Pro SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services

• Main Authors: Janus, Philo (Author), Fouché, Guy (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley, CA : Apress, 2009.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Data mining.; Computer Science.; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.

Every business has reams of business data locked away in databases, business systems, and spreadsheets. While you may be able to build some reports by pulling a few of these repositories together, actually performing any kind of analysis on the data that runs your business can range from problematic...

Table of Contents:

• to OLAP
• Cubes, Dimensions, and Measures
• SQL Server Analysis Services
• SSAS Developer and Admin Interfaces
• Creating a Data Source View
• Creating Dimensions
• Building a Cube
• Deploying and Processing
• MDX
• Cube Features
• Data Mining
• PowerPivot
• Administration
• User Interfaces.