Chapter 6. Processing Analysis Services Objects with SSIS
This chapter targets the integration points between SSIS and SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (SSAS). Business Intelligence (BI) solutions that involve SSAS cubes typically include a method for processing the objects from the data warehouse or data mart database sources into the OLAP cube structures. With the focus of Chapters 4 and 5 on handling dimension and fact table ETL, the final step in the process is to load the related SSAS objects, which, in most cases, will be the responsibility of the ETL process.
Since a big portion of SSAS integration in SSIS involves processing data and managing measure group partitions, the focus of this chapter is on processing and partition management techniques and best practices, starting with the out-of-the-box basics and followed by handling more complicated situations. The chapter concludes with a consideration of dimension change type implications with SSAS attribute relationships.
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