Something new in Data Mining in BI 7.0

Hello experts!
Does someone know if there is something new in Data Mining in BI 7.0? As far as I understand there is no more WebItem for prediction (Clustering and Decision Tree) and this is now integrated in SAP Analytics/Visual Composer.
Are there any new methods or functions. I can see nothing...
Best regards,
Peter

Hello all!
It is very sorrowful that no one seems to be interested in SAP BI Data Mining. There is even a new book from SAP Press about this topic.
So after all I can say that I had found nothing new so far. There are some new things in APD which are very interesting, but nothing new in Data Mining.
Peter

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SALES NUMBER
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(PURCHASE_WEEK, WEEK, SALES)
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(PURCHASE_WEEK, WEEK, SALES)
Values
(TO_DATE('12/11/2010 23:59:59', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 3, 77248);
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(PURCHASE_WEEK, WEEK, SALES)
Values
(TO_DATE('12/18/2010 23:59:59', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 4, 106624);
Insert into T_SALES
(PURCHASE_WEEK, WEEK, SALES)
Values
(TO_DATE('12/25/2010 23:59:59', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 5, 104448);
Insert into T_SALES
(PURCHASE_WEEK, WEEK, SALES)
Values
(TO_DATE('01/01/2011 23:59:59', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 6, 90304);
Insert into T_SALES
(PURCHASE_WEEK, WEEK, SALES)
Values
(TO_DATE('01/08/2011 23:59:59', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 7, 44608);
Insert into T_SALES
(PURCHASE_WEEK, WEEK, SALES)
Values
(TO_DATE('01/15/2011 23:59:59', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 8, 95744);
Insert into T_SALES
(PURCHASE_WEEK, WEEK, SALES)
Values
(TO_DATE('01/22/2011 23:59:59', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 9, 129472);
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(PURCHASE_WEEK, WEEK, SALES)
Values
(TO_DATE('01/29/2011 23:59:59', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 10, 110976);
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(PURCHASE_WEEK, WEEK, SALES)
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(TO_DATE('02/05/2011 23:59:59', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 11, 139264);
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(PURCHASE_WEEK, WEEK, SALES)
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(TO_DATE('02/12/2011 23:59:59', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 12, 87040);
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(PURCHASE_WEEK, WEEK, SALES)
Values
(TO_DATE('02/19/2011 23:59:59', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 13, 47872);
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(PURCHASE_WEEK, WEEK, SALES)
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(TO_DATE('02/26/2011 23:59:59', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 14, 120768);
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(PURCHASE_WEEK, WEEK, SALES)
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(PURCHASE_WEEK, WEEK, SALES)
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(PURCHASE_WEEK, WEEK, SALES)
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(TO_DATE('3/19/2011 23:59:59', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS'), 17, 100095.66);
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There are a lot of linear regression models and approaches for sales forecast out on the market, however I will focus on what oracle 11g offers i.e. package SYS.DBMS_DATA_MINING to create a model using regression as mining function and then, once the model is created, to apply prediction function on the model.
Therefore I'll have to go through few steps:
i) normalization of data
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW t_sales_norm AS
SELECT week,
sales,
(sales - 91423.95)/27238.3693126778 sales_norm
FROM t_sales;
whereas the numerical values are the mean and the standard deviation:
select avg(sales) from t_sales;
91423.95
select stddev(sales) from t_sales;
27238.3693126778
ii) auto-correlation. For the sake of simplicity, I will safely assume that there is no auto-correlation (no repetitive pattern in sales among the weeks). Therefore to define the lag data I will consider the whole set:
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW t_sales_lag AS
SELECT a.*
FROM (SELECT week,
sales,
LAG(sales_norm, 1) OVER (ORDER BY week) L1,
LAG(sales_norm, 2) OVER (ORDER BY week) L2,
LAG(sales_norm, 3) OVER (ORDER BY week) L3,
LAG(sales_norm, 4) OVER (ORDER BY week) L4,
LAG(sales_norm, 5) OVER (ORDER BY week) L5,
LAG(sales_norm, 6) OVER (ORDER BY week) L6,
LAG(sales_norm, 7) OVER (ORDER BY week) L7,
LAG(sales_norm, 8) OVER (ORDER BY week) L8,
LAG(sales_norm, 9) OVER (ORDER BY week) L9,
LAG(sales_norm, 10) OVER (ORDER BY week) L10,
LAG(sales_norm, 11) OVER (ORDER BY week) L11,
LAG(sales_norm, 12) OVER (ORDER BY week) L12,
LAG(sales_norm, 13) OVER (ORDER BY week) L13,
LAG(sales_norm, 14) OVER (ORDER BY week) L14,
LAG(sales_norm, 15) OVER (ORDER BY week) L15,
LAG(sales_norm, 16) OVER (ORDER BY week) L16,
LAG(sales_norm, 17) OVER (ORDER BY week) L17
FROM t_sales_norm) a;
iii) choosing the training data. Again, I will choose the whole set of 17 weeks, as for this discussion in not relevant how big should be the set of training data.
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW t_sales_train AS
SELECT week, sales,
L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, L9, L10,
L11, L12, L13, L14, L15, L16, L17
FROM t_sales_lag a
WHERE week >= 1 AND week <= 17;
iv) build the model
-- exec SYS.DBMS_DATA_MINING.DROP_MODEL('t_SVM');
BEGIN
sys.DBMS_DATA_MINING.CREATE_MODEL( model_name => 't_SVM',
mining_function => dbms_data_mining.regression,
data_table_name => 't_sales_train',
case_id_column_name => 'week',
target_column_name => 'sales');
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v) finally, where I am confused is applying the prediction function against this model and making sense of the results.
On a search on Google I found 2 ways of applying this function to my case.
One way is the following:
SELECT week, sales,
PREDICTION(t_SVM USING
LAG(sales,1) OVER (ORDER BY week) as l1,
LAG(sales,2) OVER (ORDER BY week) as l2,
LAG(sales,3) OVER (ORDER BY week) as l3,
LAG(sales,4) OVER (ORDER BY week) as l4,
LAG(sales,5) OVER (ORDER BY week) as l5,
LAG(sales,6) OVER (ORDER BY week) as l6,
LAG(sales,7) OVER (ORDER BY week) as l7,
LAG(sales,8) OVER (ORDER BY week) as l8,
LAG(sales,9) OVER (ORDER BY week) as l9,
LAG(sales,10) OVER (ORDER BY week) as l10,
LAG(sales,11) OVER (ORDER BY week) as l11,
LAG(sales,12) OVER (ORDER BY week) as l12,
LAG(sales,13) OVER (ORDER BY week) as l13,
LAG(sales,14) OVER (ORDER BY week) as l14,
LAG(sales,15) OVER (ORDER BY week) as l15,
LAG(sales,16) OVER (ORDER BY week) as l16,
LAG(sales,17) OVER (ORDER BY week) as l17
) pred
FROM t_sales a;
WEEK, SALES, PREDICTION
1, 55488, 68861.084076412
2, 78336, 104816.995823913
3, 77248, 104816.995823913
4, 106624, 104816.995823913
As you can see for the first row there is a value of 68861.084 and for the rest of 16 values is always one and the same 104816.995.
Question: where is my week 18 prediction ? or maybe I should say which one is it ?
Another way of using prediction even more confusing is against the lag table:
SELECT week, sales,
PREDICTION(t_svm USING a.*) pred
FROM t_sales_lag a;
WEEK, SALES, PREDICTION
1, 55488, 68861.084076412
2, 78336, 75512.3642096908
3, 77248, 85711.5003385927
4, 106624, 98160.5009687461
Each row out of 17, its own 'prediction' result.
Same question: which one is my week 18th prediction ?
Thank you very much for all help that you can provide on this matter.
It is as always highly appreciated.
Serge F.

