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[edit] SSAS Cube Design and Administration
[edit] Getting Started / Tutorials
- Building Your First Cube Stacia Misner
- SSAS Tutorials Amit Gupta
- Visual studio 2008 - Create Analysis Services cube (SSAS) Aamir Hasan
- SSAS Tutorial: SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Tutorial Accelebrate
- SSAS Tutorial by Exforsys Exforsys Inc.
- Analysis Services 2005 Design Best Practices - Cubes & MDX Jaime Basilico
- Creating an Analysis Services Project in Visual Studio 2008 Kalyan Bandarupalli
- Five Basic Steps for Implementing an Analysis Services Database Robert Sheldon
- Slides - Introduction to SSAS Dimensions (SQLPASS) Jessica Moss
- Creating a Cube and Dimension using SSAS Gouri Sohoni
- SQL Server Analysis Services ( SSAS ) - Introduction S.Srivathsani
- Business Intelligence Guidelines Conceptual Framework Microsoft
- Building Cubes with SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Thomas LaRock
- Overview of the Analysis Services Development and Management Environments Microsoft
- Creating an Analysis Services Cube with Visual Studio 2008 Part 1 & Part 2 Jayaram Krishnaswamy
[edit] Proactive Caching
- Configuring Proactive Caching in SQL Server Arshad Ali
- Proactive Caching (Behind the scene) Amit Gupta
- Implementation of Proactive Caching in Sql Server 2005 Amit Gupta
- How To Implement Proactive Caching in SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) 2005 Ray Barley
- Real-time Business Intelligence Using Analysis Services (Microsoft TechNet) Paul Sanders
[edit] Cache Warming
- Teaser: SSAS Cache Warming with PowerShell Darren Gosbell
- SSIS package - SSAS Cache Warming Using SSIS Allan Mitchell
- Building a Better Cache-Warmer, Part 1: the Storage Engine Cache Chris Webb
- Building a Better Cache-Warmer, Part 2: The Formula Engine Cache Chris Webb
- Build Your Own Analysis Services Cache-Warmer in Integration Services Chris Webb
- Inside OLAP Engine: Cache Prefetching Mosha Pasumansky
- How to warm up the Analysis Services data cache using Create Cache statement Nicholas Dritsas
- Using XMLA Command to Clear Cache of an Analysis Service Database Ashish Kumar Mehta
[edit] Killing SSAS Sessions
- Killing sessions automatically with SSIS Chris Webb
- Finding and killing SSAS Sessions James Rogers
- Killing Queries From Reporting Services Chris Webb
[edit] Microsoft SQL Server Community Code Samples
- Using MSBuild with SQL Server Analysis Services Projects David Darden
- Validating SSAS Projects Programmatically David Darden
[edit] XMLA script
- XMLA script to deploy MDX Calculations Davy Knuysen
- SSAS: Automating the Scripting of an SSAS database Darren Gosbell
- Which Edition is my Analysis Services Server? Darren Gosbell
[edit] PowerShell
- Script a cube using Windows PowerShell and AMO Muthusamy Anantha Kumar
- Script dimensions using Windows PowerShell and AMO Muthusamy Anantha Kumar
- Using Windows PowerShell and AMO to create an SSAS Database Muthusamy Anantha Kumar
- Get SSAS Database Properties with PowerShell and AMO - Part 3 Muthusamy Anantha Kumar
- Discover Analysis Service's Properties using Windows PowerShell and AMO Muthusamy Anantha Kumar
- Using PowerShell to update the case of Attribute names Darren Gosbell
[edit] Processing
- Processing an Analysis Service Cube using Windows PowerShell and SQL Server 2008 AMO Muthusamy Anantha Kumar
- Process Dimensions in an Analysis Service database Muthusamy Anantha Kumar
- Ignore processing errors in SSAS 2005 and 2008 Thomas Ivarsson
- SQL Job ? Check Cube Valid Data as Last Step Steve Novoselac
- Analysis Services Processing Best Practices Nicholas Dritsas, Denny Lee, Carl Rabeler
- Analysis Services 2005 Processing Architecture T.K. Anand
- Analysis Services in High Data Volume Business scenarios Saumya Chaki
- Tips: Processing Large Dimensions Jesse Orosz
- 4 Gig limit in SSAS 2008 [ Cube / Dimension Processing ] Aaron Nelson
- Null processing of measures in SSAS2005 Thomas Ivarsson
- Large Dimension Processing issue - File system error Dan English
- How to use Partition Processing Destination Task to pump data into a SSAS partition via SSIS C. S. John Lam
- What happens when you do a Process Update on a dimension? Chris Webb
- 7 Ways to Process Analysis Services Objects Boyan Penev
- How to process a cube in a SQL Agent job David Wimbush
- Using ProcessingGroup Dimension property option ByTable vs. ByAttribute may error with string keys Nicholas Dritsas
- Using ByAttribute or ByTable Processing Group Property with Analysis Services 2005 Denny Lee
- ProcessAdd on Large Dimensions Greg Galloway
- New Analysis Services database version with minimal downtime Richard Lees
- SQL 2005, SSAS 2005: Using ascmd.exe To Create SQLAgent Jobs That Give You Completion Status Steve Novoselac
- Powershell script to process SSAS database objects Vidas Matelis
[edit] .Net stored procedure
- ASSP - Analysis Services Stored Procedure Project
- SSAS: Executing Arbitrary SQL queries Darren Gosbell
- Debugging SSAS .Net Stored Procedures by Darren Gosbell Darren Gosbell
- Debugging SSAS stored procedures Hilmar Buchta
- Some more samples for data aware images created in a stored procedure Hilmar Buchta
- Win/Loss chart as dynamic image created in SSAS stored procedure Hilmar Buchta
- Returning an image from an SSAS stored procedure Hilmar Buchta
- SSAS Stored Procedures - connecting to the transactional data source Dr. John Tunnicliffe
- CLR Stored Procedures in Sql Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Andrew den Hertog
- Best practices for server ADOMD.NET stored procedures Mosha Pasumansky
- Calling an External Query from MDX Brian Knight
- Dynamically generating session calculated members in code with Analysis Services 2008 Chris Webb
- Some more thoughts on quantiles… Hilmar Buchta
[edit] Partitions
- Using AMO to query cube , partitions and other SSAS objects- How to find query definition of the partition Ashwani Roy
- Updating Partition Source SQL Vincent Rainardi
- Create New SSAS Partition dynamically: XML Task Konstantin Gorakine
- Analysis Services Partition Processing Colin Kirkby
- SSIS: Create Analysis Services partitions from a SSIS package Jamie Thomson
- AMO - Delete All Partitions From a Database Jesse Orosz
- Automating partition creating Bryan C. Smith
- SQL Server Analysis Services Partitions Richard Lees
- Analysis Services Partition Size Richard Tkachuk
- Get most out of partition slices Mosha Pasumansky
- To Partition or Not – This is the Question Teo Lachev
- Cube Storage: Planning Partitions (Business Intelligence Development Studio Perspective) William Pearson
- Cube Storage: Introduction to Partitions William Pearson
- Side effects of storing an Analysis Services partition data in a non-default location C. S. John Lam
- Creating and managing SQL Server Analysis Services partitions Baya Dewald
- Slicing Analysis Services (SSAS) Partitions and more Dan English
- Generating large numbers of partitions using Excel Chris Webb
- How To Define Measure Group Partitions in SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) 2005 Ray Barley
- SSAS Partition slicing Eric Jacobsen
- MDX and partitioning Mosha Pasumansky
- Viewing Partition Slice Information Chris Webb
- Setting data slices on MOLAP partitions Jesse Orosz
- Partition Slice Impact on Query Performance - SSAS2005 Jesse Orosz
- Process only one partition so you can browse the cube
- SSIS Package to drop/create partitions based on partition list in the SQL Server table Vidas Matelis
[edit] Write Back
- Proper partitioning can improve dramatically the writeback process when dealing with large data sets Nicholas Dritsas
- Write Back cubes are easy with Excel 2010 Richard Lees
- Excel 2007 OLAP Writeback SSAS 2008 Vikram Sridharan
- Excel 2010 PivotTable What-If Analysis (Writeback) Joseph Chirilov
- SSAS 2008 MOLAP writeback Michel Caradec
- SSAS 2008 MOLAP Writeback (2) Michel Caradec
- Office 2010: Excel 2010, What-If Analysis aka Microsoft Finally has Built in Cube/OLAP Writeback! Steve Novoselac
- DIMENSION WRITEBACK and CELL WRITEBACK in Analysis Services (Writing Back to the Cube) Part 1 & Part 2 Amit Gupta
- Multi user SSAS writebacks may result to blocks on similar functions and new connections Nicholas Dritsas
