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MDX Essentials: String Functions: The .UniqueName Function

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n this lesson, we will examine another function / property in the MDX toolset, the .UniqueName function. The general purpose of the .UniqueName function is to return the Unique Name of the object to which it is appended. .UniqueName can be used in conjunction with hierarchies, dimensions, levels, and members, in a manner similar to the .Name function that we examined in String Functions: The .Name Function, and, also like .Name, .UniqueName can be useful in a host of different applications.

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2005-09-19

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AMO Lets You Dig Deeper into Your Data from Your Own Applications

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AMO lets developers put their own programs into action. It facilitates client-side custom programming as Decision Support Objects (DSO), the object model in SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services. With AMO, a whole range of data mining questions can be answered at the operational level. This means that sales and marketing departments get answers more quickly and thus can make informed decisions. Specialized resources, like the IT team and analysts, can be brought in when they're needed most.

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2005-07-20

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Introduction to MSSQL Server Analysis Services: Presentation Nuances:

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In this article, we will examine a subject that is near and dear to broadly focused report authors - the use of cube structure to create desired cosmetic effects - in the Cube Browser, and more importantly, in a reporting environment. I constantly get e-mails, and see questions in forums and elsewhere, asking how to achieve effects that are not apparently "available" in "intuitive" cube structures, such as any of those that we see in the sample cubes. One of the apparent "shortfalls" that frustrate users is their inability to display the same dimension on both the "x-" and "y-" axes for presentation purposes.

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2005-04-29

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Dr. Tom's Workshop: Multiple-Child Aggregation

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Aggregation, which is commonly used to deliver reports to users, often also delivers poor performance. To help guarantee that you're delivering the best performance possible, you should explore different versions of the query and pick the best one. This month, look over Tom Moreau's shoulder as he shows you how to work with multiple-child aggregations.

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2005-03-14

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MDX Essentials: The CROSSJOIN() Function: Breaking Bottlenecks

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In this article, we will return to a function we introduced in an earlier article, CROSSJOIN(), whose mission it is to combine two sets of dimension members into one. We will discuss how CROSSJOIN() works in general, and then discuss how its performance can become an issue in medium to large-sized data sets. We will then undertake a multiple-step practice example intended to assist us in gaining an understanding of the issues, before exposing approaches to minimizing the performance overhead that we can encounter in using CROSSJOIN() to reach our reporting and analysis needs.

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2005-02-17

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Introduction to MSSQL Server 2000 Analysis Services: Performing Increm

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This article is a member of the series Introduction to MSSQL Server 2000 Analysis Services. The series is designed to provide hands-on application of the fundamentals of MS SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services, with each installment progressively adding features and techniques designed to meet specific real - world needs.

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2004-12-22

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MDX Essentials: Logical Functions: The IsEmpty() Function

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This is the twenty-fifth article of the series, MDX Essentials. The series is designed to provide hands-on application of the fundamentals of the Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) language, with each tutorial progressively adding features designed to meet specific real-world needs.

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2004-12-02

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Analysis About Dimensions

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SQL Server Analysis Services includes the ability to capture information about every query run against a cube. Author Ramunas Balukonis showed us last time how to query this data. This time he brings us a method of interperting which dimensions are actually be used in satifying Analysis Services queries.

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2004-11-17

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