There are all sorts of resources available, just depends on your preference (book, classroom, hands-on labs, videos, etc.). Here are a few resources to get started with:

Microsoft Virtual Labs...

So far the only thing that has been announced is H1 of 2010. Nothing more beyond that has been released so far. Don't forget that the next release...

Robert Bruckner has some examples of how to go about this:

The Pace is Glacial (Hangman Report)

Multi-Player Gaming in RS (aka BI Power Hour 2008)

While Report Builder 2.0 is a great front-end reporting tool for end-users, you might need to explore other tools that will allow end users to create these types of reports...

Instead of trying to setup filters this would be more optimal to setup in the cube to return your results. This is exactly the types of questions that SSAS...

Excel 2007 is a good tool if that is all you can use for the time being.

Excel 2007 Document: Designing SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Cubes for Excel 2007 PivotTables

Here...

How are you doing your ETL? Are you using SSIS? If so, take a look at this thread in the Microsoft forums - ssis package documentation

You need to set a property on the attribute within the dimension in the SSAS database. The property that you will need to set is 'InstanceSelection' this defaults...

Yeah, you can use Except or - (minus).

Except (MDX)

- (Except) (MDX)

MDX Essentials: Basic Set Functions: The EXCEPT() Function

Then you will need to use the convert(varchar(10), , 101) and you would get a result in the format of mm/dd/yyyy.

You will just need to specify the style code for...

In the named query or in a database view you can use the following to return just the date portion:

dateadd(dd,datediff(dd,0,),0)

With the missing dimension key it would basically mean that there is no match for the fact record in your dimension table. Are you certain that the dimension tables...

If you have SSAS 2008 you can utilize Dynamic Sets now.

Take a look at this posting and this might help you in resolving this issue - http://www.setfocus.com/technicalarticles/kgoff/mdxnamedsets.aspx

Haven't taken the actual upgrade exam, but I did take both of the beta 2008 tests. Here is the feedback on the MCITP exam for 2008 - Quick Feedback...

If you take a look at the Adventure Works DW sample (2005 version) on CodePlex you should be able to take a look at some examples of Actions.

Here is there...