SAS OLAP Server : Concepts and Excerpts from MDX Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services

Understanding MDX is crucial for anyone designing or implementing a database in Microsoft's products. SAS Olap Server 9.1: MDX Guide provides the main documentation for the product. "SAS Olap Server: Concepts and Excerpts from 'MDX Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services'" includes the subset of information (Chapter 1, Chapter 2, and Appendix A) from "MDX Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services" (published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. under the ISBN 0471-40046-7) that are applicable to using SAS Olap Server 9.1. These excerpts include basic MDX information such as the MDX data model, MDX construction, comments in MDX, and a complete MDX function and operator reference. The excerpts are delivered as PDF files on CD. 2003Spofford, George is the author of 'SAS OLAP Server : Concepts and Excerpts from MDX Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services', published 2004 under ISBN 9781590473528 and ISBN 1590473523.