SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services, with its Unified Dimensional Model, has turbo-charged its OLAP capabilities. These new OLAP solutions can be useful to your business because they're more powerful ...
Unlike the name implies, the cube represents data across some measure of interest. Even if it is called a “cube”, it can have 2 dimensions, 3 dimensions, or even higher dimensions. With an OLAP cube, ...
As you will see in this chapter, companies use SQL Server for many types of applications and on most tiers now. Gone are the days when you would second guess yourself choosing to use SQL Server over a ...