SSAS Papers MS Document: Designing SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Cubes for Excel 2007 PivotTables
MS Document: Designing SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Cubes for Excel 2007 PivotTables
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Written by Allan Folting   
Saturday, 19 May 2007 18:11

Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007 takes advantage of most of the features in Microsoft SQL Server™ 2005 Analysis Services. To take full advantage of these features, it is important to consider the end-user experience in Office Excel 2007 when you are designing cubes. This document outlines how to make the end-user experience great by optimizing the cube design for Office Excel 2007 PivotTable® dynamic views.

Note that the features described in this document are applicable not only to SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services cubes; Excel exposes the features described with any OLAP (online analytical processing) server that supports the required functionality.

Table of content
Introduction
Excel 2007 PivotTables
Measure Groups
Display Folders
 Attribute Hierarchy Display Folders
 User Hierarchy Display Folders
 Measure Display Folders
 Named Sets and Calculated Measure Display Folders
 KPI Display Folders
 Multilevel Display Folders
 Adding an Entity in Multiple Display Folders
 Adding Attribute Hierarchies to the Root Dimension Folder
Named Sets
Perspectives
Time Dimensions
 Placing Time Information in Columns
 Exposing Date-Specific Filtering Options
Member Properties
 Member Properties in Tooltips
 Member Properties in the Report
 Filtering by Member Properties
 Actions
Measure Formatting
 Currency Formatting
Key Performance Indicators
Calculated Members
Translations
Conclusion
Related Links

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