MDX Solutions: With Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services - Softcover

Spofford, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471400467 ISBN 13: 9780471400462

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2001

Synopsis

Presents a hands-on tutorial on building and using multidimensional data warehouses. The SQL query language is used to access data in most simple databases. But for multidimensional (or OLAP) data warehouses, Microsoft developed MDX. The MDX query language has become essential know-how for developers and users alike, whether for data warehouses or for budgeting and planning systems. This tutorial/reference guide shows developers and users how to use MDX to access and analyze data for decision support. Both the standard language and Microsoft's own extensive additions to MDX are explained. The authors provide practical examples of MDX in use, and explain both standard usage and more advanced techniques, such as optimization, cube design, and Pareto analysis. Finally, the appendices provide a handy reference guide that users can rely on.

About this title

About the Author

GEORGE SPOFFORD (george@dsslab.com) is Chief Architect of the DSS Lab, where he is a consultant and software engineer specializing in design, implementation, and evaluation of OLAP--based DSS systems and related tools. He coauthored Microsoft OLAP Solutions (also from Wiley) and has extensive experience applying Microsoft's analysis tools. Working on OLAP technologies since 1988, he has also developed OLAP clients and servers, including Power Thinking Tools' FreeThink. He earned a Microsoft MVP award for his contributions to the OLAP user community.

From the Back Cover

A thorough tutorial and detailed reference to the analytical language of data warehousing

Understanding MDX is crucial for anyone designing or implementing a database in Microsoft's products. This informative book serves as both a tutorial and a reference guide by teaching you how to use MDX to access and analyze data for decision support. The standard language and Microsoft's own extensive additions to MDX are thoroughly explained. After the overview of the MDX language is presented, the author plunges into the tutorial, offering practical examples of MDX in use. He shows various techniques using MDX to access data and calculate results, and covers the more advanced techniques of aggregation, query templates, and MDX optimization.

This unrivaled book includes:

*Explanations of each MDX feature

*Simple and sophisticated applications

*Details of building and executing MDX queries

*Introduction to Visual Basic programming techniques using MDX

*Instructions for building and using client-side local cubes

*Detailed reference appendices for MDX operators, functions, and related connection settings

The accompanying CD-ROM includes:

*Samples of MDX expressions, queries, and local cubes

*MDXBuilder trial software

*Visual Basic sample code

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Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471400467
• ISBN 13: 9780471400462
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448