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4 Server OLAP Services." -Bill Baker, Microsoft Corporation Microsoft(r) OLAP Solutions OLAP enables users to create, change, and access information from multi-dimensional data warehouses almost instantaneously. Microsoft has unleashed the power of OLAP in one of its most popular products, SQL Server 7, now distributed with its OLAP Services component. This guide to mastering Microsoft OLAP Services begins with a practical introduction to OLAP server concepts and architecture. It then progresses by logical, skill-building steps through a range of crucial topics in maintenance, database optimization, and advanced database design. The authors include in-depth case studies illustrating how to build OLAP applications, as well as instructions on how to construct working OLAP applications, including a healthcare benefits analysis application and a grocery store frequent shopper analysis application. Topics covered in detail include: * The storage and operational architecture of Microsoft OLAP server * Using the MDX language with Microsoft OLAP server * Using Microsoft OLAP server to access and update data * Specifying calculations * Optimizing server performance * Securing the server On the CD-ROM you'll find: * All the sample applications and databases described in the book * Additional software for working with Microsoft OLAP server Wiley Computer Publishing Timely. Practical. Reliable. Visit our Web site at About the Author ERIK THOMSEN is Chief Scientist of the DSS Lab, where he works on the design and implementation of integrated DSS systems. He is a frequent speaker at conferences, writes the "Decision Support" column for Intelligent Enterprise, and performs independent research in the areas of multidimensional logic and visualization. His address is erik@dsslab.com. GEORGE SPOFFORD is Chief Architect of the DSS Lab, where he is a consultant and software engineer specializing in design, implementation, and evaluation of OLAP-based DSS systems and related tools. His address is georges@dsslab.com. DICK CHASE is a Senior Consultant for Decision Support Technology (a part of the Condor Technology Solutions family) and has developed numerous decision support solutions for clients in such industries as retail, healthcare, insurance, and financial services. His address is dchase@dstcorp.com.

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6 MICROSOFT? OLAP SOLUTIONS BY ERIK THOMSEN, GEORGE SPOFFORD, DICK CHASE PDF "The authors merge their deep experience in OLAP to produce a roadmap to success with Microsoft SQL Server OLAP Services." -Bill Baker, Microsoft Corporation Microsoft(r) OLAP Solutions OLAP enables users to create, change, and access information from multi-dimensional data warehouses almost instantaneously. Microsoft has unleashed the power of OLAP in one of its most popular products, SQL Server 7, now distributed with its OLAP Services component. This guide to mastering Microsoft OLAP Services begins with a practical introduction to OLAP server concepts and architecture. It then progresses by logical, skill-building steps through a range of crucial topics in maintenance, database optimization, and advanced database design. The authors include in-depth case studies illustrating how to build OLAP applications, as well as instructions on how to construct working OLAP applications, including a healthcare benefits analysis application and a grocery store frequent shopper analysis application. Topics covered in detail include: * The storage and operational architecture of Microsoft OLAP server * Using the MDX language with Microsoft OLAP server * Using Microsoft OLAP server to access and update data * Specifying calculations * Optimizing server performance * Securing the server On the CD-ROM you'll find: * All the sample applications and databases described in the book * Additional software for working with Microsoft OLAP server Wiley Computer Publishing Timely. Practical. Reliable. Visit our Web site at Sales Rank: # in Books Published on: Original language: English Number of items: 1 Dimensions: 9.49" h x 1.16" w x 7.42" l,.0 pounds Binding: Paperback 528 pages Amazon.com Review Written for analysts who have at least some previous experience with data warehousing, Microsoft OLAP Solutions provides a working guide to analyzing legacy data with the new Microsoft online analytical processing (OLAP) Services. This book assumes you understand the fundamentals of what data warehousing is and how it works; if you do, this guide masterfully presents the strengths (and limitations) of OLAP technology. Database (DB) analysts know that Microsoft OLAP is the proverbial new kid on the block when it comes to data warehousing. It offers good wizards and tools to simplify creation and maintenance of a data warehouse. While the authors of Microsoft OLAP Solutions dutifully explain some of the technical terminology related

