Scalability is an important aspect in every application, a common achievement within OLTP environment and still applicable to OLAP (Anlaysis Services) environment. In any if the application or a cube or mining model may be unavailable for querying because of a hardware or software failure, also it could...
Performance - one word does it all! You are aware that during the Performance Tuning exercise there are few quick wins within the SQL Server Relational Database Engine such as table statistics for data and indexes. When it comes to Analysis Services (BI) database then no difference as one o f the greatest...
When it comes to monitor the query performance whether it is TSQL or MDX, the process is similar. You need to have a better understanding on how queries are executed (architecture), what tools are available for monitoring and best practices to improve performance. So similar to Relational database engine...
I was going through Books Online in learning the concepts of slicing of data within Analysis Services for the new project that is upcoming, all these years I have basic knowledge of SSAS and with latest available features in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services there is more to learn from there. Slicing...
Here is another new year gift from Microsoft for the SQL Server users, specifically for 2005 version - release of SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer (January 2008). BPA's job is to gather data from Windows and SQL Server configuration settings. There are pre-defined list of SQL Server 2005 recommendations...
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Got this update from SQLCAT blog on MSDN about new whitepaper on Analysis Services many-to-many dimensions that helps in MDX query performance optimization steps you need to take care. Many-to-many dimension relationships in SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (SSAS) enable you to easily model complex...
Using SELECT @@VERSION statement you can get simply get information of SQL Server you are running , when connected to that SQL Server instance. What if to know same for the Analysis Services components, we don't have such an easy way to find out! I mean there isn't a straight way to find out...
One of the Business user asked for the resolution for the error they are getting when running a MDX query against the Analysis Services database within their data mart. The error is "Provider Cannot be found", before going further on this error ensure to have SQL Server client tools installed...
The ascmd.exe command-line utility is a handy tool for testing performance characteristics to determine the appropriate values for parallel processing. This utility is similar to the sqlcmd.exe utility that you use to execute SQL statements in SQL Server. The ascmd.exe utility executes XMLA commands...
With the release of SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services, Microsoft introduces several advanced features for manageability and one such feature is Dynamic Management Views (DMV). These views enable administrators to query for information regarding connections, sessions, and server performance. This session...