- Moving writeback data in the Fact tables and avoiding problems with changing column names Boyan Penev
- UPDATE CUBE in subcubes Michel Caradec
- SSIS Package to Back Up SSAS Databases by Dave Fackler Dave Fackler
- Writeback to Analysis Services cubes from Excel 2010 by Simon Lidberg Simon Lidberg
- How to control allocations when using write-back in Excel 2010 by Simon Lidberg Simon Lidberg
- Silverlight control for writeback cube support
[edit] Aggregations
- SSAS: Are my Aggregations processed? Darren Gosbell
- Recommended practices for SQL Server Analysis Services aggregations Baya Dewald
- In Search of Aggregations Teo Lachev
- Aggregations Won't Fix Cube Performance Richard Lees
- Analysis Services (SSAS) Processing and Aggregations Dan English
- Misleading partition row count in Aggregation Design Wizard when measure group is at a higher level than its source granularity Shabnam Watson
- Partitions and Aggregations Chris Webb
- powerSSAS: Getting Aggregations for a particular Attribute Darren Gosbell
- Analysis Services 2005 Aggregation Design Strategy Eric Jacobsen
- Designing Effective Aggregations in AS2005 Chris Webb
- Influencing Aggregation Candidates Elizabeth Vitt
- SSAS 2008: New Cube Aggregations tab Darren Gosbell
- Determining SSAS Aggregation Usage Paul te Braak
[edit] Metadata
- Analysis Services 2008 Metadata Report Pack Dan Meyers
- SSASMeta - C# App to Log Info About SSAS Objects Steve Novoselac
- Get Analysis Services last processed date Martin Hinshelwood
- SSAS: Reporting on Metadata Darren Gosbell
- How To Show the Last Update Date of the SSAS Cube Miky Schreiber
- Discovering your MetaData Ella Maschiach
- The cost of SSAS metadata management Andrew Calvett
[edit] DMV (Dynamic Management View)
- What are SSAS DMVs? Vincent Rainardi
- Dynamic Management Views for SSAS Ashwani Roy
- What hierarchies are actually being used in my cube? Chris Webb
- Building a better DMV Darren Gosbell
- OLAP Cube Documentation in SSRS Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3 Alex Whittles
- DMVs in Analysis Service Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 & Part 4 Amish Manubhai Shah
- Retrieving Cube Metadata in Reports Teo Lachev
- Querying Analysis Services For Cube Metadata Richard Lees
[edit] Actions
- SSAS: Creating a Rowset action with the ExecuteSQL .Net stored procedure Darren Gosbell
- Creating a SSAS Rowset Action Brian Knight
- Default Cube Action in Excel Chuck Rivel
- Adding Actions to a Cube in SQL Server Analysis Services 2008 Robert Sheldon
- Actions and Multiselect Chris Webb
- DrillThrough Actions and (semi) Security in SSAS OLAP cubes Alberto Ferrari
- SSAS 2008 Reporting Actions: MDX vs. SQL Konstantin Gorakine
[edit] Analysis Management Objects (AMO)
- Accessing Analysis Services Cubes with Windows Communication Foundation Derek Comingore
- Working with SQL Server AMO (Analysis Management Objects) - Part 1 & Part 2 Gouri Sohoni
- Programming AMO OLAP Basic Objects Microsoft
- On Metadata-Driven Analysis Management Objects Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Andrian Downes
[edit] Captions of calculated members
- Personalized Cubes Teo Lachev
- Using the Caption property with Calculated Members in AS2008 Chris Webb
- SSAS 2008 Katmai – MDX Changes Vidas Matelis
[edit] Displaying OLAP Data
- Microsoft Analysis Services 2005: Displaying grid using ADOMD.NET and MDX Khatri Hitesh
- OlapGrid Web Control Igor Krupitsky
- Code : utility code for converting cellset to a data table Ajit Singh
- Accessing Microsoft Analysis services using ASP nisheet
- Is pure Silverlight OLAP Client for WEB, including writeback support, MDX Parser, MDX Generator Petr Leschenok
[edit] Deployment
- Analysis Services Projects - Deploying from within an MSI Andrew den Hertog
- SQL Server Deployment Property (Retain Configuration Setting) Karan Gulati
- The Deployment Wizard, and when "Retain Partitions" doesn't retain partitions Chris Webb
- Using the SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Deployment Wizard Ray Barley
- SSAS 2008 Deployment: The connection either timed out or was lost Rob Kerr
- SSAS Deployment Wizard Retaining Permissions Dan English
- Scheduled Deploy in SSAS Vincent Rainardi
- How to deploy an Analysis Services database using a script Hilmar Buchta
- SSAS: Deploying to renamed databases Darren Gosbell
[edit] Backup and Restore
- Backup and Restore of an Analysis Services Database Ashish Kumar Mehta
- AMO Script for automating ssas database backups Bryan C. Smith
- Restore Analysis Services database using Windows PowerShell and SQL Server 2008 AMO Muthusamy Anantha Kumar
- How to Restore an SSAS database using Windows PowerShell and SQL Server 2008 AMO Muthusamy Anantha Kumar
- Backing up Analysis Service database using Windows PowerShell and SQL Server 2008 AMO Muthusamy Anantha Kumar
- SSAS: Verifying Backups Darren Gosbell
- Scripting Analysis Services Database Backup Rob Kerr
- Backing Up SSAS Databases Thomas LaRock
- Analysis Services Backup Andrew Fryer
- Backup Strategies with SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Edward Melomed
- How to restore an Analysis Services Database Ashish Kumar Mehta
[edit] Detach and Attach Database
- Detach and attach Analysis Service Database using Windows PowerShell and SQL Server 2008 AMO Muthusamy Anantha Kumar
- How to Detach and Attach an Analysis Services 2008 Database Ashish Kumar Mehta
- Take the cube offline Vincent Rainardi
[edit] Connection String to SSAS
- BeginRange and EndRange connection string properties Chris Webb
- Update Isolation Level connection string property Chris Webb
- Connection strings for OLAP, Analysis Services
- Resolving Common Connectivity Issues in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Connectivity Scenarios Carl Rabeler
[edit] Connecting from SSAS to Oracle, Excel
- Solution: Can edit, but can’t process, an Analysis Server Cube using ORACLE data David Lean
- Oracle Driver configuration for SSIS, SSRS and SSAS in a 64-bit Environment Rob Kerr
- Analysis Services 2005/2008 Heap Corruption Philip Stephenson
- How to use an Excel 2003 file as a datasource for an SSAS cube Hilmar Buchta
[edit] Connecting from SSAS to Teradata
- Performance Testing of Teradata v12 with SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Jaime Basilico
- Whitepaper - Improve your OLAP Environment with Microsoft and Teradata Richard Tkachuk
- Functionality & Performance Testing Analysis Services 2005 with Teradata v12 Rupal Shah,James Basilico
[edit] Sorting dimensional members
- Alternatively Sorting Attribute Members in Analysis Services 2005 William Pearson
- How to sort dimension members in DESCending order
- Dimension Grouping and Ordering in SSAS Dejan Sunderic
- Re: MDX ORDER Riddle Tomislav Piasevoli
- MDX ORDER Riddle Boyan Penev
- Hierarchical Ordering of Members of a Hierarchy Maeenul Islam
- MDX: Sorting Vincent Rainardi
[edit] Connecting to SSAS from: SSIS, T-SQL, Java, Informatica
- SSIS 2008 ADO NET Source issue with SSAS data source - error code 0x80004002 Dan English
- Getting data from SQL Analysis Services using Java and olap4j Matthew Godding
- Querying SSAS with SQL Christopher John
- Connecting Informatica with MS-OLAP Miky Schreiber
- Calling MDX from a SQL Server Stored Procedure Jesse Orosz
- SQL 2005: OpenRowset, Dynamic MDX and Variable Scope Steve Novoselac
- MDX Query Results With Tablediff Chris Webb
[edit] HTTP Access
- Configuring HTTP Access to SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services on Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Yet Another Post About Analysis Services HTTP Connectivity Teo Lachev
- Configuring HTTP Access to SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services on Microsoft Windows Server 2008
- SSAS: Connecting via HTTP on Windows Vista
- Configuring HTTP Access to SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Edward Melomed
- Configuring HTTP Access to SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services on Microsoft Windows XP Edward Melomed
- Configure HTTP Access to SQL Server Analysis Services on IIS 7.0 Books Online
[edit] Measure Formatting
- A Guide to Currency Conversions in SSAS Boyan Penev
- Currency Conversion in Analysis Services 2005
- Measure expressions: how performant are they?
