My company is trying to decide which one would be better, creating a report model off of relational tables, or using an AS cube. right now, I use Visual studio for report development. but a big part for the users is Ad-hoc reporting. What are the ups and downs of both (AS cube and Relational table, report model (Ad-hoc). And what would you suggest? Any info would be helpful. Thanks!
View 1 RepliesHi all,
I am trying to create a diagram for our database, during the creating, I create some of the relationships which were not there(basically our original database is not relational database, that's why I am doing it)
So sometimes I have to chage data type in order to create a relationship for the coloumns in different tables. i.e. change char(16) to varchar(7) (I checked the field that make sure all the data in this field is <= 7 characters)
But when I saved the diagram, there is an error message that state:
Errors were encountered during the save process. Some of your database objects are not saved on your diagram.
'agent' table saved successfully
'VisitUSA' table
- Unable to create relationship 'FK_VisitUSA_agent'.
ODBC error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]ALTER TABLE statement conflicted with COLUMN FOREIGN KEY constraint 'FK_VisitUSA_agent'. The conflict occurred in database 'CMC', table 'agent', column 'AgentCode'.
What does that mean? is it caused by some of the agentcode data in VisitUSA table which is not in agent table?
Thanks!
Betty
I'm trying to create report with datasource as a cube. I'm able to connect to datasource to pull data with a single parameter. But, I'm unable to succeed in the following scenario:
I have a dimension "Period" as Paremeter.
The Period dimension has a hierarchy as year- quarter- month.
So, I would like to create a drilldown parameter for period as year - quarter - month.
Please let me know, how to acheive this.
thanks,
Naveen.
Hi all,
I'm trying to create a RS report that will use an AS2005 cube as a datasource. I did try to use the query wizard from reporting services to build the mdx statement but I'm having a hard time with it... How could I use the following MDX statement in a reporting services report?? Do you have to use the query builder?
Code Snippet
WITH SET [Last 5 Months] AS
{TAIL( NONEMPTY( {[Date].[Calendar].[Month].MEMBERS}, {[Measures].[Internet Sales Amount]} ) ,1).ITEM(0).LAG(1),
TAIL( NONEMPTY( {[Date].[Calendar].[Month].MEMBERS}, {[Measures].[Internet Sales Amount]} ) ,1).ITEM(0).LAG(2),
TAIL( NONEMPTY( {[Date].[Calendar].[Month].MEMBERS}, {[Measures].[Internet Sales Amount]} ) ,1).ITEM(0).LAG(3),
TAIL( NONEMPTY( {[Date].[Calendar].[Month].MEMBERS}, {[Measures].[Internet Sales Amount]} ) ,1).ITEM(0).LAG(4),
TAIL( NONEMPTY( {[Date].[Calendar].[Month].MEMBERS}, {[Measures].[Internet Sales Amount]} ) ,1).ITEM(0).LAG(5)}
MEMBER [Date].[Calendar].[AVG 5 months] AS
AVG([Last 5 Months])
MEMBER [Date].[Calendar].[Last Mth Var.] AS
(TAIL( NONEMPTY( {[Date].[Calendar].[Month].MEMBERS}, {[Measures].[Internet Sales Amount]} ) ,1).ITEM(0).LAG(1) - AVG([Last 5 Months]))
MEMBER [Date].[Calendar].[YTD] AS
AGGREGATE(YTD(TAIL( NONEMPTY( {[Date].[Calendar].[Month].MEMBERS}, {[Measures].[Internet Sales Amount]} ) ,1).ITEM(0).LAG(1)))
SELECT
{[Last 5 Months],[AVG 5 Months],[Last Mth Var.],[YTD]} ON COLUMNS,
NONEMPTY([Product].[Category].Members) ON ROWS
FROM [Adventure Works]
WHERE [Measures].[Internet Sales Amount]
It's probably very simple to acheive but for some reason I can't get this to work properly...
I did a lot of RS against relational DB but reporting out of a cube is new to me.
TIA,
Eric
hello,
I am beginner for asp.net and sql server. I used Sql server manegement studio full version and I exported my aspnetdb which was created by VS2005 to my host sql server. I have a question:
relational tables are not relational no longer. I noticed that when I created database diagram. what is wrong by exporting?
thanks for your helps...
Hi all,
I need to change the default member of my Time dimension according to a parameter received by a report in Reporting Services. When I code the MDX query I can't seem to be able to begin my statement with an ALTER CUBE to set the default dimension. It seems I can only do a SELECT..FROM..WHERE query.
Does anyone know how to set the default member of a dimension in a report ??
Many thanks,
John
Hello,
I have an Analysis Services Cube that I would like to report on. However, the Time Dimension currently only has four columns, Day of Month, Month(name) , Year, and DateKey (DateTime representation at midnight for every day). Thus when I drag the month attribute onto the report, it is sorted April - August - December - etc. instead of Jan - Feb - Mar. How do I fix this? I remember reading something in the MSDN Library about it but I can't find it again now.
