Customer comments on this selection.
 Just ignore those who give this book 2 stars if you just started with MDX
Believe me, you need the slow pace and limited complexity when you just started MDX, otherwise, the complexity of MDX will soon overwhelm you and kill your interest in learning MDX. I started with MDX solutions. It's a serious mistake. Try this book first and you will soon be on your way enjoying the power of MDX.
 learn a bit about SSAS
This book appears at first read to be a winner. But one soon finds out that it is not all as easy as it appears. First and foremost, the included CD provides what appears to be a great selection of sample files, and great exercises that test your learning and knowledge of MDX; to use this software you need Microsoft SQL Server 2000. If you don't have this ancient piece of software accessible on a network, or loaded onto your own laptop, you will not be able to use the CD. Despite a new `Second edition' released in 2006, when SQL Server 2005 was available, the authors did not see fit to update the included CD to use this more easily available software.
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br /I eventually was able to locate and load SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services, and then load the necessary SP3; only then did the included Proclarity Software work.
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br /In the end, it turned out to be a great learning exercise. I did learn a lot about MDX, about MS SQL, and Analysis Services, an unexpected Bonus.
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 Good book
It's a good book. Just the data cubes are very old. I had to convert them to 2005 format.
Great introductory book on MDX
Great introductory book on MDX.
br /MDX Solutions (the other one) is definitely more advanced.
br /I would like to see a newer edition of "Fast Track" with AS2005 in mind.
br /Of course by then, AS2008 would be RTM.
Great Book...Would recommend to anybody interested in OLAP in MDX
Very good book...Helps a lot to understand OLAP and MDX concepts...Would like to see new edition with more advanced chapters
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