Expert Cube Development with Microsoft SQL Server 2008

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Table of Contents
Built-in measure aggregation types 83
Basic aggregation types 83
Distinct Count 84
None 84
Semi-additive aggregation types 85
By Account 88
Dimension calculations 89
Unary operators and weights 90
Custom Member Formulas 91
Non-aggregatable values 92
Measure groups 94
Creating multiple measure groups 94
Creating measure groups from dimension tables 96
Handling different dimensionality 97
Handling different granularities 98
Non-aggregatable measures: a different approach 99
Using linked dimensions and measure groups 101
Role-playing dimensions 102
Dimension/measure group relationships 103
Fact relationships 103
Referenced relationships 104
Data mining relationships 105
Summary 106
Chapter 5: Adding Transactional Data such as
Invoice Line and Sales Reason 107
Details about transactional data 107
Drillthrough 109
Actions 110
Drillthrough actions 111
Drillthrough Columns order 113
Drillthrough and calculated members 116
Drillthrough modeling 117
Drillthrough using a transaction details dimension 117
Drillthrough with ROLAP dimensions 119
Drillthrough on Alternate Fact Table 120
Drillthrough recap 122
Many-to-many dimension relationships 122
Implementing a many-to-many dimension relationship 123
Advanced modelling with many-to-many relationships 127
Performance issues 129
Summary 130
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