So you have several cubes to build and perhaps wondering what is the best way to build and deploy your cubes. Should you build all the cubes within the same Analysis Service database or create one database per cube? The following guidelines might help you to choose the best approach to build and deploy your SSAS cubes. Continue Reading
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SSAS: AMO Coding Tips
Some coding tips when using Analysis Management Objects (AMO) methods
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SSAS: Using AMO to Secure Analysis Service Cube
Analysis Management Objects (AMO) opens up the object model of SSAS cube for programming. With a bit of .NET programing, AMO can be effectively used to automate administration tasks. Securing the cube is one such task that can be easily automated using AMO. The rest of this post explains how to automate cube security using AMO. Continue Reading
Securing Role Playing Dimensions in Analysis Services
In Analysis Services, dimension data can be secured at either Shared Dimension or Cube Dimension. A Shared Dimension is an object of Analysis Service Database which is available to all the cubes in the database. The Cube Dimension on the other hand is an object of the cube and is an instance of the Common Dimension which is available only to a specific cube
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