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Getting Started with SQL Server 2012 Cube Development

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Getting Started with SQL Server 2012 Cube Development

Overview of this book

Analysis Services have been the number one OLAP engine for years. With the increased focus on business intelligence solutions, there is a shortage of professionals in this area. Start your journey into becoming a BI developer using the popular tools included in every SQL Server installation. Getting Started with SQL Server 2012 Cube Development teaches you through clear step-by-step exercises to create business intelligence solutions using Analysis Services. The knowledge gained through these practical examples can immediately be applied to your real-world problems. Getting Started with SQL Server 2012 Cube Development begins with an introduction to business intelligence and Analysis Services, the world's most-used cube engine. Guiding you through easy-to-understand examples to become a cube developer. Learn how to create a cube including all the advanced features such as KPIs, calculated measures, and time intelligence. Security and performance tuning will also be explored. You will learn how to perform and automate core tasks like deployment and processing. The main focus is on multidimensional cubes, but the creation of in-memory models will also be covered. You will learn everything you need to get started with cube development using SQL Server 2012.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Getting Started with SQL Server 2012 Cube Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Adding translations to support global implementations


Many organizations have the need to work in a multi-lingual environment. There maybe a requirement that a Swedish speaking user should be able to browse the cube in their native tongue. Instead of creating separate cubes for each language to satisfy this requirement, Analysis Services has the possibility to work with translations. A translation can not only be the translation of the cube or database structure, but also of the data itself. The language displayed to the user is dependent on the settings on the user's workstation. To create a translation, you can perform the following steps:

  1. Double-click on the Adventure Works DW2012.cube cube in the Solution Explorer.

  2. Click on the Translations tab in the designer and then click on the New Translation button.

  3. Select the appropriate language (in my case I chose Swedish) and click on OK.

  4. In the column for the new translation, add the names for the different objects in your cubes in the selected...