Conditional Formatting in the Analysis Services Layer
Support conditional formatting for enterprise reports from the Analysis Services layer of the integrated Microsoft business intelligence solution.
2007-05-23
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Analysis Services (SSAS)
2007-05-17
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Synchronising Databases in SSAS 2005
Planning for disaster recovery in SQL Server Analysis Services can be tricky. Fortunately SQL Server 2005 introduces the concept of a database synchronization, allowing you to transfer information and meta data from one server to another. Yaniv Mor brings us a look at this feature.
2007-05-02
4,450 reads
Connect to a Remote SSAS 2005 Database
Connecting to a SQL Server 2005 database is a simple process, but connecting to an Analysis Services 2005 database takes a bit more effort. Longtime data warehousing author Jacob Sebastian brings us a quick tutorial on how you can connect from Management Studio.
2007-05-01
7,778 reads
Creating a Basic SSAS Cube
In this demonstration, you'll quickly learn how to create a basic cube using the Cube Wizard upon a data warehouse. Brian walks through the entire process in this 10 minute video to get you started with creating a browsing a cube.
2007-05-01
3,441 reads
SQL Server Profiler for Analysis Services
Use SQL Server Profiler to “look behind the scenes” within Analysis Services 2005. BI Architect Bill Pearson leads a hands-on introduction to determining resource utilization effectiveness for both processing and query performance with profiling.
2007-04-19
2,790 reads
2007-03-23
1,316 reads
2007-03-21
1,397 reads
Analysis Services Performance Tuning Whitepape
A whitepaper on getting the best performance from your system.
2007-02-07
2,567 reads
MDX Operators: The IsLeaf() Operator: Conditional Logic within Filter
In this article, we will examine IsLeaf(), once again as a conditional logic modifier, but within the context of a filter. Combining IsLeaf() with the MDX Filter() function is another way we commonly see it in action in the business environment, and our exposure to the practical aspects of its employment in this way will serve to round out our overall awareness of the potential of IsLeaf().
2006-12-05
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Question of the Day
Getting the Average
I have this data in the dbo.Commission table in a SQL Server 2022 database.
salesperson commission Brian 12 Brian 16 Andy 7 Andy 14 Andy 21 Steve 20 Steve NULLAll the data is a varchar, and I decide to run this query to get the totals for each salesperson.
SELECT SalesPerson
, AVG(TRY_PARSE(Commission AS int)) AS TotalCommission
FROM commission
GROUP BY SalesPerson
GO
What average commission is calculated for Steve? See possible answers