MDX with SSAS 2012 Cookbook. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Sherry Li, Tomislav Piasevoli
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Elementary MDX Techniques; Introduction; Putting data on x and y axes; Skipping axes; Using a WHERE clause to filter the data returned; Optimizing MDX queries using the NonEmpty() function; Using the PROPERTIES() function to retrieve data from attribute relationships; Basic sorting and ranking; Handling division by zero errors; Setting a default member of a hierarchy in MDX script; Chapter 2: Working with Sets; Introduction; Implementing NOT IN set logic. Implementing logical OR on members from different hierarchiesImplementing logical AND on members from the same hierarchy; Iterating on a set in order to reduce it; Iterating on a set in order to create a new one; Iterating on a set using recursion; Dissecting and debugging MDX queries; Chapter 3: Working with Time; Introduction; Calculating the YTD (Year-To-Date) value; Calculating the YoY (Year-over-Year) growth (parallel periods); Calculating moving averages; Finding the last date with data; Getting values on the last date with data; Calculating today's date using the string functions. Calculating today's date using the MemberValue functionCalculating today's date using an attribute hierarchy; Calculating the difference between two dates; Calculating the difference between two times; Calculating parallel periods for multiple dates in a set; Calculating parallel periods for multiple dates in a slicer; Chapter 4: Concise Reporting; Introduction; Isolating the best N members in a set; Isolating the worst N members in a set; Identifying the best/worst members for each member of another hierarchy; Displaying few important members, others as a single row, and the total at the end. Combining two hierarchies into oneFinding the name of a child with the best/worst value; Highlighting siblings with the best/worst values; Implementing bubble-up exceptions; Chapter 5: Navigation; Introduction; Detecting a particular member in a hierarchy; Detecting the root member; Detecting members on the same branch; Finding related members in the same dimension; Finding related members in another dimension; Calculating various percentages; Calculating various averages; Calculating various ranks; Chapter 6: Business Analytics; Introduction; Forecasting using the linear regression. Forecasting using the periodic cyclesAllocating the non-allocated company expenses to departments; Analyzing fluctuation of customers; Implementing the ABC analysis; Chapter 7: When MDX is Not Enough; Introduction; Using a new attribute to separate members on a level; Using a distinct count measure to implement histograms over existing hierarchies; Using a dummy dimension to implement histograms over non-existing hierarchies; Creating a physical measure as a placeholder for MDX assignments; Using a new dimension to calculate the most frequent price.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 005.7585; COMPUTERS -- Enterprise Applications -- Business Intelligence Tools; MDX (Computer program language); Client/server computing; Client/server computing; MDX (Computer program language); COMPUTERS -- Databases -- Data Mining; COMPUTERS -- Databases -- Data Warehousing; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1299832385; 9781299832381; 9781849689618; 9781849689601; 1849689601
• Related ISBNs: 184968961X
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