Beginning SQL Server R services: analytics for data scientists

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. As a SQL Server database administrator or developer, it is sometimes difficult to stay on the bleeding edge of technology. Microsoft's addition of R to SQL Server 2016 is sure to be a game-changer, and the language will certainly become an integral part of future releases. R is in fact widely used today in statistical and related applications, and its use is only growing. Beginning SQL Server R Services helps you jump on board this important trend by providing good examples with detailed explanations of the WHY and not just the HOW. 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.

Includes index.

Part I: Setup and Installation -- Chapter 1: Setup and installation of SQL Server 2016 -- Chapter 2: Setup and Installation of R Tools for Visual Studio -- Chapter 3: Project Scenario Definition -- Part II: Learning the Basics -- Chapter 4: Building R Models with RTVS -- Chapter 5: Plotting in RTVS -- Part III: Creating and Viewing Reports -- Chapter 6: Configuring SQL Server Reporting Services -- Chapter 7: Report Builder Installation and Data Preparation -- Chapter 8: Building Reports Using Report Builder -- Chapter 9: Viewing the Reports in Report Server -- Part IV: Appendices -- Appendix A: Installing a SQL Server 2016 Instance in a SQL Server 2014 -- Appendix B: Software Requirements Document -- Appendix C: R Plot and Tabular Code for R Tools for Visual Studio.