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SQL Server Analysis Services 2012 Cube Development Cookbook

You're reading from   SQL Server Analysis Services 2012 Cube Development Cookbook If you prefer the instructional approach to a lot of theory, this cookbook is for you. It takes you straight into building data cubes through hands-on recipes, helping you get to grips with SQL Server Analysis Services fast.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849689809
Length 340 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Multidimensional Data Model Design FREE CHAPTER 2. Defining Analysis Services Dimensions 3. Creating Analysis Services Cubes 4. Extending and Customizing Cubes 5. Optimizing Dimension and Cube Processing 6. MDX 7. Analysis Services Security 8. Administering and Monitoring Analysis Services 9. Using Tabular Models 10. DAX Calculations and Queries 11. Performance Tuning and Troubleshooting Tabular Models A. Miscellaneous Analysis Services Topics Index

Extending data source views


Now that you know how to create a DSV, you are ready to learn how to extend it. In the previous recipe we imported a few tables from a relational data source, but that might not be sufficient to complete your data model. You may need to import objects from multiple data sources, define calculations, or add new data views.

How to do it...

To add or remove objects from the existing DSV, perform the following steps:

  1. Right-click on any blank area within the DSV and choose Add/Remove Tables; this opens the corresponding dialog shown in the following screenshot:

  2. This screen should look familiar from the previous section when you first created the DSV. You could easily add or remove objects to the DSV by clicking on appropriate buttons. One notable difference is the Data source drop-down box. If we had defined multiple data sources, we could import objects into the same DSV using multiple sources. In order to include objects from multiple data sources into a single DSV,...

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