Reviewing DataMining Structures

To begin reviewing your first data-mining structure, right-click the Targeted Mailing mining model, and select Open. The Targeted Mailing model opens to the Mining Structure tab and shows the vTargetMail view in the data source view (DSV) pane and the mining model in the left-most pane.

Mining Structure Tab

The first tab in the work area is the Mining Structure tab. Here you can see the source data included in your mining model (in a DSV-like format). An important difference between this view and the DSV container in a BI project is that you can only view the source data in the mining structure view. You cannot add calculated columns, and you have to use the original DSV defined at the level on the SSAS database ...

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