Cube Design: use of a coverage table with a degenerate (collapsed) dimension...
Anybody got any tips on cube / dimension design, please?I have a process being modeled with several business events which take place at different times of the day. Call them Event A, B and C. The...
View ArticleHow to create new cube database for testing based on existing cube database
Hi Experts,I want to create new cube database for testing based on exitsing running cube. I want to disturb existing cube database ?? is there anyway out for this ?Shivraj Patil.
View ArticleFriendly MDX Query designer other than SSMS?
Soon I will have super users that will begin to experiment with writing their own MDX queries. I, personally, feel that the Report Builder/PowerPivot MDX designers are wildly unfriendly compared to...
View ArticleDesign issue similar to Cross Sales
Hello,I'm having troubles getting the design in right shape.I'm having a fact table containing answers to questions. Now I would like to filter the answers to a series questions filtered by ans certain...
View ArticleMeasure Calc at Lowest level, all others SUM
I'm calculating a Product Mix Variance.I have the formula working in a Measure, but as soon as I want to see it at an aggregated level it should SUM the values from the lowest level and not...
View ArticleProctive Caching refresh with modifed values, deleted, newly inserted or all
Hi, I would like to know how Proctive Caching works like it refresh with modifed values, deleted, newly inserted or all thanks in advance, Ramesh
View ArticleFilter by Month
Hi, I've two measures as shown below and need to write MDX query for display like the below info.If i select a parameter as May, Measures1 will show the values from Jan to May and Measures2 will show...
View ArticleSQL Server and Analysis Services Collation
HiBy default when I install SQL Server it uses a SQL collation (SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS) however; when you install Analysis Services it uses a windows collation (Latin1_General_AS). Do you know of...
View ArticleSSAS sync is SQL Engine required?
We have a pair of dedicated SSAS Query Servers behind a F5 Load Balancer. Those servers are ONLY running SSAS service. They are NOT running the SQL Server Service (database) nor any other SQL Server...
View ArticleProd-test environment architecture for deploying SSAS tabular solution
Hi,I'm searching sample picture/imgs to show how it can be organized the architecture of a prod/test environment to deploy SSAS tabular solutions.Any helps to me, please? Thanks
View ArticleCreate a set of products
I need a way to easily see a small subset of the thousands of products I have. Is it possible to create something like a named set for products X, Y, Z? The end users want an easy way to get to a...
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LastChild aggregation with many to many relationship
I have a many to many relationship with one dimension to two fact table .in one I use a sum aggregation and I see my measures. in the other I use a LastChild aggregation and I see nothing.if I use a...
View ArticleUnable to interpret this code using Axis
Hi,I trying to fix an existing CUBE and I have difficultly in reading the bolded code belowIIF( ( [Measures].[Num of Claims],Axis(0)(0)( Axis(0)(0).Count - 1 ).Dimension.CurrentMember.Parent) =...
View ArticleMDX The defination of the timeperiod set contains a circular reference
Hi everyoneI am really hoping that someone can help me with this mdx. I am creating it as a set so that I can use it to create members properties out too. Following is the code and this is the error I...
View ArticleSSAS Tabular Security on specific field rather than row level
I have a requirement to secure a specific set of fields in a tabular cube. For example, there is HR data that contains an employee dimension with the employee's name, username, employee ID, hire date,...
View ArticleHierarchy.x reference
Can someone advise what the 'x' refers to in the below MDX code? Thanks much for your time...MEMBER [Geography].[State-Province].x AS Aggregate (...
View ArticleROLAP,ROLAP,ROLAP...
Hi ebI have come accross 3 issues concerning ROLAP dimensions while reading forums discussions and would appreciate your thoughts about them:1)ROLAP dimensions processing - Assuming full data integrity...
View ArticleData Type precision issue - 0 displayed as a very very very small number
Hi All,I have seen a few posts similar to this, but none of the suggestions get me anywhere. In my SQL DB, I have a some rows of a fact table that sum to zero at the fact level. The specific column is...
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LinRegPoint function in SSAS for multiple variables
Hi there:I'm trying to solve an equation using LinRegPoint function in SSAS 2008R2 cube. The equation I'm trying to solve is as follows:y = m1x1 + m2x2 + bI have used LinRegPoint before but only to...
View ArticleSSAS Performance questions for extracting data from Cube.
HiI have a cube which processes millions of records for aggregations puporse data going back to 10 years.What I want to know is, is it normal to extract data from the cube for say 3 years in a minute...
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