MDX with Microsoft SQL server 2008 R2 analysis services [[electronic resource] ] : cookbook : 80 recipes for enriching your business intelligence solutions with high-performance MDX calculations and flexible MDX queries / / Tomislav Piasevoli

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456702303321
• Autore: Piasevoli Tomislav
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Birmingham, : Packt Pub., 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-30832-0; 9786613308320; 1-84968-131-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (480 p.)
• Collana: Quick answers to common problems
• Disciplina: 005.13/3; 005.7585
• Soggetti: MDX (Computer program language); Business intelligence; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1:Elementary MDX Techniques; Introduction; Skipping axis; Handling division by zero errors; Setting special format for negative, zero and null values; Applying conditional formatting on calculations; Setting default member of a hierarchy in MDX script; Implementing NOT IN set logic; Implementing logical OR on members from different hierarchies; 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 queriesUsing NON_EMPTY_BEHAVIOR; Optimizing MDX queries using the NonEmpty() function; Implementing logical AND on members from the same hierarchy; Chapter 2: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; Hiding calculation values on future ; dates; Calculating today's date using the string functions; Calculating today's date using the MemberValue function; Calculating today's date using an attribute hierarchyCalculating 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 slicer; Chapter 3: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 one; Finding the name of a child with the best/worst valueHighlighting siblings with the best/worst worst value; Implementing bubble-up exceptions; Chapter 4: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 5:Business Analytics; Introduction; Forecasting using the linear regression; Forecasting using the periodic cycles; Allocating the non-allocated company expenses to departmentsCalculating the number of days from the last sales to identify the slow-moving goods; Analyzing fluctuation of customers; Implementing the ABC analysis; Chapter 6: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 existinghierarchies; 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; Using a utility dimension to implement flexible display units
• Sommario/riassunto: More than 80 recipes for enriching your Business Intelligence solutions with high-performance MDX calculations and flexible MDX queries in this book and eBook