So are you now dreaming big? Coming up with other ideas for how SAS Stored Processes can be leveraged in your installation of SAS? As I mentioned in last week's post, you could use OLAP cubes as a data source for your SAS Stored Process. Here is how I ...
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Collecting ARM logs can be extremely useful when tuning OLAP cubes for faster response. The ARM log (which stands for Application Response Measurement) collects vital usage information for OLAP cubes using the SAS OLAP Server logging facility. SAS OLAP Cube studio can analyze these logs to assist with aggregation building to make OLAP cubes...
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The date prompt from SAS Prompt Framework provides the options of single selection or a range, however what if you need to select multiple individual dates such as Monday (May 28), Wednesday (May 30), and Friday (June 1) of last week? There are a few a...
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Did you change your LinkedIn password yesterday? (If you didn’t, you should!) But did it happen to be the same as your corporate password? First, tisk tisk. Second, change your corporate password NOW! Ok, now that this is done ~ don’t let your save...
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As a follow-up to my earlier post on taking advantage of OLAP member properties, you can also display OLAP member properties through the Add-in for Microsoft Office as well as SAS Enterprise Guide. I’m a huge fan of Enterprise Guide, so it’s nice to have that ability but even nicer when the more common...
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Have you ever had a requirement to display additional details about data in a report but couldn’t find a good way to do so? Showing OLAP Member Properties in a SAS Web Report could be a useful way to sneak more details about data into a crosstab table. Crossing Multiple Dimensions with High Cardinality...
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OLAP cubes are great for summarizing data very fast – I love them . In certain environments, HIPAA compliance for personally identifiable data might be a concern. Even at the lowest grain of a cube it might be possible to identify the specific detail data beneath the surface if the summarized number is small...
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If you have never worked with OLAP code – then you might be curious how it works and what it looks like. Some developers use SAS OLAP Cube Studio to start their cube building process since it saves some of the typing required. Let’s review some of the code. [Adv Users: check out Steve's...
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