- SSAS: Custom format string for “duration” using MDX Davy Knuysen
- Problems with FORMAT_STRING, VBA functions and NON_EMPTY_BEHAVIOR Boyan Penev
- Context sensitive dynamic formatting for measures Part 1 & Part 2 Hilmar Buchta
- Displaying duration values - MDX expressions in FORMAT_STRING Mosha Pasumansky
- Currency formats: should they be tied to language? Chris Webb
- Formatting currency values in MDX Mosha Pasumansky
- A different approach to modeling units Hilmar Buchta
[edit] Conditional formatting
- Using SSAS MDX Calculation Color Expressions Devin Knight
- Elaborate your cubes with conditional formatting Richard Lees
[edit] Many-to-Many Dimension
- Analysis Services: Should you use many-to-many dimensions? Denny Lee
- Many-to-Many Dimensions in Analysis Services 2005 Richard Tkachuk
- Analysis Services Many-to-Many Dimensions: Query Performance Optimization Techniques Dan Hardan, Erik Veerman, Carl Rabeler
- SSAS: Currency Conversion (Many-to-Many) Eric Liu
- Many-to-many in attribute relationship Vincent Rainardi
- Aggregating Many-to-Many Relationships Teo Lachev
- SSAS: T-SQL Equivalent for a Many-to-Many relationship Darren Gosbell
- Many to many relations in natural hierarchies Thomas Ivarsson
- SSAS Many to many optimization technique #1 Erik Veerman
- The many-to-many revolution Marco Russo
[edit] Dimensional Attributes
- SSAS Dimension Attribute Properties : Part 1 Jason Thomas
- Dimension Attributes: Introduction and Overview, Part II William Pearson
- Dimension Attributes: Introduction and Overview, Part III William Pearson
- Dimension Attributes: Introduction and Overview, Part IV William Pearson
- Dimension Attributes: Introduction and Overview, Part V William Pearson
- SSAS Dimension Attribute Properties : Part 2 Jason Thomas
- MSSQL Analysis Services - Attribute Member Names William Pearson
- Attribute Member Values in Analysis Services William Pearson
- Attribute Member Keys - Pt 1: Introduction and Simple Keys William Pearson
- Attribute Member Keys - Pt II: Composite Keys William Pearson
- SSAS: There is no such thing as an Attribute in MDX! Darren Gosbell
- SSAS Quick Reference: Attribute Key Cannot Be Found Todd McDermid
[edit] Dimension Duplicate records
- Loading duplicates records into SSAS 2005 Thomas Ivarsson
- Do not set error configuration for KeyDuplicate to IgnoreError Hilmar Buchta
- Accessing duplicate members in dimensions Hilmar Buchta
- Duplicate Attribute keys in SSAS Mark Stacey
- A duplicate attribute key has been found when processing Hilmar Buchta
[edit] Attribute Discretization
- Attribute Discretization: Customize Grouping Names William Pearson
- Attribute Discretization: Using the “Clusters” Method William Pearson
- Attribute Discretization: Using the “Equal Areas” Method William Pearson
- Attribute Discretization: Using the Automatic Method William Pearson
- Introduction to Attribute Discretization William Pearson
- Implementing buckets in OLAP Tomislav Piasevoli
[edit] Attribute Relationships
- Introduction to Attribute Relationships in MSSQL Server Analysis Services William Pearson
- More Exposure to Settings and Properties in Analysis Services Attribute Relationships William Pearson
- Attribute Relationships: Settings and Properties William Pearson
- Katmai June CTP - Attribute Relationships tab Mosha Pasumansky
- One-to-One Attribute Relationships: Forks versus Chains Chris Webb
- SQL Server 2008: Attribute Relationship Designer Stacia Misner
- SSAS: Listing Attribute Relationship Darren Gosbell
- Effects of attribute relationship settings on calculations Hilmar Buchta
- Attribute relationship example Hilmar Buchta
- More Comments on attribute relations and calculations Thomas Ivarsson
- The many names of attribute relations Thomas Ivarsson
[edit] Default Member
- Setting default member in role playing dimensions Jason Thomas
- Analysis Services 2005 - Dynamic Default Member Philip Stephenson
[edit] Unknown Member
- Manage Unknown Members in Analysis Services 2005, Part I William Pearson
- Manage Unknown Members in Analysis Services 2005, Part II William Pearson
- Inferred members in SSAS2005 Thomas Ivarsson
- Handling Data Integrity Issues in Analysis Services 2005 T.K. Anand
- Inferred members and dimension changes Thomas Ivarsson
[edit] KPI
- Adding a KPI to an SQL Server Analysis Services Cube Robert Sheldon
- Where do I create my KPIs? Nick Barclay
- Simple Banding function for KPI Status or KPI Trend Hilmar Buchta
- Importing SSAS KPIs in PerformancePoint Teo Lachev
- Issues Importing SSAS 2008 KPIs into PerformancePoint 2007 Mark Macrae
- Implementing Cube Settings Teo Lachev
[edit] Statistics
- Binomial distribution for a KPI status Part 1 & Part 2 Hilmar Buchta
- Paired T-Test in SSAS 2005+ Igor Krupitsky
[edit] Hierarchy
- How To Enable User-Defined Hierarchies in SQL Server Analysis Services Ray Barley
- Turning a non-natural hierarchy into a natural hierarchy Hilmar Buchta
- Different types of hierarchies in SSAS2005 Thomas Ivarsson
- Debunking the myth of MDX hierarchy, level and member once and for all! Jiang Tang
- Implementing User-Defined Hierarchies in SQL Server Analysis Services Robert Sheldon
[edit] Distinct Count
- Optimizing your distinct count calculation in Analysis Services Denny Lee
- Distinct Counts in Analysis Services 2005 (by William Pearson) William Pearson
- SSAS: Errors in the OLAP storage engine: The sort order specified for distinct count records is incorrect. Barnaby Self
- An Alternative to a physical Distinct Count Measure Richard Lees
- Analysis Services Distinct Count Optimization Using Solid State Devices Microsoft
- Analysis Services Distinct Count Optimization Denny Lee
- SSAS: Can I make my Distinct Count totals subtotal correctly? Darren Gosbell
- DistinctCount -- Analysis Service Amish Manubhai Shah
- Counting distinct values in MDX Mosha Pasumansky
[edit] Drillthrough
- Drilltrough and filtering on SSAS-cubes in SSRS Antoon Vansina
- Issues executing a DRILLTHROUGH with a ROLAP dimension Marco Russo
- Drill Through in Analysis Services Richard Lees
- Drill-Through on Calculated measures and Excel Shabnam Watson
- Drillthrough on calculated measures Mosha Pasumansky
- Drillthrough to Relational in SSAS 2005 C. S. John Lam
- Inconsistencies when using Drillthrough MDX with Perspectives Denny Lee
- Enabling Drillthrough in Analysis Services 2005 T.K. Anand
[edit] Local Cube
- Creating very large local cubes (1GB+) Tim Peterson
- Creating Local Cube or Offline Cube from SSAS 2008 Maeenul Islam
- Complete OLAP infrastructure without Microsoft Analysis Services Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3 Wiktor Zychla
- Local cubes in management studio Thomas Ivarsson
- Local Cube SSAS 2005 - Create Global Cube Lohic Beneyzet
- The Value Added by a Second OLAP Client Tool Tim Peterson
- How to Dramatically Improve Browsing Speed Performance for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Servic Tim Peterson
- Local cubes password protection Mosha Pasumansky
[edit] Parent-Child Dimension
- Parent-Child Dimensions - Introduction , drawback and alternative approach Ashwani Roy
- Parent-Child Dimensions, historical values (SCD) and keys Hilmar Buchta
- Recursive hierarchies or non recursive, pros and cons Thomas Ivarsson
- Cube structure optimization for MDX query performance in Analysis Services 2005 SP2: Tips for Parent Child Hierarchies usage Ajit Singh
- Parent-Child Dimension in a correct DW? Easy Miky Schreiber
- Parent Child Attribute performance woes in SQL Server 2005 SP2: A case study Ajit Singh
- Including Child Members Multiple Places in a Parent-Child Hierarchy Carl Rabeler
- Simulating Parent-Child dimension with data on leaf members only Michel Caradec
- DataMember Bryan C. Smith
[edit] Analysis Services Protocol Specification
- SQL Server Analysis Services Protocol Specification (MS-SSAS9) Microsoft
- SQL Server Analysis Services Version 8.0 Protocol Specification Microsoft
- Analysis Services 2005 protocol - XMLA over TCP/IP Mosha Pasumansky
[edit] Profiler, SSAS Server Trace and Performance Counters
- Using PowerShell to Manipulate SQL Server Analysis Services Traces David Darden
- How to Test SSRS MDX Queries in SQL Server Management Studio Teo Lachev
- Visualising Analysis Services Trace Information in Reporting Services Chris Webb
- SQL 2005 (SQL 2008) Analysis Services Server Side Tracing Karan Gulati
- SSAS – Cache Usage and Profiler Yaniv Mor
- Analysis Services - Importing Perfmon Data into Profiler Elizabeth Vitt
- Analysis Services 2008 Performance Counters showing zero Darren Gosbell
- Performance Counters for SSAS 2008 Hilmar Buchta
- Analysis Services 2008 Performance counters Vidas Matelis
- How to use MDW to collect Analysis Services 2008 performance counters Vidas Matelis
[edit] Performance
- Analysis Services I/O Time Teo Lachev
- Using XPerf to Test Analysis Services Teo Lachev
- Optimizing CREATE SET in Cube Calculation Scripts Thomas Kejser
- Scale-Out Querying for Analysis Services with Read-Only Databases Denny Lee
- Optimising Cube Query Performance and Processing Performance Vincent Rainardi
- SSAS Performance tips – Lessons learned Part 1 & Part 2 Yaniv Mor
- Analysis Services and Solid State Disks Chris Webb
- Common Analysis Services Performance Issues XLCubed.com
