Teach yourself the fundamentals of SQL Server Analysis Services—one step at a time. With this practical, learn-by-doing tutorial, you get the guidance you need to build flexible and powerful solutions that meet the analytical needs of your organization.

Discover how to:

• Start building cubes using the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Business Intelligence designers
• Create dimensions and measure groups to build, browse, and modify OLAP cubes
• Design objects to handle unique financial analysis requirements
• Improve query performance with aggregations and user hierarchies
• Customize cubes with multi-dimensional expressions (MDX) and other advanced design techniques
• Use actions to integrate Web pages, reporting applications, and drillthrough capabilities with cubes
• Manage role-based security and restrict data access
• Deploy and maintain a database in a production environment

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