CHAPTER 30 Architecture of Query Execution—Retrieving Data from Storage

Efficient execution of Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) requests is the main responsibility of the formula engine and the storage engine subsystems. In the preceding chapter, we discussed the stages a query passes through the formula engine and the data structures Analysis Services uses to calculate the results of MDX queries. In this chapter, we discuss how Analysis Services retrieves ...

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