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About The Book
Your hands-on, step-by-step guide to the data-access query language for SQL Server Analysis Services.
Teach yourself the Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) query language—one step at a time. With this practical, learn-by-doing tutorial, you’ll build the core techniques for using MDX with Analysis Services to deliver high-performance business intelligence solutions. Discover how to:
Construct and execute MDX queries
Work with tuples, sets, and expressions
Build complex sets to retrieve the exact data users need
Perform aggregation functions and navigate data hierarchies
Assemble time-based business metrics
Customize an Analysis Services cube through the MDX script
Implement dynamic security to control data access
Develop MDX-driven reports in SQL Server Reporting Services CD features:
Practice exercises
Database and code samples
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