7 to OLAP (like cubes and dimensions) and design, many readers will likely seize on the chapters that examine actually using OLAP wizards and tools for building warehouses. Moreover, the reference to MDX (OLAP's data-analysis language) will be invaluable here. This book presents some warehousing theory first, and then it focuses on specifics, including two excellent case studies (for analyzing databases for health care and a grocery store) at the end of the book. It also offers chapters on implementing changes and optimizing OLAP databases once they are up and running. There's little doubt that with the weight of Microsoft behind it, OLAP will be a reasonable option for many corporate data warehouses. This book gives you all the information you need to apply your data warehouse knowledge to this new Microsoft platform. --Richard Dragan Topics covered: Microsoft OLAP, datahouse warehousing design, dimensions and cubes, pure OLAP (MOLAP), relational OLAP (ROLAP), hybrid OLAP (HOLAP), Multidimensional Expressions (MDX), maintenance, and optimization. From the Back Cover "The authors merge their deep experience in OLAP to produce a roadmap to success with Microsoft SQL Server OLAP Services." -Bill Baker, Microsoft Corporation Microsoft(r) OLAP Solutions OLAP enables users to create, change, and access information from multi-dimensional data warehouses almost instantaneously. Microsoft has unleashed the power of OLAP in one of its most popular products, SQL Server 7, now distributed with its OLAP Services component. This guide to mastering Microsoft OLAP Services begins with a practical introduction to OLAP server concepts and architecture. It then progresses by logical, skill-building steps through a range of crucial topics in maintenance, database optimization, and advanced database design. The authors include in-depth case studies illustrating how to build OLAP applications, as well as instructions on how to construct working OLAP applications, including a healthcare benefits analysis application and a grocery store frequent shopper analysis application. Topics covered in detail include: * The storage and operational architecture of Microsoft OLAP server * Using the MDX language with Microsoft OLAP server * Using Microsoft OLAP server to access and update data * Specifying calculations * Optimizing server performance * Securing the server On the CD-ROM you'll find: * All the sample applications and databases described in the book * Additional software for working with Microsoft OLAP server Wiley Computer Publishing Timely. Practical. Reliable. Visit our Web site at About the Author ERIK THOMSEN is Chief Scientist of the DSS Lab, where he works on the design and implementation of integrated DSS systems. He is a frequent speaker at conferences, writes the "Decision Support" column for Intelligent Enterprise, and performs independent research in the areas of multidimensional logic and visualization. His address is erik@dsslab.com. GEORGE SPOFFORD is Chief Architect of the DSS Lab, where he is a consultant and software engineer specializing in design, implementation, and evaluation of OLAP-based DSS systems and related tools. His address is georges@dsslab.com. DICK CHASE is a Senior Consultant for Decision Support Technology (a part of the Condor Technology Solutions family) and has developed numerous decision support solutions for clients in such industries as retail, healthcare, insurance, and financial services. His address is dchase@dstcorp.com.

