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Expert Cube Development with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services
(c) by Packt Publishing

The type of the release is: eBook
In the PDF format with ISBN: 1847197221 and Pub Date: July 15, 2009
The size of the release is: 02 disks x 2.88mb
And released on: 07/25/2009


Design and implement fast, scalable and maintainable cubes
- A real-world guide to designing cubes with Analysis Services 2008
- Model dimensions and measure groups in BI Development Studio
- Implement security, drill-through, and MDX calculations
- Learn how to deploy, monitor, and performance-tune your cube
- Filled with best practices and useful hints and tips In Detail
Microsoft's SQL Server Analysis Services 2008 is an OLAP server that
allows users to analyze business data quickly and easily. However,
designing cubes in Analysis Services can be a complex task: it's all too
easy to make mistakes early on in development that lead to serious
problems when the cube is in production. Learning the best practices for
cube design before you start your project will help you avoid these
problems and ensure that your project is a success. This book offers
practical advice on how to go about designing and building fast,
scalable, and maintainable cubes that will meet your users' requirements
and help make your Business Intelligence project a success. This book
gives readers insight into the best practices for designing and building
Microsoft Analysis Services 2008 cubes. It also provides details about
server architecture, performance tuning, security, and administration of
an Analysis Services solution. In this book, you will learn how to
design and implement Analysis Services cubes. Starting from designing a
data mart for Analysis Services, through the creation of dimensions and
measure groups, to putting the cube into production, we'll explore the
whole of the development lifecycle. This book is an invaluable guide for
anyone who is planning to use Microsoft Analysis Services 2008 in a
Business Intelligence project. What you will learn from this book?
- Build a data mart suitable for use with Analysis Services
- Create and configure an Analysis Services project in Business
Intelligence Development Studio
- Use the Dimension Wizard and the Dimension Editor to build
dimensions
- Create measure groups and associate them with dimensions
- Add calculations to the cube, including implementing currency
conversion and a date tool dimension
- Explore the security model, including dimension security and cell
security, and implement dynamic security
- Tune queries to get the best possible performance
- Automate processing and partition creation
- Monitor your cube to see who's actually using it Approach This is a
practical tutorial for Analysis Services that shows readers how to solve
problems commonly encountered while designing cubes, and explains which
features of Analysis Services work well and which should be avoided. The
book walks through the whole cube development lifecycle, from building
dimensions, cubes and calculations to tuning and moving the cube into
production. Who this book is written for?

This book is aimed at Analysis Services developers who already have some
experience but who want to go into more detail on advanced topics, and
who want to learn best practices for cube design.

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