after exam

yay yay yay...
i've finished all of my exam..
i feels like i did well..
luvin it...

hints are all true..
no traps or tricks..
u just need to show what u've got..
and that's it..
and u'll be fine..
hopfeully... ~~~~~~

thx to POD and Steve for the unit.. =)
eventhough am still waiting for the assignments mark to be up and i know Steve is not around to do any of them.. haha

Let's sum it up - Final Blog

Hey hey..
Time flies..

Today im going to have my last lecture of the year..
Yea, im having dayoff on thursday n friday, which means, time to do the exam preparation just now..

Submitted the assignment already.. Im starting to answer the past exam papers, and focusing my brain more to the last year paper (aha.. I think i got ur indirect message POD)..
I dont know if I am going to email POD for the answers that I've prepared, but yea..
that is a really nice idea.. Very nice of you POD

Now, what have I got in this subject for the last 13weeks?
I learned what BI is..
...I have no background before and suddenly I feel like I know quite a bit of it

I learned Visual Studio, including the Business Analysis Services
...I've always hated Visual Studio before, anything that I did on it is fully for assignment purposes only that I dont really care if I really understand the steps im doing or not, but this is not the case for this subject

I get to know MDX a bit
...Somehow I know that it will be an important thing you need to know

I love Excel a lil bit more
...Maybe this is not what this subject suppose to be, in fact I suppose to not like it so much in a way, but the knowledge i gain in Excel is just awesome

I got another option for my career preference
...This subject has definitely be a very interesting one, that I might consider this to be my career preference, but I definitely think that my assignment work is not enough to be my portfolio in this subject

~luv luv luv this subject so much
I should mention the forum has been a big help, again..
And also twitter, screenr and other things that POD and the others has contributed for the sake of this subject haha

I hope I can do well in the exam, and boost up my mark.. Somehow i got a feeling that Steve will mark me a bit harder than the others.. Two or three people told me how high his expectation is.. hhhhhhh *fingercrossed*

Week12

Argh.. its 6:18am monash time, caulfield campus, building b, level3..
but its fun!!
i just finished my assignment..
and you know what i want to do now?
no , i have not submit it yet..
just does not feels good submitting assginment very early in the morning like this.. just like sending emails at 2oclock in the morning and your lecturer will be "what? 2am?" hahaha..

So so so...
assignment has been so exciting..
the more i dot it, the more i get so into it..
i've been slacking around a lot before..
deep down inside my heart i know that i will spend a lot of time on this assignment.. but instead of starting early, i decided to just do my other assignment until i only got this one left..
then i really start getting panic, since i still has not finalized my hierarchy design up till Thursday..

So many things happening.. one thing i learned, the .mdb and the server version really makes a difference.. the server version is a lot lot more better and nice to see..
another thing i learned, you can not change your data source and data source view and hoping that your dimension will still work.. especially if you use the mdb file and then switching to the server version.. something about the name and the dimension tables just not identical..
more.. you do need to spend some time deciding your hierarchy and other design..
even more.. good interface really give a nice final touching to your application if you ever going to show it to real people in the industry :)

i think i did quite good on my assignment.. even though i should say that definitely is not my very best.. i should have set my mind and settle a lil bit so that a better and well developed design is produced..

ops.. forget to say..
screenr, assignment forum and twitter has been a very very helpful..
thx to technology
and to POD who i think has been online and reply to questions ASAP really..

:)

My Week 5 - Google Gadgets

I know, it might be really late..
Just have a look at it again.. looks really pretty, neat, and elegant..
haha

~lalalala

Week11

ew... this week is so bad..!!
i dont want to put all of my complaints here though..

points to note:
assignment progress -- not too good
consultation with Steve -- giving me panick attack
consultation with POD -- seems not having any reply from him

lecture:
i did it online right on the next morning
think i have to come on week12 definitely.. exam help!!

thats it.. time to work harder

lecture week10

hahaha.. i did not attend the lecture last weds and feeling guilty after all..
but i manage my mood not to be so guilty so that i can keep postponing doing lecture online until just today.. lol

there are some points i really like in the lecture..
VARK is definitely a good point to make in this subject! and the last story that POD shares is my second favorite..

Im a bit sad knowing that i am not included as the VK person, despite i am an RK person.. but anyway, i dont really love pivot table, so what?
i start asking my friends the same question about buying DVD player and found out... *surprise surprise* only 1 out of 8 is a VK person.. lol.. let just say, they are a trully BI person..

The story about bar code things really interesting to me.. how could that happen? it must be not enough training provided to the users.. haha
but what, again, make me sad is that POD should have shared that story long time ago in one of my bachelor's subj (either IE or SDI), but it's just me not attending it..
sorry sorry..

anyway, got to go back to my asgm again.. feeling much better after the lecture online thing..
PS: i think POD always say 10 or 15mins break but end up having 5minutes extra.. no matter how long he says it suppose to be..

week10

woo-hoo it's week10 and i got a lot to write about here..
i think one of the reason why POD urge people to blog is that it can reflect whether or not you are trully committed to the subject.. when u really "in to it" you will definitely have a lot to write about, even though you don't feel like writing anything.. means that: i have not been committed enough these last few weeks that i don't really blog properly..

ok enough bubbling.. lets start!

i start this week by posting a tweet saying that i hate pivot tables.. regardless the assignment, i just feels like saying it.. (what a weak statement!)
all of a sudden i got a direct message from @infoholic asking if i need any help..
of course as a good student i should not say no.. and i did not say no either.. besides, i have done some major progress in my assignment and was stuck as the cube i develop can not be deployed.. so we decided to meet for some consultation at 4pm, 2hours before my tute..

coming with confidence, i told him my problem regarding my cubes, of course equipped with my file ready to be shown whenever he's ready.. But instead, @infoholic start asking me regarding my design and documentation progress (which what am i supposed to be doing for 1st assignment).. he asked me about ADAPT or Thomsen diagram which i should included in the assignment and a user manual and more and more and more, causing me major panic attack...

i quickly go and read the article regarding ADAPT diagram (i decided to use it since i can use the template available for Visio) and start sketching out my design.. Btw, the link for the visio template in moodle is not working, i have to go to google it first to get it.. I went to the tute feeling much better and shows him the dimensions and draft of the hierarchies that i might have..
fiuh.. that was a lot to think about.. again im feeling left out.. (esp with the bombastic amount of questions happening all the time in the moodle forum)

ew yeah, and the error that i got regarding the deployment of my cube.. i finally get over it.. it's just that i have to choose to use inherit instead of authentication so i dont need to put password again and again..

now, the more i talk with my classmates.. the more i feel unsecured regarding my design.. i talk to Steve a lil bit regarding this, but has not feel satisfied yet.. so... it is about the number of dimensions that we can make, and major differences between dimensions and hierarchies.. and then what hierarchies should i have in there..

i decided to finish up my design first, and thinking to email POD asking if he is available for consultation later on.. *i hope he can make it.. *

ok ok, enough for now.. let's put some thought for the design..