Preface

Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services ("Analysis Services" from here on) is now 15 years old, and a mature product proven in thousands of enterprise-level deployments around the world. Starting from a point where few people knew that Analysis Services existed and those who knew about it were often suspicious of it, it has grown to be the most widely deployed OLAP server and one of the keystones of Microsoft's Business Intelligence product strategy. Part of the reason for its success has been the easy availability of information about it. Apart from the documentation Microsoft provides, there are white papers, blogs, online forums, and books galore on the subject. So, why should we write yet another book on Analysis Services? The short ...

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