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Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 MDX Step by Step
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Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 MDX Step by Step

by C Ryan Clay Bryan C Smith and Hitachi Consulting
February 2009
Beginner to intermediate
400 pages
9h 59m
English
Microsoft Press

Overview

Teach yourself the Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) query language—one step at a time. With this practical, learn-by-doing tutorial, you’ll build the core techniques for using MDX with Analysis Services to deliver high-performance business intelligence solutions.

Discover how to:

  • Construct and execute MDX queries

  • Work with tuples, sets, and expressions

  • Build complex sets to retrieve the exact data users need

  • Perform aggregation functions and navigate data hierarchies

  • Assemble time-based business metrics

  • Customize an Analysis Services cube through the MDX script

  • Implement dynamic security to control data access

  • Develop MDX-driven reports in SQL Server Reporting Services

  • CD features:

  • Practice exercises

  • Database and code samples

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