Granting Access to Analysis Services with access to server level
I can't seem to access Analysis Services using SSMS or create a data source in BIDS for Analysis Services.I have two accounts, a regular account and an admin account. Admin account has access on the...
View ArticleYTD Calculation in a Cube?
Hi,Can any one help with the YTD calculation?Based on Define Time Intelligence I have created the Year to Date.The below steps has come up automatically once I created YTD in Time Intelligence.I will...
View Articlestrange behavior from Analysis service
Hi all,so I am new to the company and working on this package that builds cubes.SQL Job constantly fails with Executed as user: (user name). The step failed.opened actual package and was able to drill...
View ArticleHow to direct a data source view to another data source
Hi,We are doing a parallel migration from SQL Server 2005 to 2008 R2. We've moved the database, Integration Services and Analysis Services over to the 2008 R2 server. In BIDS, I've migrated the...
View ArticleNew Named Calculation Expression for Case Statement?
Hi,Can any one help with the case statement?The following CASE STATEMENT is the result in my SQL Management.selectColumn1 = case when Column1 = 'true' then 'Y'ELSE 'N'END ,Column2 = case when Column1 =...
View ArticleHow do I calculate the subtotal for a calculated column using the subtotals...
I have in the underlying database a column computed from other values in the same row. In ssas all these columns are automatically summed to provide the subtotals as I drill down hierarchies. However,...
View Articleauto generated mdx from reporting services
hi All,Am trying to get my head around mdx generated from reporting services when a parameter is entered e.gSELECT NON EMPTY { [Measures].[Sales Amount] } ON COLUMNS,NON EMPTY {...
View Articlea calculated member cannot be used as an operand of a range operator
hi All in mdx land,I have two queries which would do the same thing...doing a rolling 5 day average at the day levelI have a 3 level calendar hierarchy i.e [year] , [year month], [year month day]the...
View ArticleCube performance issue
I am a new one in SSAS. I have cube of almost 800MB size without any partition and aggregation defined. User want data of almost all measures and at transaction level. When user browse data at DateKey...
View ArticleFilter Dimension Members that don't have any Values in selected Measures
Hi there,I have currently been put up on a Task at work to filter out Members of every Dimension used later in Reports (Reporting Services) or Excel for which there is no Values in the used Measures.My...
View ArticleTraining kits for MCTS 70-466 and MCTS 70-467
I want to appear in test below. MCTS 70-466 (Implementing Data Models and Reports with Microsoft SQL Server 2012)MCTS 70-467 (Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server...
View ArticleUpdate Dimension Member
I've been tasked with populating the description of all dimensions and measures in our analysis services cubes to then be able to pull this out as a report for the end user to have a data dictionary....
View ArticleDo I need to create aliased tables in the DSV to support multiple hierarchies...
For example, the table Company sits at the top of every hierarchy, i.e.:Company > Category > Sub Categeory > Product > TransactionsCompany > Type > Product > TransactionsIf I...
View ArticleMissing SSAS project
Hello,I inherited a data warehouse with cube/dimensions and am being asked to make changes. I do not have the SSAS project used to create the dimensions/cubes. Is there a way to recreate this or how...
View ArticleMDX Returning Member Properties
The following query returns a list of customers I am interested in:[b]select {[Measures].[Net Value]} on 0, NON EMPTY [Customer].[Customer].[Customer].Members on 1 from (select ( [Transaction...
View ArticleFind Date from SQL Table in Analysis Services
Hi,How can I find date from SQL Table in Analysis Services. Like I have Thousand of date in a table 2013-08-13 10:38:39.003, 2012-12-01 45:30:01.009....... and more, How can I add only Years, Months...
View ArticleHow To Find OUt How Long It Took For A Cube To Process
Is there any way to find out how long a cube took to complete processing the last time the cube was processed? If yes is there ay way to see that same info for more then just the last time so as to...
View ArticleMDX to Get Customer Status in given date range
I have a fact table that stores customer statuses based on when they last chaged. e.g.Customer Status DateAttainedCust 1 Live 20130801Cust 1 Suspended 20130625Cust 1 Live 20120901 Cust 1 Activated...
View ArticleCan we use the cube data without deploying the solution?
I'm new to SSAS and I've created an dummy solution of Analysis Services project. I don't have permission to deploy the solution on server. So, my question is Can I use the cube data without deploying...
View ArticleDimension Hierarchy not building correctly
Evening all,I have a curious problem where dimension hierarchies are not being built in the way I expect. My data relates to vehicle types and the structure should follow as: Vehicle Category ( Truck,...
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