External Information Resources¶

As analytic practices permeate the business sector, reference books about OLAP and MDX proliferate. While many focus on Microsoft SQL Server, the language concepts and syntax apply more broadly. The following resources can help you understand this analysis:

• Mondrian Technical Guide: http://mondrian.pentaho.com/documentation

• Jaspersoft OLAP Workbench: http://sourceforge.net/projects/jasperserver/files/JasperServer/JasperServer%204.0.0/

• Historical overview of analysis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/analysis

• William Pearson. MDX at First Glance: Introduction to SQL Server MDX Essentials. http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/1495511

• Microsoft MDX reference: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms145506.aspx

• Wikipedia MDX overview and links: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Multidimensional_Expressions

• A collection of other MDX article links: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/mosha/archive/2005/10/11/mdx-functions-in-analysis-services-2005.aspx

In addition to these resources, we encourage you to review the Jaspersoft OLAP Ultimate Guide.