SQL Server Developer's Guide to OLAP with Analysis Services

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 480 pages
• Published by: Sybex; Pap/Cdr edition June 19, 2001
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0782129579
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0782129571
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 1.8 pounds

Book Description
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

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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

Reader Reviews
Microsoft's Analysis Services brings Data Mining and OLAP to the masses. One of the hardest challenges was finding an authoritative guide - this book does an excellent job to rectify the challenge. Microsoft's Analysis Services makes business intelligence extremely easy to undertake and perform; without a high investment cost. Often OLAP/Data Mining has been made to seem more complicate than necessary. Until recently, the cost of installing an OLAP solution could run into thousands per seat - plus the presence of the prerequisite consultant from the vendor being onsite for many months. Analysis Services demystifies data analytics in a manner that the Rosetta Stone demystified hieroglyphs. And this book makes it very simple to understand Microsoft's Analysis Services. To gain the most from this book, readers should generally already have an understanding of what OLAP, Data Mining, Data Warehousing are. Although this is not compulsory, it helps. For those already familiar with OLAP, ROLAP, Clustering etc; this book will be a very gentle and pleasant read. It will enable you to almost immediately get cracking with Microsoft's Analysis Services. Comment | | (Report this)