Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Analysis Services Step by Step

by Hitachi Consulting (Author), Reed Jacobsen (Author), Stacia Misner (Author)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $8.35

  Teach yourself the fundamentals of SQL Server Analysis Services-one step at a time. With this practical, learn-by-doing tutorial, you get the guidance you need to build flexible and powerful solutions that meet the analytical needs of your organization.

  Discover how to:

  • Start building cubes using the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Business Intelligence designers
  • Create dimensions and measure groups to build, browse, and modify OLAP cubes
  • Design objects to handle unique financial analysis requirements
  • Improve query performance with aggregations and user hierarchies
  • Customize cubes with multi-dimensional expressions (MDX) and other advanced design techniques
  • Use actions to integrate Web pages, reporting applications, and drillthrough capabilities with cubes
  • Manage role-based security and restrict data access
  • Deploy and maintain a database in a production environment

  CD features

  • All practice exercises and answer files
  • Fully searchable eBook

  For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.