Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Analysis Services Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))

By Zhan Qiwen

Teach yourself to use SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services for business intelligence one step at a time. You'll start by building your understanding of the business intelligence platform enabled by SQL Server and the Microsoft Office System, highlighting the role of Analysis Services. Then, you ll create a simple multidimensional OLAP cube and progressively add features to help improve, secure, deploy, and maintain an Analysis Services database. You'll explore core Analysis Services 2008 features and capabilities, including dimension, cube, and aggregation design wizards; a new attribute relationship designer; designer AMO warnings; and using dynamic management views to monitor resources. And as you complete each lesson, you can hone your skills using the practice exercises from the companion CD. Plus, you can review and download code samples illustrating the author s own, professional techniques direct from the companion Web site. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735626200
• ISBN13: 9780735626201
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding...

I just finished this book and I am really impressed with it -- It was very well written: the chapters are very organized from beginning to end; it is very easy to follow and you get to practice in each sub-section as you go, steps by steps just like the title said; when you are done with it, it gives you a good foundation of basic knowledge to intermediate level of SSAS 2008; and every explanation it has in the book is just...

Easy and breezy - excellent introduction to SSAS OLAP

This is an excellent starter for the OLAP portion of SSAS. Chapters 1 and 2 provide a great introduction to some of the initially quirky concepts that SSAS uses. (A proper understanding of fundamental things like attribute hierarchies is crucial, especially if you come to SSAS with dangerous baggage from non-MDX-based BI platforms. If this describes you, make sure you understand these 2 chapters implicitly before proceeding)...

Excellent book

I bought this book and started building cubes in a very short time frame. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is new to SSAS 2008.

Great book to get you going

Excellent step by step setup, configuring, creating, and so forth. Get this book if you need a guided example so you don't waste your time troubleshooting procedures.

Good value

Very useful book. Easier to comprehend than online help. Well organized with detailed explanations. Also includes CD with example databases and projects.