Figure 3-5
This task would be used to run predictive queries based on built-in prediction models in Analysis
Services. The query uses a Data Mining Extension to T-SQL called DMX. If you are not fluent in
DMX, don’t worry, the Query tab in this task will walk you through building one. However, first
you need a mining structure to query against. In the Analysis Service server, a deployed data mining
model would look like the highlighted decision tree model in Figure 3-6.
The results of the prediction query can be set to return single or multi-row results and can be saved
to table structures for further analysis. These results can be useful for additional SSIS packages that
can integrate the predictive results into further Data Flows, but before we can step any further into
these capabilities, let’s first go over the Data Flow Task itself.