SQL Server's Developer's Guide to OLAP with Analysis Services

The Skills You Need to Develop OLAP Solutions with SQL Server 2000 This one-of-a-kind book teaches you everything you need to know to use Microsoft's Analysis Services software to build, implement, and manage effective OLAP solutions. Expert advice and in-depth explanations combine to help you and your company take full advantage of the affordable power of SQL Server's built-in OLAP functionality. Coverage Includes: Analyzing large volumes of data effectively with Analysis Services Architecting and designing data analysis applications Querying OLAP data using MDX Programming applications using ADO/MD Managing Analysis Services servers with DSO Building data mining solutions with Analysis Services Using English Query for natural language querying of OLAP data Choosing appropriate client tools for exploring OLAP data Using the PivotTable Service for client-side data analysis Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file. The Skills You Need to Develop OLAP Solutions with SQL Server 2000
This one-of-a-kind book teaches you everything you need to know to use Microsoft's Analysis Services software to build, implement, and manage effective OLAP solutions. Expert advice and in-depth explanations combine to help you and your company take full advantage of the affordable power of SQL Server's built-in OLAP functionality.
Coverage Includes
* Analyzing large volumes of data effectively with Analysis Services
* Architecting and designing data analysis applications
* Querying OLAP data using MDX
* Programming applications using ADO/MD
* Managing Analysis Services servers with DSO
* Building data mining solutions with Analysis Services
* Using English Query for natural language querying of OLAP data
* Choosing appropriate client tools for exploring OLAP data
* Using the PivotTable Service for client-side data analysis
CD Description
The enclosed CD contains all the sample code from the book, ready for you to adapt and reuse in your own projects, along with a variety of sample data. You'll also find evaluation editions of ProClarity's award-winning analysis software and Hungry Dog Software's IntelliBrowser, a graphical OLAP client for Analysis Services.
Provides the skills needed to develop OLAP solutions with SQL Server 2000. This book teaches how to use Microsoft Analysis Services to build, implement, and manage effective OLAP solutions. Advice and in-depth explanations combine to help you and your company take full advantage of the affordable power of SQL Server's built-in OLAP functionality. In this chapter, we'll take a look at what online analytical processing (usually referred to simply as OLAP) means and how it can help you in your own projects. CD-ROM contains: sample code and applications from text -- Data for sample salserver databases used in text examples - Links to useful Web sites