Book Review: Applied Microsoft Analysis Services 2005 : And Microsoft Business Intelligence Platform by Teo Lachev

Could Be Better

This was the first book published on Analysis Services 2005. It was obviously rushed to press. At first I started making notes of all the grammatical errors, but then found so many I gave up and quit.

The technical content if very good. If you are doing a lot of Analysis Services work then you will definitely want this book. At the same time, you will want to pick up some of the other texts as they're released over the coming months. For one, the coverage of MDX syntax in this book is quite poor. You are also not going to find the "whys" of dimension modeling covered here or a set of recommended best practices.

Also, the book starts with a sample database and data warehouse and builds upon those samples throughout the book. If you are not looking for the kind of book where you type in the examples in each section, then this one may not be for you.

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