So many SSAS browsers, so little resemblance... And each browser has an independent view of which SSAS features it cares about and how it will go about implementing them. For example, Excel 2007 will let you use named sets on rows or columns but not as a filter. The cube browser and Report Builder let you use them in the filter area but not on…
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I had to tackle an interesting requirement the other day. A cube had a number of KPIs defined but the threshold values that were used to define the "good", "bad", and "so-so" status ranges had to be defined as configurable values at any level of the organization dimension and KPIs. I settled on implementing a measure group that intersects the organization dimension and a new…
Read articleThanks to the Robert Bruckner's blog, I've learned that Microsoft has published the Reporting Services 2008 Information Aggregator. It is a cool dashboard page that aggregates a variety of resources related to Reporting Services, such as training content, white papers, blogs and more. I'm proud to be featured as an MVP J The page also includes to my most recent books and training videos I've…
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