources etc.

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/solutions-technologies/business-intelligence/data-mining.aspx - some good documents / whitepapers and general highlights.

http://www.sqlserverdatamining.com/ssdm/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx - slightly older but one I came across for SQL 2005 and had some good downloads, samples, tutorials - now - data mining has changed from the early days and become more powerful, but, it can still be a good place to start the learning process if you really want a thorough education.

Now, there are also some good e-books like : http://www.amazon.com/Data-Mining-Microsoft-Server-2008/dp/0470277742/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1316988688&sr=1-1

and for the language of data mining DMX http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Queries-Microsoft-Analysis-Services/dp/0071748660/ref=sr_1_18?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1316988930&sr=1-18

and to really understand cube development : http://www.amazon.com/Expert-Development-Microsoft-Analysis-Services/dp/1847197221/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_c

There are some more books of course, and some more general introductions to SSAS as well, so choose carefully. The above books are available as kindle books which you can download and run on your PC (or mac etc) you do not need a kindle.

Oh, and be gentle on yourself. It can take a while to get to grips with, it often takes a slightly different mindset to really get on top of the concepts and "think" in a cube oriented world. Some of our programmers and T-SQL experts did make the transformation quite easily, but a few struggled and they still approached the subject in a linear way, and not quite grasping the importance of thinking about the "business" perspective and not just "data". It is the business that you want to
be able to deliver information to, not just simply crunch some raw data.

Dear all
Thank you very much for all their information you gave me.
I am working now on my proof on concept,
1 - I did create the data warehouse
2 - Then I fill it with real data
3 – I did create the CUBE.
For Retail sales
Now I want to make data mining, the problem for me here is what are the question do I need to ask myself to start data mining how I can answer these question from data mining?
Is there an example for Data mining and Retail Sales?
I am new to BI so I am trying to find answers to all what in my mind.
So please be patient
Thanks,

dear all
please i need your help