... , Knight’s MicrosoftSQLServer2012 Integration Services 24-Hour
Trainer, you’ve decided to learn one of SQLServer s most exciting applications, SQLServer Integration
Services (SSIS). ... BOOK COVERS
This book covers SQLServer2012 and assumes no knowledge of previous versions of SQL Server.
The differences between SQLServer 2005/2008 and SQLServer2012 mostly exist around the ... SMTP.
Analysis Services Processing Task—This task processes a SQLServerAnalysisServices cube,
dimension, or mining model.
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SQL ServerAnalysisServices
In 1996, Microsoft acquired OLAP technology from Panorama Software. It shipped with SQLServer 7 as
OLAP Services (www .microsoft. com/technet/prodtechnol /sql/ 70/maintain/olap.mspx). ... OLAP. In SQLServer 2000, the
feature was renamed SQLServerAnalysisServices (SSAS).
OLAP capabilities were underappreciated in SQLServer 7 and 2000. Between the perception that
SQL Server ... perspective (Figure
2-2).
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Note The Microsoft support policy for virtualization can be found at
www .microsoft. com/sqlserver/ ... realm of the 2008 Servers: No, you can’t install SQLServer 2008 on
Windows Server 2008 Core. You can install it on Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later, or Windows Server
2008. SQLServer Standard...
... solution.
SQL Server Management Studio
Management Studio is the primary tool for DBAs working with Analysis Services. If the last time you
looked at SQLServer was the 2000 version, SQLServer ... disabled when
connected to an AnalysisServices server, as those features are not available for AnalysisServices yet.
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manage SQLServerAnalysis Services. You’ll be spending most of your time in BIDS from here on out—
for instance, when you start creating data source views in the next chapter.
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... indicates to Analysis
Services to use that column to determine how to aggregate that member.
Figure 6-26. Browsing the Account dimension
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Summary
So that’s our tour of dimensions in SQLServer 2008 Analysis Services. Remember that defining your
dimensional space is the key to developing a ... to ease management), and a deeper dive into aggregations and their design.
A cube in SQLServerAnalysisServices is basically a collection of dimensions and measures (and
some metadata.) Dimensions...
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processing by using the SQLServer Agent.
The SQLServer Agent is a feature of SQLServer that can schedule and run various jobs, including
processing SSAS objects. Connect to a SQLServer instance ... Deployment Wizard is installed with the SQLServer client tools, and can be found via Start
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Analysis Services. It runs just like a standard ... leaf level. They are summed byAnalysisServices to produce the
totals by country and by product category (gray background), and the grand totals by country and by
product category (white numbers...
... ask—
by data mining.
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Note Although it’s great to have KPIs centralized in the Analysis ... goal. Analysis
Services enables you to define KPIs in a cube so that everyone is using the same metrics.
Actions are an interesting and, in my opinion, underused feature of Analysis Services. ... purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark.
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Figure 10-14. Invoking an action via Excel
A reporting action will open a SQL Server...
... Excel, or Reporting Services, or any
application that connects to SQLServerAnalysis Services) , create a connection to Analysis Services, and
enter the document URL for the server name. You should ... been published, it can be used as a data source by any client that can connect to
Analysis Services.
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Note In VertiPaq mode, SQLServerAnalysisServices runs as an in-memory service, and keeps ... to the following:
ã MicrosoftSQLServer
ã MicrosoftSQL Azure
ã Microsoft Office Access
ã Oracle Database
ã Teradata Database
ã Sybase
ã IBM Informix
ã IBM DB2
ã Microsoft Excel
ã Text...
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SQL Server Agent
SQL Server Agent is a component of SQL Server, and runs as a Windows Service. You can configure SQL
Server Agent either through T -SQL or via SQLServer Management ... environment (Integration Services, Analysis Services,
Reporting Services) in dedicated virtual servers on a single physical server. Then the individual servers
can be throttled by the Hyper-V infrastructure. ... SQLServerAnalysis
Services Command, and SQLServerAnalysisServices Query. As you can see from the methods we’ve
covered previously, these options allow us to schedule AnalysisServices processing...
... starting with SQLServer Reporting Services.
SQL Server Reporting Services
Another one of the BI services in the SQLServer platform is SQLServer Reporting Services. Reporting
Services is a ... interested in is, of course, SQLServerAnalysis Services.
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Note Remember that SQLServerservices can be run “a la carte.” Even if you have a significant investment in
SQL Server 2005 as your data ... Reporting Services. For a more in-depth
examination of the subject, I recommend MicrosoftSQLServer 2008 Reporting Servicesby Brian Larson (McGraw-
Hill, 2008) or Pro SQLServer 2008 Reporting Services...
...
SQL ServerAnalysisServices Properties screen
Log On tab, 146
SQL Server Integration Services see SSIS
SQL Server Management Studio see SSMS
SQL Server option, notifications, 141
SQL Server ... Services, 311–313
PowerPivot support in, 311–320
SQL Server Agent
scheduling OLAP maintenance, 216, 217
scheduling processing of AnalysisServices
objects, 344–345
SQL ServerAnalysisServices ... 337
SQL Server Reporting Services see SSRS
SQL Server Standard Edition
installation, software requirements, 44
SQL Server x64 (64-bit)
installation, software requirements, 44
SQL Server...