SQL Server Magazine

Creating Dimensions in SSAS Part 1

Learn how to build proper dimensions, add useful hierarchies that support user’s navigational needs, then perform the important step of adding attribute relationships to make your users' data analysis fast and easy.

Creating Dimensions in SSAS, Part 2

After you build the proper dimensions of a cube, you need to add attribute relationships to help the cube engine better process queries for faster data analysis.

Creating Dimensions in SSAS Part 1

Creating Dimensions in SSAS, Part 2

Unveiling PerformancePoint Server 2007

PerformancePoint Server 2007 might be in your future, especially if your users find out about its BI features. Get the lowdown before they do about the 3 parts of PerformancePoint Server, what it needs to run, and what exactly it delivers.

Points to Ponder: Delivering BI to the Organization

Many options exist for delivering BI data to end users. Here are some important considerations to keep in mind as you choose the delivery tools for the various users you serve.

Bring Cube Data into Focus

Reporting Services gives you an inexpensive way to deliver Analysis Services data to business users. Here’s how you can provide greater flexibility in your reports so users can easily change the ways they view BI data.

Delivering Analysis Services Data with Reporting Services

Learn how to use Reporting Services to give business users access to complex Analysis Services data--in a user-friendly format.

MDX for the MDX Phobic

If you don't have experience with MDX then Microsoft's Office Excel Add-in for SQL Server Analysis Services is for you.

Drillthrough on the Fly

Drillthrough lets you look at the individual records in a cube, but you can't modify a drillthrough query on the fly. You can create a drillthrough report, then use a cell-level action to call the report and pass the parameters.

Beating the Odds

A well-designed data warehouse can help your organization make faster and more informed decisions, but data-warehousing projects are risky business. Here's why so many data-warehousing projects fail and how to increase your project's chances for success.