- Analysis Services and the Windows File System Cache Greg Gonzalez
- Analysis Services - Caching MDX Calcs to Disk Shaun Ryan
- Query Performance Tuning in Microsoft Analysis Services Part 1 & Part 2 Chris Webb
- SQL Server Business Intelligence on HP ProLiant DL785 Server Ajay Goyal
- Formula Caching and Query Scope Chris Webb
- Reintroducing Usage-Based Optimization in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Denny Lee
- SSAS 2005: Cube Performance Tuning Lessons Learned Derek Comingore
- Take advantage of FE caching to optimize MDX performance Mosha Pasumansky
- SSAS Performance Seeker Bag Pack Michel Caradec
- Check List for Performance Optimisation in SQL Server Analysis Service 2005 Dinesh Asanka
- Inside OLAP Engine: SE cache sharing Mosha Pasumansky
- Excel, Cube Formulas, Analysis Services, Performance, Network Latency, and Connection Strings Carl Rabeler
- Performance Improvements for MDX in SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Microsoft BOL
- Identifying and Resolving MDX Query Performance Bottlenecks in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Carl Rabeler, Eric Jacobsen
- Analysis Services Query Performance Top 10 Best Practices Carl Rabeler
- SQL Server 2008 White Paper: Analysis Services Performance Guide Richard Tkachuk and Thomas Kejser
- Analysis Services 2005 Performance Guide Elizabeth Vitt
- Why does AS query my ROLAP dimension? Or, another good reason to use Unique Names Chris Webb
- SSAS small/big query interaction Eric Jacobsen
- Recommended Practices for Analysis Services 2005/2008 Design Baya Dewald
- Calculated members are better than assignments to real members (at least sometimes) Chris Webb
- How to avoid Long running MDX Requests Ashok Kumar
- Stress testing SSAS Hilmar Buchta
- Analysis Server appears to hang Andrew Calvett
- Quick Installation Guide for Analysis Services Load Testing using ASLoadSim and ASQueryGenerator Christo Olivier
[edit] What's New in SSAS 2008
- SQL Server 2008: The New Dimension Wizard for Analysis Services Stacia Misner
- SQL Server 2008 and Analysis Services DMV's Jamie MacLennan
- What is new in OLAP engine in Katmai CTP Mosha Pasumansky
- Cube Squared: Migrating Analysis Services to the SQL Server 2008 Platform, Part 1 of 2 Derek Comingore
- Create better and more useful Cubes: Analysis Services 2008 Sunil Kadimdiwan
- SSAS 2008: What's new in the Schema Rowsets? Darren Gosbell
[edit] Time Intelligence Wizard & Time Utility Dimension
- Multiple Time Utility Dimensions Chris Webb
- An Example of ‘Date tool’ dimension(Calculation Dimension) Syed Qazafi
- Add time functions like YTD to SSAS using the “Add business intelligence” wizard Kasper de Jonge
- Time Utility Hierarchies (again) and Attribute Overwrite Chris Webb
- A Different Approach to Implementing Time Calculations in SSAS David Shroyer
[edit] Date Dimension
- Handling Relative Time Periods Chris Webb
- Introduction to MSSQL Server Analysis Services: Mastering Enterprise BI: Relative Time Periods in an Analysis Services Cube, Part II William Pearson
- Time Dimension Options in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Stacia Misner
- A Better Date Dimension Duncan Sutcliffe
- Period Dimension (Time Dimension) Creation with Year, Month, Day Hierarchy Maeenul Islam
- Translating Cognos PowerPlay Transformer Relative Date Functionality into SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) David M. Greenberg
- Yet Another Relative Dates Implementation Teo Lachev
- Calculating the proper ISO week for the time dimension Hilmar Buchta
- How to create a time attribute relationship Part 1 & Part 2 Hilmar Buchta
- Date Dimension script optimized for Analysis Services KeyColumn property (Part 1) Konstantin Gorakine
- Get the ISO Week correct in the Adventure Works cube Thomas Ivarsson
- Dynamic Range, Time Property Filter = Empty Matrix - A bug? Sacha Tomey
- Creating Time Dimension in Microsoft Analysis Services Igor Krupitsky
- Handling Multiple Calendars with a M2M Scenario Part 1 & Part 2 Dave Fackler
- Demystifying SSAS Time Dimension Attribute Types Mark Terry
- Working with date and time measures to calculate average elapse time Dr. John Tunnicliffe
- Generate date dimension that support working days calculation Marco Russo
- How to create a time dimension in SQL Server 2005 Thomas Ivarsson
[edit]
- SSAS : IgnoreUnrelatedDimensions Hennie
- IgnoreUnrelatedDimensions Benny Austin
- Properly showing values for unrelated dimensions (IgnoreUnrelatedDimensions) Hilmar Buchta
- IgnoreUnrelatedDimensions Bryan C. Smith
- IgnoreUnrelatedDimensions in Analysis Services 2008 Adam Jorgensen
[edit] Storage Modes
- SSAS 2008 Storage Modes Dustin Ryan
- Introduction to Cube Storage William Pearson
- Storage Modes in SSAS (MOLAP, ROLAP and HOLAP) Arshad Ali
- Analysis Services Storage Modes Amit Gupta
[edit] Implementations & Case Studies
- Analyzing the number of visits per customer Hilmar Buchta
- SSAS Calculated Measures for Business (III): Average Inventory Todd McDermid
- Accelerating Microsoft adCenter with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Microsoft
- v0.1 of my Visit/PageView Analysis Services Cube Matt Berseth
- Employment Analysis BI Solution - Part I, Part II & Part III Vassil Kovatchev
[edit] Tips
- Notes from the SQL & BI conference - SSAS Design Miky Schreiber
- 10 Tips for every SSAS developer Hilmar Buchta
- Super Seven Cleanup Steps Before Deploying Your Cube Adam Jorgensen
[edit] Reference Dimension
- Materialize Option in a Reference Dimension Jesse Orosz
- SSAS: Reference materialized dimension might produce incorrect results Alberto Ferrari
- Handling inter-dimensional members dependency and reducing cube sparsity using reference dimensions in Analysis Services 2005 Ajit Singh
- Star vs. Snowflake in OLAP Land Jesse Orosz
[edit] Dimensional Modeling
- Skinny Fact Tables are good Richard Lees
- SQL Server Analysis Services - Dimensional Modeling Concepts Nidal Arabi
- Fact table design for "State Workflow Analysis": Analysis Services Dimensional modeling Ajit Singh
- Dimensional modeling with Ranged Dimensions Alberto Ferrari
[edit] Market Basket Analysis
- Market Basket Analysis in SSAS 2005+ Igor Krupitsky
- Basket Analysis using Analysis Services 2005 Sacha Tomey
- Optimizing Basket Analysis Richard Lees
- Lesson 1: Creating the Market Basket Mining Structure Microsoft
- Market Basket Analysis Using Excel 2007 & SQL Server 2008 S h i S h
[edit] Memory
- SSAS : What you should know Andrew Calvett
- Memory Settings on SQL Server and Analysis Services Duncan Sutcliffe
- Managing memory of Analysis Services instance Michel Degremont
- Analysis Services Preallocate Memory Setting - Insight Karan Gulati
- Analysis Services Memory Limits Part 1 & Part 2 Greg Gonzalez
- Query behaviour when you cross the LowMemoryLimit Chris Webb
- Running Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services on Windows Server 2008 vs. Windows Server 2003 and Memory Preallocation: Lessons Learned Carl Rabeler
- SQL Server Databases and Cubes on one Server Andrew Fryer
[edit] Load Balancing
- Scale-Out Querying with Analysis Services…does it apply to SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2? Denny Lee
- Scale-Out Querying with Analysis Services
- SQL Server Best Practices Article Denny Lee, Nicholas Dritsas
- Analysis Services Load Balancing Solution Carl Rabeler
- Scale-Out Querying with Analysis Services Using SAN Snapshots Carl Rabeler
- Scale-Out Querying with Analysis Services Denny Lee, Nicholas Dritsas
[edit] Analysis Services Synchronization
- Synchronizing Analysis Services Databases MSDN
- Analysis Services Synchronization Best Practices Denny Lee, Edward Melomed, Mike Vovchik
- SSAS – Synchronisation performance Andrew Calvett
- SSAS Database Synchronization for Scalability & Availability Amos
- Sample Robocopy Script to customer synchronize Analysis Services databases Eric Jacobsen
[edit] Locks
- Enter the SSAS server level lock Andrew Calvett
- SSAS: Acquiring Locks using XML/A from SSMS Darren Gosbell
- SSAS: Acquiring Locks using XML/A from SSMS - Part 2 Darren Gosbell
- Deadlock Troubleshooting in SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) C. S. John Lam
[edit] Cell Annotations
- Cell Annotations Richard Tkachuk
- Handling Annotation and comments in Analysis Services Thierry D’hers, Mosha Pasumansky
[edit] Design - Other
- Fact dimension relationships
- Use BIDS 2008 to validate Analysis Services 2005 cubes
- Renaming Attribute and Dimension Vincent Rainardi
- Ad-Hoc Ranges in SSAS Boyan Penev
- One Cube vs Multiple Cubes Chris Webb
- An other Example of Calculation-Dimension Qazafi
- Analysis Services ROLAP for SQL Server Data Warehouses Microsoft
- Multi Language Cubes Vincent Rainardi
- SSAS MemberNamesUnique Property Thomas Ivarsson
- Average Aggregation in Analysis Services Boyan Penev
- Resolutions for common Issues and Facts while using SSAS 2005 Subhash Subramanyam
- Dimensional Model Components: Dimensions Part I William Pearson
- Dimensional Model Components: Dimensions Part II William Pearson
- LINQ to MDX Chris Webb
- On the search for the perfect OLAP browser Boyan Penev
- Integrating Visio 2007 with SQL Server Analysis Services Dinesh Asanka
- Compression with SSAS 2005 using ADOMD.Net Patrice Truong
