Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Step by Step
Your
hands-on, step-by-step guide to building business intelligence solutions for the
enterprise.Teach yourself to use SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services for business
intelligence—one step at a time.
You'll start by building your
understanding of the business intelligence platform enabled by SQL Server and
the Microsoft Office System, highlighting the role of Analysis Services. Then,
you’ll create a simple multidimensional OLAP cube and progressively add features
to help improve, secure, deploy, and maintain an Analysis Services database.
You'll explore core Analysis Services 2008 features and capabilities,
including dimension, cube, and aggregation design wizards; a new attribute
relationship designer; designer AMO warnings; and using dynamic management views
to monitor resources. And as you complete each lesson, you can hone your skills
using the practice exercises from the companion CD. Plus, you can review and
download code samples illustrating the author’s own, professional
techniques—direct from the companion Web site.
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