Refresh takes longer for normal user than admin
Hi,I have a report in excel that connects to analysis services in order to refresh. The bizarre thing is that it takes about 10-15 minutes to refresh the report for a standard user and about 1 minute...
View ArticleDimension deployment and processing
Hi,I am new to SSAS and would like to ask questions with regards to deployment and processing. I have a SSAS project having multiple cubes and dimensions that I knew that is perfectly working.I edited...
View ArticleFiltering on Hierarchies
Im sure this is a very common problem, but even after searching here and the net I can't find a solution. I have a simple cube with a date dimension consisting of datekey; dayname; week-no; year.When...
View ArticleNewbie question about SSAS calculations
Thanks for being patient with me. I have worked in the SQL server world for many years, but now just created my first OLAP cube. This cube is mostly based on demographical data (age, dates, employment...
View ArticleAnalysis Services Tabular Hardware Specs
Does anyone have some insights on what the optimal machine would be to run Analysis Services Tabular? Specifically a server/machine/alienware which would be optimal? Or atleast the key specifications...
View ArticleSlowly changing dimensions and one issue
Hello thereI'm having DWH which is fully SCD2 - both fact tables and dimensions are equipped with valid_From/valid_to, but some unknow reason when i process the cube, then it grabs everything that is...
View ArticleHow to get a column list from a tabular model?
I have inherited a tabular cube (model) with about 200 columns, and I need to make some changes to calculated columns. I can access it in SSMS and VS. I need to create a list of fields, not in...
View ArticleNon-key columns appearing in "Dimension Columns" column in Define...
I'm a beginner in SSAS and I had a question about something on the Define Relationship window which is accessed from the Dimension Usage tab page. When selecting Regular for "Relationship type", and...
View ArticleDrilling down on cumulative measures
Hi all,I have a cumulative measure in Tabular, and when I filter by a date in SQL it brings back all rows up to that date. However, when I drill down on any of the numbers, it only brings back rows...
View ArticlePassing parameter values to MDX query using SSRS
Hi, I have an MDX data-set query as follows: -Member [Measures].[Measure3] As [Measures].[Value Rent Period Receipts]Member [Measures].[Measure4] As (([Measures].[Value Rent Period...
View ArticleHow do I Calculate Benchmark Scores?
I know this isn't an SSAS question, but it has to do with DAX and I figured this was the best place to ask it. I am new to DAX and am working on a Power BI report and need to need to create a...
View ArticleComparable periods in a cube solution
Hi everyone, I have to deal often with the requirement of the comparable periods. I will try to explain the details:We have a set of reports with different KPIs, which are always compared using these...
View ArticleUsing a Named Set for a Date Range
I created a Named Set for what I wanted to be a rolling 12 Month range using the code below.When I attempt to use the set in a Calculated Member I do not get the results I expect. For example the two...
View ArticleAnalysis Services to predict and show deviations
Hi,I'm using SSAS to predict data and I'm a junior on that. I was able to Data Mine my data using Time Series and to show on the graph the historic values, the prediction and the high and low standard...
View ArticleSSAS Cube Modelling Fact or Dimension - No Additive Columns
Hi,Im pretty new to BI modelling and have been assigned a project to create a BI solution for a Patient Administration System (millions of rows). There are no sales or additive information in the...
View ArticleSSAS setup questions
I have worked with SSAS and cubes before, but never been on the front end of setting it up and getting it running. I have a few questions if some of you can point me in the right direction...My...
View ArticleError messages not displaying in Error List window
I'm a beginner with SSIS/SSAS and I have an SSIS package that contains some SSAS processing tasks. However, when some of the SSAS processing tasks fail when the SSIS package is run, there are no error...
View ArticleDynamic Sets and Calculations
I want to do an ABC-Analysis of the Items sold (A being top 20%, B between 20% and 80%, C the rest)I've created in the cube 3 Dynamic Sets [A], [B] and [C] and a calculated measure to set the group...
View ArticleDistinct count needed on attribute in snowflake dimension for calculated measure
HiI have created a cube called Product Sales. My fact table fProductSales has the following columns: SalesKey, ProductKey, SalesStatusKey, Revenue and NoOfProducts. I have a Product Sales measure group...
View ArticleGet "latest" value for client data from cube
I built a demographics cube based on our client data and this is the first analysis cube I have created and is in production, so forgive my ignorance about this question. We ran an analysis the other...
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