- Accessing OLAP Server Data with ADO.NET Puran Mehra
- One or Two Dimensions Vincent Rainardi
- SQL Server Analysis Services Projects with Multiple Developers David Darden
- Regular Expressions for MDX Michel Caradec
- Introduction to Linked Objects in Analysis Services 2005 William Pearson
- Naming Objects in Analysis Services Chris Webb
- SSAS Beginner’s Guide: Storage Structure Clay Lenhart
- Different granularity in a single dimension Hilmar Buchta
- SSAS Calculated Measures for Business (I): Introduction Todd McDermid
- Degenerate dimensions in SSAS Willem Schampheleer
- SSAS: Comparing Actuals and Targets at different granularity when you cant use IsLeaf() Bhavik Merchant
- Measures and Measure Groups in Microsoft Analysis Services Part 1 & Part 2 Chris Webb
- Implementing histograms in OLAP Tomislav Piasevoli
- Using a View for a Fact Table in SSAS Project Chuck Rivel
- Space Considerations for Various OLAP Data Types Richard Lees
- Pre-Aggregated Data and Changing Dimensions Boyan Penev
- Identifying intra-dimensional members relationship and reducing cube sparsity in Analysis Services 2005 SP2 : Cube design tip Ajit Singh
- Using TinyInt as keys in Analysis Services Andrew Fryer
- Parser: The query contains … parameter, which is not declared Vincent Rainardi
- How to Deal with Corruption in Analysis Services Karan Gulati
- Moving Data Directory of Analysis Services (SQL 2005 / 2008) Karan Gulati
- SQL Server Analysis Services Port (SQL 2005 / 2008) Karan Gulati
- Does SSAS support MSDTC Transactions? Darren Gosbell
- Cube Wackiness - Two Different Internal Errors Martin Mason
- Quick Guide to BIDS Helper 1.4.3.0 for SSAS Mark Tabladillo
- Thoughts on Analysis Services in the Cloud Chris Webb
- Creating solution file from a SSAS database Jason Thomas
- Mind that collation : SSAS Jamie Thomson
- Using MDX to work with the File System Adam Jorgensen
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Consolidation Best Practices Carl Rabeler
- SSAS Cube Testing Thomas Ivarsson
- SSAS 2008 - INI Files and in place upgrades Andrew Calvett
- Disk Partition Alignment Best Practices for SQL Server Microsoft
- Virtualising Analysis Services Andrew Fryer
- Live Blogging @PASS - SSAS Consolidation and Virtualisation Chris Webb
- Analysis Services Project Configurations Greg Galloway
- SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Column Truncation "Inconvenience" Matija Lah
- SSAS: Adding XMLA templates to SSMS Darren Gosbell
- Renaming an Analysis Services 2005 cube Denny Lee
- Nasty SSAS 2008 Bug Teo Lachev
- Connecting to SSAS 2008 Michel Caradec
- Ideal Steps for Seamless Migration of SSAS 2000 to 2005 Database Subhash Subramanyam
- SSAS 2008 Upgrade Consideration: ODBC Data Sources from Analysis Services 2000 are not migrated Derek Comingore
- BI Survey 9 Chris Webb
- MDX Interview Questions : How to prepare for SSAS MDX interview Siddharth Mehta
- Which OLAP cube should I use, Microsoft SSAS or IBM Cognos PowerCube (Powerplay)? Will Thrash
- OBIEE Hybrid OLAP Reporting using MS Analysis Services & Oracle Mark Rittman
- The great migration debate: Essbase to Analysis Services Mark Whitehorn
- MS Paper: Precision Considerations for Analysis Services Users Denny Lee, Eric Jacobsen
- OLAP Design Best Practices for Analysis Services 2005 Matt Carroll
- Handling Data Integrity Issues in Analysis Services 2005 (MS paper) T.K. Anand
- SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (SSAS) Server Properties Edward Melomed
- Configuring the Analysis Services Query Log Edward Melomed
[edit] Security
[edit] Kerberos
- Kerberos SPN Generation Setup Tool - SSAS 2008 Robert Lambrecht
- Deploying a Business Intelligence Solution Using SharePoint, Reporting Services, and PerformancePoint Monitoring Server with Kerberos Carl Rabeler
- SSAS: Dynamic Security, Kerberos and PerformancePoint Rod Colledge
- Constrained Delegation with Kerberos and SSAS Named Instance Jaime Basilico
- Enhanced Security and Integration of Microsoft BI Solutions with Kerberos Mark Dasco and Boyan Penev
- Errors may occur after configuring Analysis Services to use Kerberos authentication on Advanced Encryption Standard Aware Operating Systems John Desch
- Windows Server 2008 Kerberos Bug – Transport Connection Issues with SSAS data Dan English
- SSAS: Kerberos kills ‘large’ MDX queries on Windows Server 2008 Dr. John Tunnicliffe
- Microsoft BI with Constrained Kerberos Delegation Rob Kerr
- Kerberos in a Clustered and Load Balanced BI Deployment Duncan Sutcliffe
- Analysis Services Double Hop Authentication Jesse Orosz
[edit] Measure Security
- Measure Tool – Making SSAS measures physical to apply security Alberto Ferrari
- Implementing measure security in SSAS 2008 Jason Thomas
- Applying Security to Calculated Measures Adam Jorgensen
- Applying Security to Calculated Measures Dynamically Guru Charan
[edit] Cell Security
- Cell Security: when Read permissions are actually Read Contingent Chris Webb
- Cell Security and the Formula Engine Cache Chris Webb
- Cell Security and Calculated Members Defined in the WITH Clause or Session Chris Webb
- Improving cell security performance in SSAS Jason Thomas
- MDX Expressions to Set Cell Data Permissions
[edit] Testing Security
- Using EffectiveUserName To Impersonate in SSAS Greg Galloway
- How to Audit SSAS role permissions John Dunleavy
- Testing SSAS Roles in Excel Kevin S. Goff
[edit] Custom Security
- Implementing User-specific security in SSAS Bryan C. Smith
- SSAS Dynamic Security Richard Lees
- Dimension Security Stored Procedures in SQL Server Analysis Services SSAS 2005 Ray Barley
- One Cube, Different Dimensions, Different Data – with MDX Konstantin Gorakine
- Cube, Different Dimensions, Different Data Konstantin Gorakine
[edit] Dimension Security
- Introduction to Dimension Security in SQL Server Analysis Services SSAS 2005 Ray Barley
- Protect UDM with Dimension Data Security Part 1 & Part 2 Teo Lachev
- Improvements to dimension security in Analysis Services 2005 Mosha Pasumansky
- SSAS advanced dimension level security using SSRS reports, showing parent of a level you have no access Kasper de Jonge
- Dimension Security Tips, Tricks and Problems Chris Webb
[edit] Other
- Creating Role in SQL Server Database using C# Maeenul Islam
- Adding SSAS roles via Powershell Bhavik Merchant
- Export Analysis services cubes, roles and members from a server to CSV using C# Kasper de Jonge
- SSAS: Powershell to replace a group member in a role Darren Gosbell
- SSAS: Membership in Multiple Roles Could Throw Unexpected Surprises Benny Austin
- Creating Many Roles in SSAS Cube Vincent Rainardi
- Enhancing Analysis 2005 Security - Revoking Domain Admin and Local Admin from Built in Admin role Eran Sagi
- powerSSAS: Listing Role information Darren Gosbell
- Visual Totals in MDX and Role Security Ella Maschiach
- Dimension Security Issues with Excel 2007 and SSAS 2005 Parent-Child Hierarchies Dave Fackler
- Using Policy-Based Management in SQL Server 2008 Ray Barley
- Policy-based management almost makes it to AS2008 Chris Webb
- Configure Surface Area Configuration for SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Using Policy Based Management Ashish Kumar Mehta
- Analysis Services 2008 Personalization Extensions Michel Caradec
[edit] MDX
[edit] About MDX
- MDX - History and Evolution Amyn Rajan
- MDX is a redundant language Richard Lees
- MDX is exceedingly hard to grasp Jiang Tang
- Reason #1 (of a list of thousands of reasons) why MDX is important Kevin S. Goff
- William Pearson series of articles on Analysis Services and MDX William Pearson
- MDX Document Object Model, MDX Parser, MDX Generator Petr Leschenok
[edit] MDX Tutorial
- Hands on with MDX Mark Whitehorn
- Exploring MDX (Multi Dimensional Expression) in SQL Server Analysis Services Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3 Gouri Sohoni
[edit] MDX Dynamic Sets
- MDX in Katmai: Dynamic named sets Mosha Pasumansky
- Solution for SSAS 2008 multi-selects in Excel (Dynamic Sets) Hilmar Buchta
- Dynamic sets Tomislav Piasevoli
- Trojan for dynamic sets Tomislav Piasevoli
- Dynamic Set for MDX Calculations Chuck Rivel
[edit] MDX Multi-Select
- Excel and MDX multiselect problems revisited Eingestellt von DocFour
- How to detect subselect inside MDX calculations (aka Multiselect in Excel 2007) Mosha Pasumansky
- Multiselect friendly MDX calculations Mosha Pasumansky
- Multiselect friendly MDX for calculations looking at current coordinate Mosha Pasumansky
- Multiselect in different clients illustrated Thomas Ivarsson
[edit] MDX Count
- Calculating a Proper Denominator Count Reed Jacobson
- Counting New and Returning Customers in MDX Chris Webb
- Optimizing Count(Filter(...)) expressions in MDX Mosha Pasumansky
- Counting 'in-flight' events in MDX Mosha Pasumansky
- Counting Days in MDX Mosha Pasumansky
- Count of WeekDays Guru Charan
[edit] MDX BottomCount()
- Further Combination of BottomCount() with Other MDX Functions William Pearson
- Combine BottomCount() with Other MDX Functions to Add Sophistication William Pearson
- Basic Set Functions: The BottomCount() Function, Part I William Pearson
- SSAS MDX Functions - BottomCount Amit Gupta
- Product Sales, Top and BottomCount in the same report Thomas Ivarsson
- BottomCount, Filter and Null in SSAS2005 and ProClarity Thomas Ivarsson