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Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Setup Discovery Report
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Edition
Version
Clustered
Configured
Microsoft SQL Server 2014
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MSSQL12.SQLEXPRESS
Database Engine Services
1033
Express Edition
12.0.2000.8
No
Yes
Microsoft SQL Server 2014
SQLEXPRESS
MSSQL12.SQLEXPRESS
SQL Server Replication
1033
Express Edition
12.0.2000.8
No
Yes
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to get this to work...Do I need SQL server and why? Do I need to download the adventureworks data file and why? (For some reason I was able to download it properly on my first sql server install, but when I went to work the data mining connection it
said the SQL browser must be connected...What???...I thought it was connected...there are no instructions on how that is fixed...Now I have reinstalled sql 2012 but can't download adventureworks...it says it can't
establish a connection...I am beyond the point of frustration)...I'm not a developer or know anything about code/programming, so a lot of the lingo is way over my head anyway when I am searching for troubleshooting solutions...I just want to be able to use
this feature in excel and it is upsetting me that I can't get it to work. I have followed step by step instructions, watched youtube videos, etc...nothing doing...If anyone can help me it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

>I'm not a developer or know anything about code/programming,
You have two choices:
1. Hire a programmer type to assist you
2. Become a programmer
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Instead of Express, consider purchasing SQL Server 2012 Developer Edition:
http://www.amazon.com/SQL-Server-Developer-Edition-2012/dp/B007RFXQAM/ref=sr_1_1?s=software&ie=UTF8&qid=1397437432&sr=1-1&keywords=sql+server+2012+developer+edition
Install it.
Download AdventureWorks2012 and AdventureWorksDW2012 sample databases and install them.
Desirable (but not for beginner): install Adventure Works Cube. This is how it looks after installation:
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I changed my sql server collation to to Latin1_General_CS_AI ...
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