SQL Server Analysis Services 2005/2008 articles,blogs,scripts,FAQs,tools,books

News

- SSAS News - April 19, 2011 - Microsoft released cumulative update package 7 (CU7) for SQL Server 2008 R2
- SSAS News - April 6, 2011 - New book released "The Microsoft Data Warehouse Toolkit: With SQL Server 2008 R2 and the Microsoft Business Intelligence Toolset"

Software

- SSAS Tools - Format MDX & DAX application (free)
- SSAS Tools - ParallelCubeProcessor (Free)
- SSAS Tools - Open Java API for OLAP - olap4j

Articles

- MDX - Factors to consider when performance tuning cubes and MDX
- MDX - Performance Considerations for Recursive Calculations in MDX
- MDX - Create a Last 30 Weekdays Named Set in SSAS
- MDX - Performance problems with Dynamic Named Sets
- MDX - Limitations of Static Named Sets in SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
- MDX - Excel 2010, Subselects, Named Sets and the Formula Cache
- MDX - MDX Named Set Rolling Date Range
- MDX - Dynamic Named Sets and the Formula Cache
- Security - How do I impersonate another user to test the MDX query in SSMS?
- Parent-child - Ragged Hierarchy in SSAS
- Reporting Services - How to Customize the Dropdown List in a SSRS Report that Uses a SSAS Cube Data Source
- Reporting Services - Using TYPED for member properties in SSRS MDX queries
- Data Mining - SQL Server Data Mining for the Cloud
- Data Mining - Profit calculation for churn prevention data mining models
- AMO - Dealing with long running SSAS Queries using PowerShell
- Design - Getting the Current Date in SSAS
- Design - SSAS - Creating and Using a Writeback Measure Group
- Design - SSAS Dynamic KPI from a table
- Design - SSAS - Using Dimension OrderBy AttributeKey
- Design - Writeback to Analysis Services cubes from Excel 2010
- Design - Business Intelligence Best Practices part 2 - Utilizing ETL precalculations
- Design - Controlling the use of linked objects in SSAS
- Management - Implementing Analysis Services Process Add Functionality
- Management - Memory Management in SQL Server Analysis Services
- Management - Use of ClearCache (XMLA) command in ROLAP partition without Proactive Caching
- Management - Analysis Services Refusing to Start
- Management - Real Practices:Performance scaling MS SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services at Microsoft adCenter
- Management - SSAS performance tuning (Case Study)
- Management - Backup Basics for SQL Server Analysis Services
- Management - Creating Large-Scale, Highly Available OLAP Sites: A Step-by-Step Guide
- Management - SSAS Exposes a W2K3 bug
- Management - SSAS 2008 Bug: Normal Additive Measures and Semi Additive Measures in the Same Measure Group Don't Display Properly
- Management - BIDS Helper and how it helps me
- Management - Error when browsing cube in BIDS or SSMS: "An error 0xE0040200 occurred. No further information was provided."
- Performance Point - Performance Point Relative Date Time Intelligence with current date time
- Performance Point - Using Performance Points scorecards as filters to solve cascading dropdown and row count issues
- Performance Point - Using Performance Point to combine SSAS actuals and Sharepoint targets

Webcasts

- SSAS Webcasts - SQL Down Under interview with Dr. Mark Tabladillo
- SSAS Webcasts - Accessing SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Data - hands on lab and set of videos
- SSAS Webcasts - Introduction to SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services - hands on lab and set of videos
- SSAS Data Mining Webcasts - Introduction to Data Mining with SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services
- MDX Webcasts - Introduction to SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Query Syntax - hands on lab and set of videos

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