[edit] MDX TopCount()
- Generate, TopCount, and All Others Martin Mason
- TopCount and very large sets Andrew Wiles
- SSAS clients and TopCount Thomas Ivarsson
- Named Sets and TopCount, some thoughts of how this works Thomas Ivarsson
[edit] MDX Rank
- Rank Function (For same value) Amish Manubhai Shah
- Different Approaches To Handling Tied Ranks Chris Webb
- MDX for Business - Ranking Customers/Cities Richard Lees
- Goldfish Rank Tomislav Piasevoli
- Advanced Ranking and Dynamically-Generated Named Sets in MDX Chris Webb
- Ranking in MDX Mosha Pasumansky
- Rank with partitioning - MDX Amish Manubhai Shah
- Row number Tomislav Piasevoli
[edit] MDX Member Properties
- The LEVEL_NUMBER Member Property William Pearson
- The LEVEL_UNIQUE_NAME Intrinsic Member Property William Pearson
- Intrinsic Member Properties: The HIERARCHY_UNIQUE_NAME Property William Pearson
- Intrinsic Member Properties: The DIMENSION_UNIQUE_NAME Property William Pearson
- Intrinsic Member Properties: The MEMBER_VALUE Property William Pearson
- Intrinsic Member Properties: The MEMBER_UNIQUE_NAME Property William Pearson
- Intrinsic Member Properties: The MEMBER_NAME Property William Pearson
- Intrinsic Member Properties: The MEMBER_KEY Property William Pearson
- Intrinsic Member Properties: The MEMBER_CAPTION Property William Pearson
- All Member Properties - Name, Key and Level Boyan Penev
- String Functions: The .Properties Function William Pearson
- String Functions: The .Properties Function, Part II William Pearson
[edit] MDX Named Sets
- Creating MDX Named Sets Dustin Ryan
- Named Set Subtotals in Excel Teo Lachev
- MDX Named Sets in SQL Server 2005/2008 Kevin S. Goff
- Performance, Named Sets, Calculated Measure, PerformancePoint and ProClarity James Rogers
- Non-deterministic functions in named sets Bryan C. Smith
- Named Sets, AutoExists and Katmai Chris Webb
- Dynamic Named Sets in Analysis Service 2008 Amish Manubhai Shah
- Dynamic Named Sets in SQL Server Analysis Service 2008 Kasim Wirama
- Dynamic named sets in AS2008 - not as fun as you might think Chris Webb
- MDX in Katmai: Dynamic named sets Mosha Pasumansky
- Static Named Sets v/s Dynamic Named Sets Jason Thomas
[edit] MDX NonEmpty
- Difference between Non Empty(Keyword) and NonEmpty (Function) Nitin Gulati
- MDX : Non Empty v/s NonEmpty Jason Thomas
- History Browsing in OLAP and LastNonEmptyLeaf Miky Schreiber
- EXISTING AND NONEMPTY Chris Webb
- NonEmpty() and that all-important second parameter Chris Webb
- Optimize CROSSJOINS with NONEMPTY Thomas Ivarsson
- MDX: NonEmpty, Exists and evil NonEmptyCrossJoin Mosha Pasumansky
- How to check if cell is empty in MDX Mosha Pasumansky
- Empty values in MDX Thomas Ivarsson
[edit] MDX Existing
- MDX code snippet Existing Thomas Ivarsson
- MDX: EXISTING Vincent Rainardi
- MDX using EXISTING, AGGREGATE, CROSSJOIN and WHERE James Rogers
- EXISTING and query context Hilmar Buchta
[edit] MDX Last Non Empty
- LastNonEmpty Gotchas Greg Galloway
- Optimising NON EMPTY filtering in queries Chris Webb
- Getting the last non empty value Richard Lees
- Last Non Empty Affairs Teo Lachev
[edit] MDX ITEM() function
- The ITEM() function with MDX code examples Thomas Ivarsson
- How to use ITEM and when ITEM(0).ITEM(0) is redundant Boyan Penev
- ITEM() function - MDX Amit Gupta
[edit] MDX SCOPE
- Order of Nested SCOPE Statements Chris Webb
- MDX Scope with an If Then Exception or Filter Mike Davis
- Scope Assignments and Missing Members Teo Lachev
- Scope statement & ignoring non leaf data Mark Stacey
- Scope Problems with MDX Calculated Members Alex Whittles
[edit] MDX Puzzles
- MDX Puzzle #1 Puzzle & Solution Patrick LeBlanc
- MDX Puzzle #2 Puzzle & Solution Patrick LeBlanc
- MDX Puzzle #3 Puzzle & Solution Patrick LeBlanc
- MDX Puzzle #4 Puzzle & Solution Patrick LeBlanc
- MDX Puzzle #5 Puzzle & Solution Patrick LeBlanc
- MDX Puzzle #6 Puzzle & Solution Patrick LeBlanc
- MDX Puzzle #7 Puzzle & Solution Patrick LeBlanc
- MDX Puzzles: First Strike Puzzle & Answer Dustin Ryan
- MDX Puzzles: Double Deuce Action [MDX Puzzles: Double Deuce Action Puzzle] & Answer Dustin Ryan
- MDX Puzzles: The Fifth Element Puzzle & Answer Dustin Ryan
- MDX Puzzles: Encounters of the Fourth Kind Puzzle & Answer Dustin Ryan
- MDX Puzzles: Third Time's a Charm Puzzle & Answer Dustin Ryan
[edit] MDX ParallelPeriod()
- ParallelPeriod + PeriodsToDate = Unexpected exception Konstantin Gorakine
- Problem with ParallelPeriod() function Konstantin Gorakine
- Parallelism and MDX Queries Chris Webb
- Time calculations in UDM: Parallel Period Mosha Pasumansky
- MDX Essentials - MDX Time Series Functions, Part III: The LastPeriods() and ParallelPeriod() Functions William Pearson
[edit] Time Intelligence
- Mastering Enterprise BI: Time Intelligence Pt. I William Pearson
- Mastering Enterprise BI: Time Intelligence Pt. II William Pearson
- DateTool dimension: an alternative Time Intelligence implementation Marco Russo
- Analysis Services 2005 Brings You Automated Time Intelligence Mosha Pasumansky and Robert Zare
[edit] MDX Semi Additive Measures
- Effects of semi-additive measures on other dimensions Hilmar Buchta
- Semi-additive measures, multiple measure groups and time dimensions Hilmar Buchta
- Role-playing time dimensions and semi-additive measures Hilmar Buchta
- Semi Additive Measures using SQL Server Standard Alex Whittles
[edit] MDX performance
- Arbitrary-shaped sets and the Storage Engine cache Chris Webb
- Arbitrary Shapes in AS 2005 Thomas Kejsers
- MDX and response time in ProClarity and Excel 2007 Thomas Ivarsson
- Gross margin - dense vs. sparse block evaluation mode in MDX Mosha Pasumansky
- Optimizing order of sets in MDX crossjoins Mosha Pasumansky
- Optimizing MDX aggregation functions Mosha Pasumansky
- Hierarchical trace profiling with MDX Studio Mosha Pasumansky
- Product Volatility: Optimizing MDX with MDX Studio Mosha Pasumansky
- LookUpCube Function MDX Query Performance Test Dustin Ryan
- Performance of running sum calculations in SP2 Mosha Pasumansky
- Performance of IIF function in MDX Mosha Pasumansky
- Budget Variance - A study of MDX optimizations: evaluation modes and NON_EMPTY_BEHAVIOR Mosha Pasumansky
- IIF Function Query Hints in SQL Server Analysis Services 2008 Richard Tkachuk
- Averages, ratios, division by zero and NON_EMPTY_BEHAVIOR Mosha Pasumansky
- Can your sum be a subtraction? Or can you avoid it altogether Chris Webb
[edit] MDX Subcube
- SUBCUBE vs. Slice for YTD() Konstantin Gorakine
- Custom filters with MDX subcubes Mosha Pasumansky
- DefaultMember, subcubes and non-aggregatable attributes Marco Russo
- AS2008 MDX: subselects and CREATE SUBCUBE in non-visual mode Mosha Pasumansky
- Creating Sub Cubes - Visual and Non Visual Mode Ashwani Roy
[edit] MDX Subselect
- SSAS WHERE vs. Subselect Puzzle Teo Lachev
- MDX equivalent of a filtered GROUP BY in SQL Darren Gosbell
- Subselects, SCOPEs and hierarchy navigation MDX functions Mosha Pasumansky
- Subselects and Calculated Members in R2 Chris Webb
- The new ".currentmember" behavior with subselect in SSAS 2005 sp2 C. S. John Lam
[edit] MDX Ratio
- A simple MDX ratio problem Thomas Ivarsson
- Ratio to "Parent on Rows" in MDX Mosha Pasumansky
- MDX ratio of "current parent" issue Darren Gosbell
[edit] MDX NextAnalytics
- NextAnalytics and MDX : Part 1 - Swap Cells with Row Labels Ajit Singh
- Follow up on NextAnalytics challenge Mosha Pasumansky
- MDX answer to NextAnalytics challenge Mosha Pasumansky
[edit] MDX Date Calculations
- SIMPLE MDXes for time periods Sergey Sheinblum
- Using Non_Empty_Behavior With YTD calculations Chris Webb
- Calculate Run Rate (Full Year Projection) in MDX Alex Whittles
- MDX Calculated Member Spanning Multiple Date Dimensions Alex Whittles
- MDX YTD not working due to format String Mike Davis
- SSAS Calculated Measures for Business (II): Annualized Measures Todd McDermid
[edit] MDX Current Date
- Getting the Current Day in MDX Miky Schreiber
- How to get the todays date in MDX Mosha Pasumansky
- Finding Last n members of a Particular month of a particular Year from a Time Dimension using MDX Maeenul[ Islam
- YTD Based on Current System Date Karan Gulati
[edit] MDX Missing Members Mode
- About MDXMissingMemberMode in SSAS Ashok Kumar
- What is 'MDX Missing Members Mode' in Analysis Services 2005? Mosha Pasumansky
- Excel report with SSAS taking more time to refresh over Wan Ashutosh Sharma / Karan Gulati
[edit] MDX Functions
- MDX reference (BOL) Microsoft
- VBA functions in AS2005 (MDX) Irina Gorbach
- MDX functions in Analysis Services 2005 Mosha Pasumansky
- Set Operations in MDX – UNION and EXCEPT Boyan Penev
- Set Functions: The StripCalculatedMembers() Function William Pearson
- Set Functions: The AddCalculatedMembers() Function William Pearson
- MDX Numeric Functions: The Min() Function William Pearson
- MDX Numeric Functions: The Max() Function William Pearson
- Set Functions: The .AllMembers Function William Pearson
- MDX Essentials: Set Functions: The MeasureGroupMeasures() Function William Pearson
- Logical Functions: IsGeneration(): Conditional Logic within Filter Expressions William Pearson
- Simple vs Searched CASE statements Chris Webb
- MDX: Except Vincent Rainardi
- MDX: Filter Vincent Rainardi
[edit] MDX - Other
