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MDX Implementing Logical AND On Members of the Same Hierarchy

Tuesday, December 24, 2013
by jsalvo

Reference: MDX with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Cookbook by Tomislav Piasevoli

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MDX Implementing Logical OR On Members of Different Hierarchies

Saturday, December 14, 2013
by jsalvo

Reference: MDX with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Cookbook  by Tomislav Piasevoli

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MDX Order by Multiple Criteria

Saturday, December 7, 2013
by jsalvo

The MDX language includes an ORDER function that orders members of a set in ascending or descending order based on a numeric (or string) expression.  The syntax of the Order function is displayed below:

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SQL Server Data Mining: Time Series Algorithm Tips

Tuesday, December 3, 2013
by jsalvo

The sqlserverdatamining site has a wealth of information related to many of the SQL Server data mining algorithms. The ‘Tips and Tricks’ section of the site is especially useful. An online forecasting tutorial covering the Time Series algorithm is also available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms169846.aspx.

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DSC Windows Feature Web-Ftp-Service

Tuesday, December 3, 2013
by asalvo

This week I've started learning/using Desired State Configuration. I'm sure I will be blogging about it more in the coming weeks, but for now here is a quick overview of installing the FTP Role Feature. One of the built in resources for DSC is WindowsFeature which allows you to enable different features and roles on Windows. A DSC configuration file might look something like this:

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