Chapter 1. A Data Analysis Foundation

Chapter Objectives Estimated time: 1.5 hours
In this chapter, you will learn

  • The purpose and structure of a data warehouse.

  • What multidimensionality means in a database.

  • The vocabulary of Analysis Services.

  • Where Analysis Services stores information.

  • How Analysis Manager communicates with the Analysis server.

  • How client applications communicate with the Analysis server.

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services is advertised as a multidimensional database server. The term multidimensional conjures up images of Albert Einstein’s curved space-time, parallel universes, and mathematical formulas that make solving for integrals sound soothingly simple. And yet the buzz is that Analysis Services is supposed to make ...

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