- To get a comma separated list of members for dimension attribute use following mdx
- Calculated Members Unexpectedly Return Empty Reed Jacobson
- A Few Notes on HAVING vs. FILTER Reed Jacobson
- MDX and Linear Regression: An Example Tim Knight
- The 4.2 billion tuples limitation Vincent Rainardi
- OR operation in MDX Jason Thomas
- MDX query for Subtree Members and Leaf Members Maeenul Islam
- Variance calculation using MDX calculated measure in SSAS Jose Chinchilla
- MDX - Group by measure range dynamically Richard Lees
- MDX - Aggregating by member_caption Richard Lees
- Brilliantly stupid MDX debugging technique Tom Huguelet
- When Not To Write MDX and When Not To Use Analysis Services Boyan Penev
- Text in OLAP Measures Miky Schreiber
- Average among siblings Tomislav Piasevoli
- Beware Hidden Calculated Members Teo Lachev
- SetFocus BI/SQL Master's Program Tip (from student alumnus question): when PREVMEMBER alone isn't enough in MDX Kevin S. Goff
- How can solve order effect your MDX calculations Ashwani Roy
- Creating TOP X queries with SSAS 2008 Andre Magni
- MDX Utility Belt of Calculations Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 & Part 4 Devin Knight
- Filtering measures by indirectly related dimensions in MDX Boyan Penev
- Not All Calculated Members Are Born Equal Teo Lachev
- Bitmap index (Universal percentage in OWC - take 2) Tomislav Piasevoli
- A Box of Chocolate: Flavors (part one) Tomislav Piasevoli
- Strange Perspectives Eingestellt von Martin
- Using Dimensions as Parameters to Calculations and Sets Chris Webb
- Calculating universal percentage in OWC Tomislav Piasevoli
- Weighted Average: from requirements to implementation Konstantin Gorakine
- Now() and the Formula Cache Chris Webb
- Sets in slicer - analysis of behaviour Tomislav Piasevoli
- Handling Divide by null in Cubes for PPS, a better way than IIF() Bhavik Merchant
- Sets in the Where Clause and Autoexists Chris Webb
- Error messages in MDX SELECT statements and what they mean Chris Webb
- Set alias in IIF statement Konstantin Gorakine
- MDX for Business - Text as a calculated measure Richard Lees
- Joining the results of two MDX queries together Chris Webb
- Using MDX to browse the file system Chris Webb
- Measures on Rows Teo Lachev
- Displaying totals at the bottom Chris Webb
- Finding lowest common ancestor in set Mosha Pasumansky
- Error Wrap in MDX Miky Schreiber
- Product Volatility in Adventure Works Thomas Ivarsson
- Aggregate(), Sum() functions using calculated members does not work in Analysis Services 2005 SP2 (9.00.3042.00 version) but works in Analysis Services 2000 SP4 Ajit Singh
- Division by null and zero in MDX Thomas Ivarsson
- Very Customed Aggregation - StDev() Miky Schreiber
- Leaves() : Works for regular hierarchies but not for parent child hierarchies Ajit Singh
- Custom Rounding and Truncation of Numbers in MDX Boyan Penev
- SSAS MDX Round = Banker's Rounding Dan English
- Calculated members vs assignments to real members Chris Webb
- Querying Dimension Members In Analysis Services Richard Tkachuk
- Searching substrings in MDX Jason Thomas
- Why you should learn more about the MDX Generate function Thomas Ivarsson
- The MDX slicer will not change anything on an axis Thomas Ivarsson
- Moving averages in MDX Mosha Pasumansky
- Best SQL Server 2005 MDX Tips and Tricks - Part 1 Nicholas Dritsas
- Modelling Goals and Thresholds in Measure Groups Chris Webb
- OR Queries in MDX Chris Webb
- Comparing members in MDX Mosha Pasumansky
- Comparing Levels in MDX and CONDITION vs. SCOPE in cell calculations Mosha Pasumansky
- Recursion in MDX - How deep can it go Mosha Pasumansky
- Alternative Calculated Member Definition Syntax Chris Webb
- Default members, MDX Scripts, Security, KPIs and Perspectives Mosha Pasumansky
- How to work with Dimension Leaves Mosha Pasumansky
- Member Caption Translations in MDX Mosha Pasumansky
- Querying dimensions in MDX Mosha Pasumansky
- Slicer and axes interaction in MDX Part 1 - coordinate overwrites Mosha Pasumansky
- Slicer and axes interaction in MDX Part 2 - Implicit Exists Mosha Pasumansky
- Introduction to MDX Scripting in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Richard Tkachuk
[edit] SSRS
[edit] SSRS Getting Started
- Your First OLAP Report Valentino Vranken
- Implementing Access to SQL Server Analysis Services 2008 by Parameterization feature on SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 Kasim Wirama
- Creating a matrix report using the Analysis Services Cube Dr. Jayaram Krishnaswamy
- Using Reporting Services (SSRS) with SSAS data Dan English
- Learning OLAP - Session 1 ? The Structure of OLAP Data Tim Peterson
[edit] SSRS Performance
- Tuning SSRS-Generated MDX Parameter Queries Chris Webb
- Using unformatted cell values it may improve query performance Nicholas Dritsas
- SSRS and SSAS-Sourced Parameter Dataset Performance Issues Chris Webb
- Performance Tuning OLAP Reports Devin Knight
- Speeding up the Query Parameters Dialog in the SSRS Query Designer Vidas Matelis
- MDX Variables to Boost OLAP reports performance significantly Ashok Kumar
[edit] SSRS Parameters
- MDX Parameter with Multiple Members Consolidated into Single Value Dustin Ryan
- Hacking MDX Query Designer Parameters Teo Lachev
- Mastering OLAP Reports: Parameterizing Number of 'Look Back' Periods with the MDX LastPeriods() Function Part I, Part II William Pearson
- Mastering OLAP Reports: Parameterizing Number of 'Top' Items with the MDX TopCount() Function Part I, Part II William Pearson
- Reporting Services: Customize Automatically Created Parameter Support Objects Part 1, *Part 2 William Pearson
- Parameterization from Analysis Services - Cascading Picklists William Pearson
- Mastering OLAP Reports: Parameterized Grouping William Pearson
- Support Parameterization from Analysis Services William Pearson
- How-to Passing parameter for Analysis Services using MDX from Reporting Services Ming Man Chan
- Referencing Parameters in SSRS Calculated Members Teo Lachev
- How to implement cascading parameters in a SQL Services Reporting Services MDX Report David Darden
- Passing MDX parameters in Reporting Services reports Radim Hampel
- Long Navigation Parameters Greg Galloway
- Parameterising Calculated Measure Definitions Chris Webb
- Support Parameterization from Analysis Services - Parameter Defaults William Pearson
[edit] SSRS Date Picker
- Using a Calendar for a Date Hierarchy Parameter with SSAS 2008 and SSRS 2008 riverguy
- Use Date Picker Control with MDX Based Reports Dustin Ryan
- SQL Server Reporting Services Calendar Control for Date Parameter (SSAS OLAP) Chen Tian Yang
- Using date parameters in Reporting Services reports built against data cubes Simon Phillips
- Current Date Parts for SSRS Reports using SSAS Cubes Dave Fackler
[edit] SSRS Drillthough
- SSRS Drillthrough for SSAS cubes, how to pass a parameter to an MDX dataset Istvan Martinka
- Enabling Drilldown on (SSRS) Reporting Services 2008 Charts Sean Boon
[edit] SSRS Parent-Child
- SSRS: Parent-Child (Account) Drill-Down Reed Jacobson
- SSRS: Parent-Child (Account) Totals below Detail Reed Jacobson
- Working with a Parent-Child Hierarchy in SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) Ray Barley
- Using Analysis Services Parent-Child Hierarchies in Reports Robert Bruckner
- SSRS Report Against a SSAS Parent Hierarchy Chuck Rivel
[edit] SSRS Charts
- Introducing Reporting Services Charts for Analysis Services William Pearson
- Simple Pie Chart for Analysis Services Data William Pearson
- Stacked Bar Chart for Analysis Services Data William Pearson
- Line Chart for Analysis Services Data William Pearson
- Stacked Column Chart for Analysis Services Data William Pearson
- A More Advanced Pie Chart for Analysis Services Data William Pearson
- Simple Bar Chart for Analysis Services Data William Pearson
- Simple Column Chart for Analysis Services Data William Pearson
- Exploded Pie Chart for Analysis Services Data William Pearson
- Simple Doughnut Chart for Analysis Services Data William Pearson
- 100% Stacked Column Chart for Analysis Services Data William Pearson
- XY (Scatter) Chart for Analysis Services Data William Pearson
- Win\Loss Graphs in Reporting Services 2008 Tim Kent
- HowTo: Bullet Charts in Reporting Services 2005 Tim Kent
- Conditionally Hiding Axes for Trellis Displays Nick Barclay
- Pie chart with ‘others’ category (collected data) Hilmar Buchta
- Implementing drill-down in a SQL Server 2008R2 Reporting Services Map (Step by Step) Hilmar Buchta
- Using Visio and SSRS Map Reports for Store Layouts etc. Hilmar Buchta
- Creating your own SSRS map using Visio Hilmar Buchta
[edit] SSRS Bugs and Errors
- Syntax highlighting bug in Reporting Services 2008 MDX Query Designer Alan Koo Labrin
- Sum of a SQL Analysis Services calculated measure within a Reporting Services report gives #Error C. S. John Lam
[edit] SSRS Report Builder
- Building Ad-hoc Reporting Solutions with SQL Server 2005 Report Builder and Analysis Services OLAP Tian Ying He, Carolyn Chau
- Build Ad hoc Reporting Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Report Builder and Analysis Services Tian Ying He, Carolyn Chau
[edit] SSRS Report Model
- Creating a Report Model based on an Analysis Cube Ella Maschiach
