KPI Visual Studio
I have one question.Making my OLAP cube I decided to add KPI for customers table. What I am exactly thinking about is: I have a list of customers (tabe with customers) and sales. I would like to set a...
View ArticleDNS refresh issue with Excel/SSAS
Hello all,We have two production cube servers(cube1 & cube2) to which users can access to any time from Excel. Each of these severs have only one instance of SQL Server Analysis Service(2008)...
View ArticleDistinct count measures, partition merging, and the partition header
We have a distinct count measure group which contains several partitions with the source SQL split across keys to ensure uniqueness and optimal performance. Example:Measure: User Count (UserKey)...
View ArticlePersonalization Extensions to be Conditional
I am hoping somebody has more experience with Personalization Extensions than I and can provide ideas for how I might conditionally run different command operations in the "CubeOpened" event.After...
View ArticleError when build cube - A duplicate attribute key has been found when...
Hi all,I got an error “Errors in the OLAP storage engine: A duplicate attribute key has been found when processing: Table…” when built new cube. It looks strange in my case. I created a small example...
View ArticleWhat function is equal to '&' in MDX
Hi everyone I have a need to do something for (in SQL) Select POWER(2,4-1)& 9 in MDXI could do (2^3) in MDX and I tried using 'And' but that doesnt look like is equalvent to &.Please help me...
View ArticleSCD2 in SSAS 2008.
Hi All,I am trying to understand what options does SSAS 2008 provide to support implementation of slowly changing dimensions (type 2). Specifically, how does SSAS handle a SCD2 dimension table if the...
View Articlemdx query XML for Analysis parser: The XML for Analysis request timed out...
I know there are a few posts talking about the issue already. However, I have not got one working for my case.I ran a MDX query from SSMS. After nearly a long time, I got the error:XML for Analysis...
View ArticlePoor Tabular Query Performance with Read-Only Role
Hi All,I am seeing significant difference in query times when querying a tabular database as a user in an administrator role versus querying it as a user in a read-only role. I’m using Profiler to...
View ArticleHow To aggregate measures based on dimension attribute
I have a dimension called "Indicator" which contains some indicators and a measure called "Actual" which contains the data will be aggregated over the time. However the aggregation is based on the...
View ArticleDimension rows with different aggregation type
I have a dimesion that contains Production and Cost indicators and a measure called Actual which contatins a daily value in the fact table of each dimension indicator. They need to be presented...
View ArticleDifferent results with and without a dummy WITH clause
I'm trying to diagnose a bug in a calculated measure in a SSAS cube, and while debugging I get this weird behaviour ...select [Measures].[Net Lost Commitments] on columns , {[Date Dimension].[Fiscal...
View Articledata security in ssas
Hi I'm was reading some Question and Answer relate to SSAS. and i really want to knowhow to do the below Question. How will you implement data security for given scenario in analysis service data?"I...
View ArticleManaging SSAS Tabular dynamic partitioning
Hi,in order to implement a Process Add strategy to processing a SSAS tabular model I need to create, fe monthly, dinamically and authomatically a tabular partition. I think to run a job that each day...
View ArticleSSAS and SSRS comparsion.
Hi,can anyone tell me the difference in SSAS nad SSRS? Which is better and when?In which condition we should use SSRS and when to use SSAS??Thanks
View ArticleSSAS Tabular Model Error: Capacity exceeds maximum capacity
Hi,I'm trying to load a new table into my SSAS tabular model using VS2010 and I'm getting the following error...Capacity exceeds maximum capacityParameter name: capacityMy table has 320 columns, so I...
View ArticleSQL Server Analysis Service Connectivity issue from Management Studio.
Dear All,I have a SQL Server 2008 R2 2 node cluster setup. This is Primary Database/Location(Data Center). We installed as a named Instance. Instance Name : SQLDBXXXEx: Node 1 IP: 172.30.150.10...
View ArticleMDX query using two date dimensions
There are two date dimensons start date and end date date. End Date by deafult is 31 Dec 2060.I wish to know the number of employees on any specified date. The sql query for the same is: Select...
View ArticleMDX Filter function returns incorrect results
Hi All,I am using AdventureWorks DW 2008 cube (enterprise edition). Below MDX query I have written to get Customer Name and Sales Amount with 3 filters. I have placed all filters in a named set and...
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