Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. 300+ ready-to-use, powerful MDX queries This hands-on guide shows you how to use Multi-Dimensional Expressions (MDX) to extract business intelligence from multi-dimensional cubes. Practical MDX Queries contains more than 300 downloadable MDX queries that can be applied across a wide variety of business intelligence-related problems. The use, syntax, and results of each query are described in detail. The book emphasizes MDX for use with SSAS within SSMS, but the techniques and queries also apply to SSRS, SSIS, MDX in SQL, MDX in DMX, MDX in XMLA, WinForms, WebForms, PerformancePoint Server, ProClarity, and many third-party applications. Work with dimensions, hierarchies, levels, and members Navigate both horizontally and vertically across dimensions and hierarchies Sort the results of your queries Access subsets of dimension members and measure values using the Where clause and Filter function Use MDX query calculations Extract and manipulate dates and times Produce totals, subtotals, and changes cross time using aggregate and other functions Create, visualize, and manipulate sets Work with perspectives, subselects, and subcubes Display and hide empty cells Use, modify, format, and create Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Deliver MDX query results to end users
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mcgraw-Hill Education
ISBN-10
0071713360
ISBN-13
9780071713368
eBay Product ID (ePID)
79998862
Product Key Features
Author
Art Tennick
Publication Name
Practical Mdx Queries: for Microsoft Sql Server Analysis Services 2008
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Programming Languages / General, Business Ethics, Databases / General
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Computers, Business & Economics
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
7.4 in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2010-015778
Intended Audience
Trade
LeafCats
378
Lc Classification Number
Hd38.7.T46 2010
Table of Content
1 Hello World - Easy Yet Effective Queries 2 Astrophysical - Playing with Dimensions 3 Families and Friends - Navigating Dimensions 4 Bring Order - Sorting Results 5 Slice, Dice, and Filter - Using Where and Filter 6 Using the Abacus - Introduction to Calculations 7 Is Time a Dimension? Working with Dates and Times 8 Clockwork - Calculations Using Dates and Times 9 Venn Diagrams - Visualizing and Manipulating Sets 10 Views on Cubes - Working with Subcubes 11 Not All There - Dealing with Empty Cells 12 Smiley Faces - Working with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) 13 Hodgepodge - A Chapter of Miscellaneous Techniques 14 After You Finish