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SQL Server Analysis Services

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Posted on by SII1MNL 1,295

Hi,

I would like to ask for help if anyone of you has documentation about SSAS? the concept of SSAS and how to expand to another system (example Power BI) and how to use and configure? Thank you.

Ivan

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    Umesh Pandit Profile Picture
    Umesh Pandit 9,315 User Group Leader on at

    BI tools

    Although SSRS and SSAS are the primary solutions used for reporting and analysis in Microsoft Dynamics AX, other tools can be used, as well. For example:

    To create financial reports, you can use Management Reporter.

    To query data and export the data to Excel, you can use the Microsoft Dynamics AX add-in for Excel.

    For more information about business intelligence tools that can be used with Microsoft Dynamics AX, see Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 White Paper: Business Intelligence Capabilities and Tools and Types of reports.

    Do Check: community.dynamics.com/.../resource-page-for-ssrs-and-ssas-integration-in-microsoft-dynamics-ax-2012

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    Lance [MSFT] on at

    Analysis services is a type of database server that periodically copies over data from a sql database and then runs some time consuming calculations on that data and stores the results for quick retrieval later.  

    For Ax 6 there is an Analysis Services project provided which defines a set of Analysis Services data cubes.  You can also define your own analysis services database and include whatever data you want.   To do so, you create a Perspective in AOT and in the perspective add the views or tables you want included.   You can set fields to be group by fields by assigning the AnalysisUsage property to attribute, or you can calculate a value for the column by setting the AnalysisUsage property to Measure and then assigning the calculation type in AnalysisDefaultTotal property.  Sum, Count, and Distinct count are the commonly used calculations, but other types are also available.

    Next you generate and analysis services project from the perspective.  You can customize it using Sql Data Tools if desired to add additional calculations or maybe define  additional relationships.   Once you have what you want in the project, you deploy the project to an analysis services server.  One deployed you process the database to pull in the data from sql.  After that it is available to query.  Analysis services uses a query language named MDX.  To query data you write an MDX select command and send it to analysis services.  It should then return you a data set assuming it could parse the command.  MDX is a bit complex.  For cases where I don't need complicated mdx functions, I find it easiest to use either the browse window in sql management server or else the sql reporting services report builder to drag the data I want into their browser ui and then have it show me the mdx query to get the data I selected.

    Power BI is supposed to be able to connect to Analysis Services.  There's an article on how to set up the data connection here www.databasejournal.com/.../power-bi-getting-data-from-analysis-services.html

    Hope this helps,

    Lance

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    SII1MNL 1,295 on at

    Hi,

    thanks for your help.. I would like to ask one more thing... aside from power BI, what other system that SSAS can be used for?

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    Lance [MSFT] on at

    Some examples of other systems that have integration with analysis services.

    Sql Reporting Services can use an analysis services database as a data source.  Some of the reports in Ax 6 are set to use an analysis services database.

    Sql Integration Services can be used to set up a schedule for when to refresh the data for the analysis services database.  

    The Ax enterprise portal can show kpis or calculations from the analysis services database.

    Excel can connect to analysis services and show the data in the analysis services database.  Pivot tables are often created using analysis services as a data source.

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    SII1MNL 1,295 on at

    Hi Guys,

    Thank you for answering my questions, because I need to explore more about SSAS and for creating cubes I can use Microsoft Visual studio (please correct me if I am wrong) or any other application such as Microsoft Dynamics AX, Excel, Enterprise Portal, Role Center, Pivot and Power BI.

    It is my first time to use SSAS and I have no background to it except when you deploy in AX the default cubes.

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