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What is SSAS? Analytic services learning resources

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Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services, SSAS, is an online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining tool inMicrosoft SQL Server. SSAS is used as a tool by organizations to analyze and make sense of information possibly spread out across multiple databases, or in disparate tables or files. Microsoft has included a number of services in SQL Server related to business intelligence and data warehousing. These services include Integration Services, Reporting Services and Analysis Services. Analysis Services includes a group of OLAP and data mining capabilities and comes in two flavors – Multidimensional and Tabular (from wikipedia).

Learn SSAS: PDF, Videos and Demo files:

01. Download SSAS Tutorials PDF file from Microsoft
02. Adventure Works for SQL Server 2012 from CodePlex
03. SSAS 11 Videos of PCTeach.me:
04. http://pcteach.me/Series/microsoft-ssas/
05. 6 Lessons of SSAS MDX
06. 7 Videos of SSAS MDX

SSAS Videos at PCTeach.me:

01. Analysis Services - 01 Prerequisite Guide
02. Analysis Services - 02 Data Source Creation
03. Analysis Services - 03 Data Source Views
04. Analysis Services - 04 Cube Creation
05. Analysis Services - 05 Dimension Fundamentals
06. Analysis Services - 06 Dimension Hierarchies
07. Analysis Services - 07 Dimension Attribute Relationships
08. Analysis Services - 08 Dimension Storage
09. Analysis Services - 09 Dimension Discretization
10. Analysis Services - 10 Parent/Child Dimension Hierachies
11. Analysis Services - 11 Star and Snowflake Schemas