How to grant least privileges to Visual Studio Developers to connect to SSAS?
We are running SQL Server 2014 SP1. I am trying to grant our developers access to connect to SSAS. On the Analysis Server Properties Box, Security Page, it has a box for Server administrators and it...
View ArticleHow to add an attribute to existing cube?
Hi all.I am relatively new to SSAS. This problem does not sound difficult, I tried to solve it but could not find a solution.I have an existing cube in multi-dimensional mode in version 2008. I added a...
View ArticleDuties and separation of duties between DBAs and Developers when working with...
I am new to the SSAS scene. We are running SQL Server 2014 EE SP1. I would like to know more about actual duties and the separation of duties between DBAs and Developers when working with SSAS...
View ArticleSecurity and scd-2 in tabular over time
I have a scd-2 on our Employee table, tracking changes to the manager reporting chain, pulled into the tabular model as the Employee dimension. I have a fact table – call it Hiring. I have an...
View ArticleAsking for input from SSAS backups and restores
I'm an experienced operational DBA but an SSAS dunce so I have some questions to ask.1. Is it important to take SSAS backups as a general rule? I've read that they can mostly be reconstituted from SSDT...
View ArticlePeriodsToDate Function Return Nothing in calculated Measures.
I am new one in MDX. Our PeriodsToDate function does not return any value. We have set type property of our Date Dimension as time.Actually CURRENTMEMBER does not return a valid value. So our...
View ArticleError After Upgrading from 2008 to 2014
Hi,I'm having issues with opening my cubes in BIDs after upgrading my database from 2008 to 2014.Deserialization failed: The 'AllowedRowsExpression' element in the...
View ArticleUsing XMLA to alter a SSAS database, and the ObjectExpansion attribute
Hi folks,Using SSAS in SQL Server 2008R2, my intention is to bulk-update several roles in an SSAS database in one go, using an ALTER-script. I only want to modify the usergroups and useraccounts...
View ArticleRequire help on starting for OLAP
Currently i am using sql queries to show data in excel pivot tables. however, data is very large around in millions and take so much time in refreshing the reports.I am planning to build star schema...
View ArticleExport cube to a reporting database for Cognos users
Hello,We have a growing vendor application uses a SSAS multi-dimensional cube for reporting. Another group (Cognos developers) were told to create some more reports from this vendor cube.However, they...
View ArticleCan we query a parent child hierarchy in a cube from any Level?
I am using an Adventure works Cube with DimEmployee dimension. When I look at the data through browser, I can see as below.-->All---->Ken, Sanchez------->Laura, Norman------->Debbie,...
View ArticleStarting to learn SSAS
Hi,I've been working a lot with SSIS and now decided to learn a bit about SSAS. I have a project where it looks like having the data (currently in star schema) in the cube would help users.I am very...
View ArticleError in Microsoft.data.connectionui.dll MS SQL 2012 installed in windows 7...
Hi,I am having problem in editing/loading connectionui dialog box upon deploying my cubes.known issue and fixed already in microsoft forum Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Data.ConnectionUI,...
View ArticleError processing cubes
Hello,I have a problem processing Cubes.They have been online for a couple of years, but recently I got the following error in Job Scheduler on the step where the cubes are being processed.[i]Executed...
View ArticleBook recommendations
I have worked with some cubes and used ProClarity and Pyramid to build reports off the cubes. I have changed to a new department and they want to do some analysis of data with those tools but they...
View ArticleCalculations Filter
Ive been tasked with converting a collection of tables with SQL scripts into an SSAS cube with calculations, Im having a problem filtering the data in a way that I would find straightforward in SQL. An...
View ArticleHow to choose Server Specs for Analysis Services
Good morningWe are going to be building a multidimensional analysis infrastructure. I expect to have tons of questions going forward, since I've never had to support this type of environment as a DBA....
View ArticleDatasource view in SSAS
Hi I am new SSAS I would like to ask if my datasource view does not contain arrow that pertains to relationship, is that ok? If I create a cube and dimensions properly and define relationship in...
View ArticlePower Pivot Averages not calculating correctly
I have a dilemma. I have a average measure that is working at the individual level but not at the summary level. Any thoughts on how I can make the average calculate correctly at the summary level (the...
View ArticleFact/Dimension problem
I'm new to SSAS and I'm stuck on something I would like help with. I have a cube which consists of a fact table and about 12 dimensions. When I browse the cube and reference attributes in many of the...
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