8 Most helpful customer reviews 13 of 13 people found the following review helpful. OLAP for the elite By A Customer This book is for programmers with substantial experience with OLAP tools with syntactical development capabilities. Experienced programmers who may not have used OLAP technology but who have a good grasp of advanced technical issues related to report generation will benefit from the book too. The book is written in a dense academic style with poor organization. (You will see this right away in their first chapter when they start discussing more esoteric design issues while giving the reader minimal context as to why they bring up these points at that time.) However, the authors know their stuff so readers experienced in the areas just described will be able to muddle through. As a side note, this book is fascinating in a way the authors may not have intended. Microsoft, in this person's opinion, has been quite successful in selling developer technology (e.g., Visual Basic, SQL Server, Access) where a developer with a small to medium amount of knowledge of the specific technology can go pretty far without "plateauing". This book, which is subtly critical of the product, describes a product where that plateau is hit relatively quickly. It is very odd that an OLAP product, which most developers will not use every day, is designed this way. Similarly, this design rules out this tool as something for the non-it "power user" to use for developing anything more than relatively simple applications. - Anyway, it would have been very useful if the authors would have been more overt in their criticism of the product. Yes, it might have been biting a hand that's feeding them but in the long run it would strengthen the technology. 14 of 15 people found the following review helpful. Essential (and I mean Essential) reading! By Martin Harwar Warehousing has been around for years, but many professionals will be interested in the new Microsoft OLAP cubes for ultimate performance. This book clearly and unambiguously describes what they are, how to design them and then (most importantly at this time) how to use them. For traditional data warehouse professionals, the idea of an OLAP cube may not be easy to grasp - I teach the Microsoft official courses on the subject and it never comes easy to the student. However, this book does a good job of explaining the concepts of Dimensions, Measures, Facts, Members, etc.. If, like another reviewer has said, you have to reread the material, then I'm not surprised - this is more to do with the new concepts than with how the authors explain it. If, like another reviewer, you know what a star-schema/snowflake schema is, then you should find this book pretty straight-forward. There are some errors in the exercises, but the technical text is the best around (including anything that has come out of Microsoft!). A match for the MDX Sections cannot be found anywhere else at this point in time. I gave the book 4 out of 5 because of the errors in the examples. However, if you're really going to use OLAP Server then your own data will be much more appropriate for practising with anyway - don't let the few errors put you off. Buy it. Read it. Use it! 2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Great book from the gurus By A Customer This book is what you really want if you are serious about developing using Microsoft Analysis Services. Today with Microsoft Analysis Services ranking as the most widely implemented OLAP/analysis solution this is the best source to get started on Microsoft OLAP services from none other than Erik Thomsen the OLAP guru and George Spofford. The authors were kind enough to answer readers queries by that makes a big difference to somebody getting into a new technology. The book points the strengths and limitations thereby preparing you to have workarounds for the limitations. I rate 5 stars for the completeness, presentation, honesty and responsiveness of the authors. They do not try to sell a product to you but provide the technology - a very small breed you find these days you will bang your head for days with a product for a

9 limitation that was not known and later learn to live with it but here you know upfront what they are and how to avoid them through proper design and implementation. My only request to the authors when Microsoft SQL Server - Yukon the next major release of SQL Server which will be available in 3 months time will redefine and make SQL Server more stronger in database, OLAP, ETL & data mining segments I would appreciate if the authors post a electronic appendixes to the book to explain the new features in Analysis services and MDX in the new release of SQL Server. See all 22 customer reviews...

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11 logical, skill-building steps through a range of crucial topics in maintenance, database optimization, and advanced database design. The authors include in-depth case studies illustrating how to build OLAP applications, as well as instructions on how to construct working OLAP applications, including a healthcare benefits analysis application and a grocery store frequent shopper analysis application. Topics covered in detail include: * The storage and operational architecture of Microsoft OLAP server * Using the MDX language with Microsoft OLAP server * Using Microsoft OLAP server to access and update data * Specifying calculations * Optimizing server performance * Securing the server On the CD-ROM you'll find: * All the sample applications and databases described in the book * Additional software for working with Microsoft OLAP server Wiley Computer Publishing Timely. Practical. Reliable. Visit our Web site at About the Author ERIK THOMSEN is Chief Scientist of the DSS Lab, where he works on the design and implementation of integrated DSS systems. He is a frequent speaker at conferences, writes the "Decision Support" column for Intelligent Enterprise, and performs independent research in the areas of multidimensional logic and visualization. His address is erik@dsslab.com. GEORGE SPOFFORD is Chief Architect of the DSS Lab, where he is a consultant and software engineer specializing in design, implementation, and evaluation of OLAP-based DSS systems and related tools. His address is georges@dsslab.com. DICK CHASE is a Senior Consultant for Decision Support Technology (a part of the Condor Technology Solutions family) and has developed numerous decision support solutions for clients in such industries as retail, healthcare, insurance, and financial services. His address is dchase@dstcorp.com. Do you believe that reading is a vital activity? Locate your factors why adding is very important. Reading a book Microsoft? OLAP Solutions By Erik Thomsen, George Spofford, Dick Chase is one component of pleasurable tasks that will certainly make your life quality a lot better. It is not regarding simply exactly what kind of e-book Microsoft? OLAP Solutions By Erik Thomsen, George Spofford, Dick Chase you check out, it is not simply regarding how lots of books you check out, it's concerning the practice. Reading behavior will be a way to make book Microsoft? OLAP Solutions By Erik Thomsen, George Spofford, Dick Chase as her or his good friend. It will certainly despite if they invest cash and also spend more books to finish reading, so does this publication Microsoft? OLAP Solutions By Erik Thomsen, George Spofford, Dick Chase