Book description
As the foundation of the Microsoft Business Intelligence Strategy, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services provides users with faster access to data and even more tools for managing and analyzing data across multidimensional objects (databases, dimensions, cubes).
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Unleashed is the ultimate guide for anyone who is planning to use the latest version of Analysis Services. It gives readers insight into the way Analysis Services functions, and explains practical methods for designing and creating multidimensional objects. It also provides valuable insight into the reasons behind the design decisions taken by the product development team. The authors have been involved with Analysis Services from its earliest days. They have documented in detail the internal features of Analysis Services 2008, explaining server architecture, main data structures, data processing, and query resolution algorithms.
Discover the new functionality introduced in Analysis Services 2008 including MDX enhancements and new DMV (dynamic memory views)
Work with the Business Intelligence Development Studio, the new Dimension Editor, and Aggregation Designer interfaces
Enjoy complete coverage of new Shared Scalable Databases scale-out infrastructure
Learn the key concepts of multidimensional modeling
Explore the multidimensional object model and its definition language
Integrate multidimensional and relational databases
Build client applications to access data in Analysis Services
Unravel the inner workings of the server architecture, including main data structures, data processing, and query resolution algorithms
Learn the main concepts of the MDX language and gain an in-depth understanding of advanced MDX concepts
Gain a deeper understanding of the internal and external protocols for data transfer, including the XML/A protocol
Discover how Analysis Services manages memory
Explore the security model, including role-based security, code-access security, and data security
Category: Microsoft SQL Server
Covers: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services
User Level: Intermediate-Advanced
$59.99 USA / $65.99 CAN / £38.99 Net UK±
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copywrite Page
- Contents at a Glance
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- We Want to Hear from You!
- Reader Services
- Introduction
- Part I Introduction to Analysis Services
- Part II Creating Multidimensional Models
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Part III Using MDX to Analyze Data
- Chapter 10 MDX Concepts
- Chapter 11 Advanced MDX
- Chapter 12 Cube-Based MDX Calculations
- Chapter 13 Dimension-Based MDX Calculations
- Chapter 14 Extending MDX with Stored Procedures
- Chapter 15 Key Performance Indicators, Actions, and the DRILLTHROUGH Statement
- Chapter 16 Writing Data into Analysis Services
- Part IV Creating a Data Warehouse
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Part V Bringing Data into Analysis Services
- Chapter 20 The Physical Data Model
- Chapter 21 Dimension and Partition Processing
- Chapter 22 Using SQL Server Integration Services to Load Data
- Chapter 23 Aggregation Design and Usage-Based Optimization
- Chapter 24 Proactive Caching and Real-Time Updates
- Chapter 25 Building Scalable Analysis Services Applications
- Part VI Analysis Server Architecture
- Part VII Accessing Data in Analysis Services
- Part VIII Security
- Part IX Management
- Index
Product information
- Title: Microsoft
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2008
- Publisher(s): Sams
- ISBN: 9780672330018
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