Please see my other Database Development articles. Performing Recursive Queries. Prior to SQL Server 2005, performing recursive actions on data required the use of temporary tables, cursive, or some other memory-intensive method. Now, performing such operations requires much less code and avoids the previous performance increase. For this example, we’ll begin with a generic table…
Please see my other Database Development articles. Ranking Functions There are several new impressive advancements in the latest version of t-sql; this article will focus on “Ranking” functions. Prior to the release of SQL Server 2005 with its t-sql enhancements, working with blocks of related data was clunky at best. T-sql authors mostly relied on…
Adding New Dimension Fields Often in the cycle of cube development it become necessary to add new fields to a dimension for future reporting purposes. In this article, I will demonstrate adding an aggregation of [City, State] to the data source view. First, I’ll open the AW data source view. Now I need to find…
Adding New Dimension Fields Often in the cycle of cube development it become necessary to add new fields to a dimension for future reporting purposes. In this article, I will demonstrate adding an aggregation of [City, State] to the data source view. First, I’ll open the AW data source view. Now I need to find…
Refining Cube Dimensions Once a cube has been created, dimensions should be refined by updating attributes and hierarchies. With respect to hierarchies, there are two primary types – natural and reporting. Natural Natural hierarchies contains relationships between levels and expand as they are traversed. One example of a natural hierarchy resides within the Geography dimension.…
Implementing a Cube Design Now that I’ve covered the basics of how to design a cube, I will demonstrate the basics of creating a cube. Within Solution Explorer, launch the New Cube Wizard. Proceed to the second step and select to Use existing tables and click Next. Select a measure group(s) which contain measures and dimensions…
Using BIDS to Explorer Cube Characteristics and Data With my cube designed and created, I will now leverage the BIDS interface to expose its rich features. First, I’ll select the Customer dimension to Explore Data. Now I’m presented with a series of sub-tabs which I may use to view Table data, use a Pivot Table, view…
Leveraging Agile practices to provide transparency, rapid feature delivery, and more consistent user acceptance within projects.
Ensuring Rich Reports based on Cubes Often when beginning business intelligence development, specifically within data warehouses, a team may inefficiently “reinvent the wheel” rather than leverage existing reports and processes which may prove valuable to the organization. When cubes are designed, even new ones, the following steps will help to ensure the data they produce…
Using Excel to View Cubes and Configure Pivot Table Reports Similar to my article SSAS BIDS Cube Browser, Microsoft provides another tool for any end user to view a cube’s measures and dimensions to configure highly analytical reports. First, use the wizard under the Data tab to configure an connection to your cube. In the…
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