C H A P T E R 3
Introducing OLAP Modeling with SSAS
Now that you've been introduced to OLAP modeling concepts, let's take a look at OLAP modeling with SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS). In this chapter, you will continue to discover OLAP modeling concepts and techniques using SSAS, and you will build your first cube. It is quite common to prototype cubes built on subsets of enterprise data quickly in a BI project. As with any other type of development, you can expect cube development to be iterative. Generally, extract, transform, and load (ETL) development runs somewhat concurrently to these cube iterations, assuming that you have the resources ...
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