- Creating a Report Model based on an Analysis Cube - Pros and Cons Ella Maschiach
- Updating your Report Model Ella Maschiach
- Filtering on a lookup attribute in Report Model Ella Maschiach
[edit] SSRS - Other
- Dynamic MDX in Reporting Services Alex Whittles
- Using Dynamic MDX in Reporting Services Part 1 & Part 2 Stacia Misner
- Creating Pivot collections via Reporting Services & SQL Analysis Services: Challenges and Solutions! Russell Christopher
- Business Intelligence Reports: Reports and Subscriptions Scenario Microsoft
- Develop Reporting Services reports using Analysis Services data; a SQL Server 2008 technical case study Nicholas Dritsas, Nopparat Leelavanich
- "T-SQL Tuesday #005" MDX and SSRS Barnaby Self
- PowerPivot/Excel/Sharepoint and SSRS - should they merge? Chris Webb
- Showing Server Aggregations in Reporting Services Stacia Misner
- SSRS and MDX: Detecting Missing Fields Valentino Vranken
- Suppress Auto Update of MDX Parameter Datasets in Reporting Services 2008 SummitCloud
- Suppressing Auto-generation of MDX Parameter Datasets Teo Lachev
- SSRS - Setting Default Parameter Values for Analysis Services Datasets Devin Knight
- SSAS with SSRS filtering and sorting MDX results Basarat Ali Syed
- Reporting Services Tips for OLAP Cubes Richard Lees
- Implementing Real Analysis Services DrillDown in a Reporting Services Report Chris Webb
- Reporting Services-generate MDX, Subselects and Formula Caching Chris Webb
- Asymmetric Sets on Columns in Reporting Services Chris Webb
- Building a Localized Report on a SQL Server 2005 Analysis Service Cube Data Source Brian Larson
- Dynamic MDX in Reporting Services Alex Whittles
- Retrieving Cell Properties Greg Galloway
- How to round detail rows and totals? Hilmar Buchta
[edit] Excel
[edit] Excel 2007
- Excel 2007 OLAP PivotTable Tips Richard Lees
- Microsoft BI Client Tools: Easing the Transition from Excel 2003 to Excel 2007 – PivotTable Layout and Design Steve Novoselac
- Building Integrated SQL Server Business Intelligence (BI) Solutions with Microsoft Office 2007 Ray Barley
- Accessing Cubes from Excel 2007 Dinesh Asanka
- SSAS Calculated Member's Currency Format Displayed in Excel 2007 Chuck Rivel
- Switching Data Sources in Excel 2007 Howie Dickerman
- Display the MDX query of an Excel 2007 PivotTable Marco Russo
- Cube Translation in Excel 2007 Vincent Rainardi
[edit] Excel 2010
- PivotTable Named Sets in Excel 2010 Joseph Chirilov
- Excel 2010 - a personal sneak preview Frederik Vandeputte
- What's new for Analysis Services users in Excel 2010? Chris Webb
- Excel 2010 on SSAS 2008 R2 Named Set Creation Thomas Ivarsson
- A Few More PivotTable Improvements in Excel 2010 Joseph Chirilov
- Excel 2007, OLAP Cubes: Customizable, User Defined Named Sets in Excel 2007 using VBA Steve Novoselac
- Dany Hoter on Cube Formulas Dany Hoter
- Common Questions Around Excel 2007 OLAP PivotTables Allan Folting
- The Excel 12 Blog Rides Again, or “CUBE Functions Part 1” David Gainer
[edit] Excel VBA
- Returning MDX query results in an Excel matrix formula Hilmar Buchta
- Cubevalue function for Excel 2002/2003? Hilmar Buchta
[edit] Excel Services
- Analysis Services Data Connections and SharePoint - One Solution to "Connection Cannot Be Made" Stacia Misner
- Quick and Easy Data Access with Excel Services John Campbell
- Using Excel & Excel Services with SQL Server Analysis Services 2008 Pej Javaheri
- Setting up Excel Services to Refresh Workbooks When Opened Pej Javaheri
- Using Analysis Services data in Excel Services P. Erol GIRAUDY
- Using Excel Services Reports with PerformancePoint Server (PPS) Dan English
- Business Intelligence with SharePoint and Excel Ben Curry
- Solving the “Data Refresh Failed” error message Wesley Bakker
[edit] PowerPivot and DAX
- Comparing Analysis Services and PowerPivot Ashvini Sharma
- Will DAX replace MDX Alex Whittles
- DAX vs. MDX vs. T-SQL Tomislav Piasevoli
- Thoughts on how PowerPivot and SSAS could work together Chris Webb
- Custom Aggregates in DAX / BISM Tabular part 1 and part 2 Hilmar Buchta
- Moving Average in DAX / BISM Tabular Hilmar Buchta
- Moving Averages in DAX vs. MDX Hilmar Buchta
- Semi additive measures in DAX / BISM Tabular Hilmar Buchta
- Self-Service BI, PowerPivot and the future of traditional BI (DWH, OLAP, MDX) Hilmar Buchta
[edit] Excel Other
- Cracking The Code Bob Phillips
- Improving Excel's Cube Performance Richard Lees
- Self-Documenting Cubes in Excel PivotTables Greg Galloway
- Binding an Excel table to the results of an MDX query Chris Webb
- How to define an Excel compliant format strings for a cube Hilmar Buchta
- SSAS Calculation Formatting Not Showing in Excel 2007 or Excel 2010 Brian Knight
- What's preventing Excel from being the ubiquitous cube browser Richard Lees
- SSAS and Dynamic Excel Reports Andrew Crowder
- Using Offline OLAP to Develop Cube Reports Without SSAS Steve Novoselac
- Sorting Dates in a PivotTable Report Teo Lachev
- Building pivot tables using cube formulas Markus Hain
- MS Document: Designing SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Cubes for Excel 2007 PivotTables Allan Folting
[edit] PerformancePoint
[edit] ProClarity
- Lessons Learned: Deploying ProClarity 6.3 on SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Benjamin Wright-Jones
- "Warning The security database on the server does not have a computer account for this workstation trust relationship." Microsoft
- Date Ranges in SSAS 2005 and ProClarity Dan Wilmot
[edit] PerformancePoint Server 2007
- Planning Server Planning & Architecture Guide for PerformancePoint Server 2007 Microsoft
- PerformancePoint Server 2007 Build List and Hotfix Update Dan English
- Installing and Configuring PerformancePoint Server 2007 in a Distributed Environment Part 1 & Part 2 Mark Macrae
- Overcoming Calendar Limitations in PerformancePoint Planning Irit Eizips
- Sharing SSAS cube data in SharePoint with PerformancePoint Server 2007 Mark Kromer
[edit] PerformancePoint Services 2010
- New Features in PerformancePoint Services 2010 Jason Burns
- Upgrading PerformancePoint Server 2007 to PPS 2010 Jason Burns
- PerformancePoint Unexpected Error Occurred 11861 Dan English
- Configuring extranet access for PerformancePoint Services 2010 (white paper) Mark Wuerslin, Eric Melcher, Chad Cooper, Leo Furlong
- PerformancePoint 2010 Teo Lachev
- How to configure and use PerformancePoint 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 Fabian Imaz
- A General Caching Overview for Performance Point Services for SharePoint 2010 Frank Geczi II
- Analytic charts & grids in PerformancePoint Services Jason Burns
- Publishing PerformancePoint to Extranet Users Rob Kerr
- Deploying PerformancePoint 2010 Soup to Nuts Jason Burns
[edit] Performance Point - Time Intelligence
- Performance Point - Time Intelligence Formula Quick Reference Stephen Handy
- Configuring Data Source Time Settings for Time Intelligence Kevin Fan
[edit] PerformancePoint Services - Dashboard Designer
- What Happened to the Pivot Button in the Scorecard Editor? Stephen Van de Walker Handy
- Up to Speed with PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer Video - Anna Lidman, Microsoft
- Screencast: Build a PerformancePoint 2010 dashboard using a Time Intelligence filter Kasper de Jonge
- Installing Dashboard Designer for PerformancePoint Server (PPS) Dan English
[edit] PerformancePoint Services - Web Parts
- Modifying PPS Dashboards with SharePoint Web Parts Kevin Donovan
- Passing filter values on the URL to PerformancePoint Services web parts John Hall
- Performance Point - Filter Connection Quick Reference Stephen Handy
[edit] Data Mining
[edit] DMX
- Executing DMX DDL from a linked server Jamie MacLennan
- How to obtain RecordCount (or Number of cases) from a DMX query Steve Simon
- The amazing flexibility of DMX Table Valued Parameters Jamie MacLennan
- Getting Data Mining results into SQL Tables Jamie MacLennan
- DMX Pitfalls : Natural Prediction Joins Bogdan Crivat
- Unwinding MDX Flattening Semantics with DMX Jamie MacLennan
[edit] Third party data mining algorithms
- Add Custom Data Mining Algorithms to SQL Server 2005
- Data mining - Microsoft Business Intelligence with Numerical Libraries Visual Numerics Inc.
[edit] Data Mining - Other
- Time Series Reporting Stored Procedure Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 & Part 4 Jamie MacLennan
- Do you trust your Data Mining results? Part 1 & Part 2 & Part 3 Hilmar Buchta
- One or Multiple Analysis Services Cubes? Mark Tabladillo
- Data Mining on a small amount of data Hilmar Buchta
- How much support do you need for your Data Mining results? Hilmar Buchta
- SSAS: Explaining the State Transitions Viewer for Sequence Clustering Allan Mitchell
- Understanding MS Clustering Visualizations in BIDS Thomas Ivarsson
- Sampling data with the Excel 2007 data mining add in Thomas Ivarsson
- Data mining - Key influencers Thomas Ivarsson
- Using AS Data Mining to Add Forecast Values to a Cube Chris Webb
- Explore Time Series enhancements in SQL Server 2008 Microsoft
- Decision Trees in SSAS2005 and Excel 2007 Thomas Ivarsson
- Convert a Excel Pivot table to a Excel Table, use SSAS data to do data mining in Excel Kasper de Jonge
- Using The Data Mining Query Task in SSIS Ashish Kumar Mehta
- Text Data Mining on Mosha's blog Thomas Ivarsson
