Comments on: About http://clay.lenharts.net/blog A blog on .Net and SQL Server Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:44:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Columbus Krenn http://clay.lenharts.net/blog/about/comment-page-1/#comment-16174 Columbus Krenn Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:35:29 +0000 #comment-16174 I've definitely picked up something new from proper here. I’ve definitely picked up something new from proper here.

]]> By: Clay Lenhart http://clay.lenharts.net/blog/about/comment-page-1/#comment-15327 Clay Lenhart Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:41:59 +0000 #comment-15327 Unfortunately I would not recommend the books I have read on SSAS. Perhaps I was unlucky, but I felt they made it difficult to grasps the concepts. I had plans to write about 5 more posts to cover the concepts that got me up to the level to understand the books, but unfortunately I haven't had the time. I decided, awhile ago in fact, that I could not split my time between the SSAS articles I wanted to write, and the SQL Server Engine backup tool, <a href="http://mssqlcompressed.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">MSSQL Compressed Backup</a>. I chose to spend my time on the backup tool. Unfortunately I would not recommend the books I have read on SSAS. Perhaps I was unlucky, but I felt they made it difficult to grasps the concepts. I had plans to write about 5 more posts to cover the concepts that got me up to the level to understand the books, but unfortunately I haven’t had the time.

I decided, awhile ago in fact, that I could not split my time between the SSAS articles I wanted to write, and the SQL Server Engine backup tool, MSSQL Compressed Backup. I chose to spend my time on the backup tool.

]]> By: mst http://clay.lenharts.net/blog/about/comment-page-1/#comment-15326 mst Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:29:26 +0000 #comment-15326 This is intended as a private message, not a comment on your blog. If it ends up public, no big deal... I'm the company dba here and so am pretty adept at TSQL but SSAS is a new animal to me. I read your Beginner's Guide and have a few comments. First-- more would be good. (In all your "spare" time, right?) Re "SSAS Storage Structure"-- If I read it correctly I think I now have a pretty good idea of how to USE a cube... for each metric you need to track you just add a dimension. (now I need to figure out how to create, populate, query it) As far as how to visualize a cube with > 3 dimensions: (too) many years ago an old teacher threw out a pretty good mental model: a 4 dimensional cube is a row of cubes. 5 dim is an x/y grid of cubes etc NOW all I have to learn about SSAS is "all the rest".... do you have any favorite end to end books or blogs? This is intended as a private message, not a comment on your blog. If it ends up public, no big deal…

I’m the company dba here and so am pretty adept at TSQL but SSAS is a new animal to me. I read your Beginner’s Guide and have a few comments.

First– more would be good. (In all your “spare” time, right?)

Re “SSAS Storage Structure”– If I read it correctly I think I now have a pretty good idea of how to USE a cube… for each metric you need to track you just add a dimension. (now I need to figure out how to create, populate, query it)

As far as how to visualize a cube with > 3 dimensions: (too) many years ago an old teacher threw out a pretty good mental model: a 4 dimensional cube is a row of cubes. 5 dim is an x/y grid of cubes etc

NOW all I have to learn about SSAS is “all the rest”…. do you have any favorite end to end books or blogs?

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