Microsoft® SQL Server(TM) 2005 Analysis Services Step by Step PAP/CDR Edition

I am both shocked and surprised at how completely faulty this book is. I have the previous version of this book; Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services Step by Step, and I don't remember it being this bad. Don't get me wrong, I know Reed Jacobson as I had met him at the SQL Server 2005 launch event, and I don't necessarily blame him for the poor standing. I do however blame Microsoft as there is no way they could have performed any sort of Technical Editorial on this book. If you do decide to buy it, watch out for the Writeback partitions exercise in Chapter 10. It blew up my Virtual Server. Twice.

Very easy to follow. Great for a beginner. Quick read, great examples.

a good book for what it is about. Very large paperback. I bought this months ago, and still haven't finished it.

This is a great book to get started with SSAS 2005. Takes you from the very beginnings all the way up to entry level MDX statements. Excellent code samples and sample database to work along with.

This book is centered on its step by step instuctions which demonstrate the features of Analysis Services. It is best to follow the instructions by performing them in Visual Studio. I had no trouble installing the database using the CD-Rom as provided by Safari which includes an MDF file and SQL script.A postitive is that there is very little fluff in this book, it lists the steps and explains the concepts without going into great detail. In fact, I would prefer a little more explanation of what's going on under the hood, but at the same time it is nice not to get bogged down in a large highly detailed book. This is a good introduction to Analysis Services but will not make you an expert.

I am new to SSAS since December 2008 and of all the three books I have purchased and forum research on this topic, I still find the information given is either too vague or not informative at all. You could probably save your money and take a community college course on SSAS rather than reviewing books on SSAS.

If just finished chapter 3 and over came an oversite in the book.If you do not see the SSAS Step by Step DW.mdf database file, the following may help.Start the SQL Server Management Studio, Select Server type Database Engine, select the connect button.Within the Object Explorer section, right click on Databases, select Attach.In the new Attach Databasees window, Select the Add button and drill down to where the SSAS Step by Step DW.mdf file is located. You should be back at Attach Databases window.In the bottom half, highlight the 'Log' file type record and select remove (it says 'Not Found' in the Message column). Since there is no log file, we need to remove this action.Select the OK button to attach this database to your other or existing databases.That's it. It worked for me. I hope it works for [email protected]

Chapter 1 made several good points. Chapter 2 was more confusing in its presentation but I got something out of it. Chapter 3 began the hands-on so I installed the sample files and sample database contained on the accompanying CD-ROM -- only to find that I couldn't successfully install the database! The CD contains only the ".mdf" file for the sql database (no .ldf), not enough to "restore" or "attach" the database. Their script to install the DB also errored out. I was unable to locate any useful help or errata on the MsPress website. It looks like the authors spent a lot of time and effort developing the step-by-step examples so I'm quite disappointed that I can't proceed further into chapter 3. I'd recommend looking to the Microsoft SSAS tutorial instead of this book.

This book could have been done better. The book is full of typos and ommisions, a lot of times the writers are listing steps that are not possible as asked for hence you spend hours trying to figure it out. I would tell the learners that this is book is not the easiest complete learning guide to BI and SQL server 2005 Analysis services.

絵が多く、タイトルの通りステップバイステップでAnalysisデータベースの作成手順を図解してくれています。洋書ですが、絵をみながら単語を拾えばそこそこ分かります。とはいえ、きちんと理解するには英語で書かれた内容を読む必要がありますが。関連書籍が和書になかったのでこちらを購入しました。が、マイクロソフトのサイトでもヘルプやチュートリアルが充実しているのでまずはそちらを確認してからが良いと思います。