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SAS Technical Papers » SAS OLAP Server and OLAP Cube Studio
Papers Topic List |
| Date | Title | File Size |
| April 2011 | How to Customize Your Data Analysis with SAS® OLAP Cube Calculations (PDF)
This paper is targeted toward OLAP cube designers and advanced OLAP cube users. It discusses how to design OLAP cube calculations, where to define them, what functions are available for your use, and how to embed more control into a flow of your MDX programs. |
1.11 MB |
| April 2011 | SAS® OLAP Cubes Go Green: Reusable Shared Dimensions in SAS® 9.3 (PDF)
SAS OLAP cube administrators and designers will be glad to know that, in SAS 9.3, you can create a dimension to be shared among multiple OLAP cubes. Re-using a shared dimension in multiple OLAP cubes helps ensure consistency and is also good for the environment, since it reduces the amount of metadata and member data stored. |
.98 MB |
| February 2011 | SAS®9 OLP Server: Data Management for ROLAP Aggregations (PDF)
SAS OLAP cubes allow you to either create pre-summarized aggregations as part of the cube itself (called MOLAP aggregations) or point to external data (this is called ROLAP data access). This paper focuses on using ROLAP aggregations in your SAS OLAP Cube. |
344 KB |
| March 2010 | Getting Your Cube from Here to There: Migration and Promotion of OLAP Cubes in SAS® 9.2 (PDF)
In SAS 9.2 there are several ways to move your OLAP cube metadata from one SAS environment to another. This paper will explain your choices and help you develop a strategy for cube migration and promotion by evaluating the benefits of each technology. |
618 KB | March 2010 | Enhancements for Managing SAS® OLAP Server in SAS® 9.2 (PDF)
This paper is targeted to advanced SAS users and BI administrators. It highlights when and how these enhancements can be used to provide the most benefits to the users of SAS OLAP Server. |
1.1 MB |
| March 2009 | The SAS® OLAP Server: Understanding and Solving Common Problems (PDF)
This paper provides information intended to empower you with the knowledge and skills required to address these issues with confidence. Strategies and examples for resolving issues in both SAS 9.1.3 and SAS 9.2 are presented. |
527 KB |
| March 2009 | Using SAS® OLAP Server for a ROLAP Scenario (PDF)
This paper is targeted to advanced SAS users and discusses the following topics: Relational OLAP (ROLAP) using SAS OLAP Server and Teradata; Design aspects for a ROLAP implementation; Teradata performance features and enhancements. |
771 KB |
| March 2009 | Best Practice: Optimizing the Cube Build Process in SAS® 9.2 (PDF)
This paper discusses factors that affect the cube building process; options that are available to control and optimize the cube building process; best practices for cube building; logging options and understanding possible problems that can occur, in relation to these improvements in SAS® 9.2. |
214 KB |
| Sept 2008 | Cubes by design (Web page)
ROLAP and HOLAP solutions using SAS and Teradata |
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| March 2008 | Avoid Growing Pains: New Cube Update Features You Should Know About (PDF)
You may have heard about the new cube update feature coming in SAS 9.2 but may not be sure of just what it entails. Learn exactly what cube update is and how to get started with it. |
31 KB |
| March 2008 | What’s New in SAS OLAP Cube Studio 4.2 (PDF)
This paper highlights and demonstrates the new functionality and the benefits that the user will have with SAS OLAP Cube Studio 4.2. |
331 KB |
| March 2008 | Controlling OLAP Applications End to End (PDF)
In SAS 9.2, there are several new features that help administrators to secure and control the use of OLAP Cubes in a reporting environment. This paper highlights the new and existing features. |
170 KB |
| April 2006 | The Practical Union of OLAP Analysis and Geographic Mapping (PDF) | 619 KB |
| March 2005 | Loading Cube Data at Non-Leaf Levels (PDF) | 1,610 KB |
| 10Nov04 | TS-712: How to Update Cubes on an Active SAS OLAP Server (PDF) | 245 KB |
| 21Jul04 | TS-708: SAS 9.1 OLAP Server Security (PDF) | 302 KB |
| 26May04 | TS-701: Multiple languages Surfaced via a Cube using SAS 9.1 OLAP Server (PDF) | 390 KB |
| 30APR04 | SAS9 OLAP Server: Cube Building - Data Preparation and Cube Storage (PDF) | 774 KB |
| 23May03 | OLAP Server: Focusing on Performance (presented at SUGI28) (PDF) | 267 KB |
| 04Nov98 | TS-596: MDP Metadata Batch Utility | 58 KB |
| 23Feb96 | TS-493: Customizing EIS Objects: approaches to solving the most common requests (PDF) | 39 KB |
