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Professional SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 with MDX

ISBN: 978-0-7645-7918-9
Paperback
864 pages
May 2006
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ChapterPageDetailsDatePrint Run
4, 5 Error in References
Reference to Figures 1.1 and 1.2 are reversed Page 4 PP 4 and page 5 PP 1
08/08/2007
17 Error in Reference
paragraph ends with:
you learn more about proactive caching in Chapter 17

Reference to Chapter 17 should be:
Chapter 18
7/021/06
52 Error in Figure Reference
near bottom of page:
reference to Figure 2-87

should be:
Figure 2-37.
04/12/07
38 Error in Text
User the credentials of the current user

should be:

Use the credentials of the current user
08/16/2007
67 Error in Figure
1. select measures.[Internet Sales Amount] on columns
from [Adventure Works]
where ([Date].[Calendar].[Calendar Quarter].&[2003]&[1],
[product].[product line].[Mountain],
[Customer].[Country].[Australia]
)

Note: Due to changes in the sample shipped with the product you will not see the exact values shown in Figure 3-4. Please use Figure 3-4 as an illustration to understand MDX concepts.
01/12/07
70 Error in Reference
The top of the page references duplicate tuples; the example, however, contains no duplicat because Australia is misspelled as Austrailia.
01/04/07
72 Typo in Text
In the third paragraph, 4th line:

ore

Should be

or
4/15/09
73 Error in Text
Page 73, code at bottom of page starts with:
text reads:
SELECT Measures.[Sales] ON COLUMS

should be:
SELECT Measures.[Sales] on COLUMNS
11/03/06
73 Error in Table
In the table
product Line Road
Black
should be:
Silver
09/13/07
75 Error in Code
in the formula_expression:

SOVLE_ORDER

should be:

SOLVE_ORDER
11/30/2007
80 Error in Example
Example 2,
the cross product of the two sets should be: {
([Customer].[Country].[Australia], [Product].[Product Line].[Mountain]), ([Customer].[Country].[Australia], [Product].[Product Line].[Road]), ([Customer].[Country].[Canada], [Product].[Product Line].[Mountain]), ([Customer].[Country].[Canada], [Product].[Product Line].[Road])
}
01/05/07
83 Error in Text
Under the heading Set Functions, the second sentence:
The take sets are arguments and often...

should read:
They take sets as arguments and often...
7/24/06
99 Error in Text
At the end of the first paragraph:
selecting 'With New Named Query'

should be:
selecting 'New named Query'
2/12/07
123 Error in Capitalization
2nd line:
Similarly specify English Country Region name

should be:
Similarly specify English Country Region Name
2/14/07
131 Error in Text
Page 131 - Step 2

Text reads:
Click the KeyColumns property value(the three dots button). This action launches the DataItem Collector dialog.

Should be:
Click the KeyColumns property value(the three dots button). This action launches the DataItem Collection dialog.
11/06/06
181 Typo
Half way down second paragraph it reads:
"There is a new flow model that replaces explicit manipulation of solve order and calculation pass precedence which were used for ordering calculations is Analysis Services 2000"

should be:
"There is a new flow model that replaces explicit manipulation of solve order and calculation pass precedence which were used for ordering calculations in Analysis Services 2000"

(in case you don't see a difference the last 'is' of the first sentence should be 'in').
10/16/06
209 Error in Text
Chapter 8 page 209 - First Paragraph

Text reads:
Finally, you are introduced to dimension writeback, which is a way to make changes to dimension members for "what" if analysis.

Should be:
Finally, you are introduced to dimension writeback, which is a way to make changes to dimension members for "what if" analysis. OR ("what-if")
10/27/06
364 Error in MDX query
First MDX query on the page:

UPDATE CUBE [Adventure Works DW]
SET (
[WB Employee].[Manager].&[290]
, [WB Period].[Period].&[20043]) = 1000;

should be:

UPDATE CUBE [Adventure Works DW]
SET (
[WB Employee].[Manager].&[291]
, [WB Period].[Period].&[20043]) = 1000;
09/14/07
449 Error in Text
Page 449, Paragraph 3:

Text reads:
For example, aggregation(Month, Subcategory, Postal Code) will potentially result in 12 million (48*395*646 = 12,248,160)

Should read:
For example, aggregation(Month, Product Name, Postal Code) can potentially result in 12 million (48*395*646 = 12,248,160)
11/07/06

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