Ditto on the safari books online recommendation. Not cheap, but still worth every penny.
--s On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > As an aside, I cannot recommend http://SafariBooksOnline.com enough. It’s > monthly subscription program has allowed me to save a small fortune while > being able to access a vastly expanded library.**** > > ** ** > > HTH.**** > > ** ** > > Richard Turner**** > > E: [email protected] | T: @bitcrazed <http://twitter.com/#%21/bitcrazed>| W: > http://www.bitcrazed.com **** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Adron Hall > *Sent:* Friday, December 16, 2011 13:16 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Any OLAP / SSAS (or Mondrian) experts?**** > > ** ** > > If you're diving into the Business Intelligence world check out Ralph > Kimball**** > > ** ** > > http://www.kimballgroup.com/**** > > ** ** > > As for books, some of the best material around the ideals and getting > things to work out well:**** > > ** ** > > http://www.kimballgroup.com/html/booksDWET.html**** > > http://www.kimballgroup.com/html/booksDWT2.html**** > > http://www.kimballgroup.com/html/booksDWLT2.html**** > > ** ** > > If you want to dive into Microsoft's SQL Server Integration Services or > SQL Server Analysis Services I personally would just say to read the books > above to get the concepts, then use the "Books Online" that come with SQL > Server and build out some samples, but wouldn't buy any books specifically > for those two functionality.**** > > ** ** > > Do NOT buy any of the Microsoft Press books, at least IMHO. Anything in > them is easily found on MSDN, etc. :) > > Adron**** > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:30 AM, [email protected] < > [email protected]> wrote:**** > > I'd love to tag along on this as well. We have a big cube at work and we > have some upcoming architectural stories to take on and I've never used > this before so I'd love to learn from this too! > > Later, > Kell**** > > > > > On 2011-12-16, at 1:41 PM, Kent Skinner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Would anyone be so kind as to help me with a few questions about > > measure-groups, many-to-many relationships, distinct counts, MDX etc.? > > > > Also, any recommended books on these topics for someone new to OLAP? > > > > Many thanks, > > Kent > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en.**** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > *Adron B Hall* > > **** > > *Tech*: http://compositecode.com > *Transit*: http://transitsleuth.com > *Twitter*: http://www.twitter.com/adron**** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en.**** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en.
