Analysis Services has given many organizations the ability to produce powerful data marts and data warehouses, but delivering the data to the organization is sometimes problematic. SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services gives businesses a free, powerful tool for delivering warehouse data to users. Although Reporting Services won't replace full-blown analytics applications, it provides perhaps the broadest reach for warehouse data in the business intelligence (BI) process. It's useful to learn how to use Reporting Services to access Analysis Services data because it gives users the benefits of data warehousing.

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