Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence (BI) encompasses leveraging descriptive and inferential statistical analysis upon massive organizational data stores to enable strategic decision-making. SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is the most-used tool for Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) operations inherent within BI solutions. SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) represents the most popular reporting platform,…

SSAS Viewing a Cube in Excel

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…