Professional Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2008 with MDX by Sivakumar Harinath, Robert Zare, Sethu Meenakshisundaram, Matt Carroll, Denny Lee

Professional Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2008 with MDX Sivakumar Harinath, Robert Zare, Sethu Meenakshisundaram, Matt Carroll, Denny Lee ebook
Page: 1056
Format: pdf
ISBN: 9780470247983
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated

I received email confirmation today of my registration on the three-day deep-dive course on Analysis Services 2008 R2 and subsequent possibility of joining the SSAS Maestro Program. I have started learning MDX and even presented on it several times. All of the authors are with the Microsoft Analysis Services team. Microsoft had a vision of combining the widely accepted relational and . € Introduced with SQL Server 2005. € Meant for Organizational BI. Prepared and presented by top industry experts and the SQL Server Analysis Server team, this intensive course gives top SSAS professionals the education and hands-on experience needed to deliver highly complex and highly Using Analysis Services Features Instead of MDX. Books Online: Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) Reference · Books Online: SQL Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 · Introducing Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Multidimensional Performance and Operations Guide · QuickStart: Learn Whether you work primarily in the office or on the go, you'll find smart tools in this release that enable you to get your work done easier, faster, and more professionally than ever. The concept of modeling has been available from SQL Server 2005, where reports can be created based out of models. Therefore, the two main selling points of SSAS – ease of building analytics and performance are hard to improve on without radical action. My goal is to keep forging ahead with the SQL 2012 BI tools including Power View (which is just friggin awesome) and the new SSAS Tabular Model. Together with David Wickert, Siva has written the 2005 and 2008 editions of the Professional SQL Server Analysis Services with MDX. One of my PDP goals at that time, as I was really starting to delve deeper into Business Intelligence, was to pass the 70-448 Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance. Professional Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2008 with MDX.