Thomas
Hello,
I'm using a SSIS cube as source for reporting services. In my DataSet I have 3 parameters: Year, ProductGroup, Product. By default all parameters are cascading when defined on the DataSet. This is great for ProductGroup -> Product, but I don't want it for Year -> ProductGroup (I want to avoid the roundtrip). I removed the link in the generated MDX, I removed the parameters on the DataSet, but when I run the report, ProductGroup is still grayed out until I choose a year.
Suggestions are very welcome...
I have this strange issue.
VS2005
SSRS2005
SSAS2000 cube based on data from SQL 2005 database
When i connect to the SSAS cube and create a dataset in a SSRS 2005 report i do not get a parameter pane.
Also, if i right click on a dimension & select "Add to filter" i get the following error message
"Object reference not set to an instance of an object"
It's not my installation of SQL 2005, as I can connect to an SSAS2005 cube and get the filter/parameter pane and do not get the error message. Parameters work fine.
Have i come across a known issue when reporting on SQL 2005 versus a SQL 2000 AS Cube... or can someone shed some light on the issue for me....
If someone can tell me how to display screenshots I can add them to a post
Thanks
Will
Hi all
sorry im new with using Reporting Services and even more inexperienced with using cubes.
My situation is as follows. I perform dynamic grouping (user selects the view via a parameter) Depending on the view selected, I need to change the dimension filter in the dataset.. Is this possible ?
Regards,
Neil
I have developed the SSRS report and deployed them on SharePoint 2013 BUt when I run report through broswer It take long time to execute.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have an SSRS report that gets its data from an SSAS cube, and it essentially displays a list of students and absences. Everything works fine.
But the users only want to see the top N students with the highest absences. For example, today they want to see the top 100, but during summer vacation, they only want to see the top 5.
Is there a way to add this parameter to the SSRS report? So if I select "5" from the dropdown parameter, it will show the top 5 absences.
The query that I use to populate the report is something simple:
SELECT NON EMPTY { [Measures].[Absences] } ON COLUMNS, NON EMPTY { ([Dim Date].[Date Key].[Date Key].ALLMEMBERS * [Dim Student].[Lte Cell Key].[Lte Cell Key].ALLMEMBERS ) } DIMENSION PROPERTIES MEMBER_CAPTION, MEMBER_UNIQUE_NAME ON ROWS FROM ( SELECT ( STRTOSET(@DimDateDateKey, CONSTRAINED) ) ON COLUMNS FROM [Daily Cube]) CELL PROPERTIES VALUE, BACK_COLOR, FORE_COLOR, FORMATTED_VALUE, FORMAT_STRING, FONT_NAME, FONT_SIZE, FONT_FLAGS
When creating a report using reporting Services with a cube as a datasource, visual studio 2005 hangs. I have applied SP1 to visual studio.net 2005 .
This is the query generated by query designer in reporting services. When I try to drag and drop another dimension to slice it by , visual studio hangs.
The fact table has just 10,000 records. Are the number of dimensions used to slice the cube too many? How do I optimize this query?
SELECT NON EMPTY { [Measures].[Avg MT Rate - Speech], [Measures].[Change in Avg MT Rate], [Measures].[Edited Lines Per 1000], [Measures].[Speech Utilization], [Measures].[Time Saved %], [Measures].[Speech Edited for Rev 1], [Measures].[Change in Account Productivity], [Measures].[Hours Saved], [Measures].[Lines Per 1000], [Measures].[Average MT Rate - Total Production], [Measures].[Typed Lines], [Measures].[Productivity Time in hours - Edited Docs],[Measures].[Productivity Time in Hours - Typed Docs],[Measures].[Productivity Time in Hours]} ON COLUMNS, NON EMPTY { ([Dim Customer].[Customer Name].[Customer Name].ALLMEMBERS * [Dim Customer].[Dictator Site Name].[Dictator Site Name].ALLMEMBERS * [Dim Date].[The Month].[The Month].ALLMEMBERS * [Dim Date].[The Year].[The Year].ALLMEMBERS * [Dim MT].[Creator Last Name].[Creator Last Name].ALLMEMBERS * [Dim MT].[Creator First Name].[Creator First Name].ALLMEMBERS ) } DIMENSION PROPERTIES MEMBER_CAPTION, MEMBER_UNIQUE_NAME ON ROWS FROM ( SELECT ( STRTOMEMBER(@FromDimDateTheYear, CONSTRAINED) : STRTOMEMBER(@ToDimDateTheYear, CONSTRAINED) ) ON COLUMNS FROM ( SELECT ( STRTOMEMBER(@FromDimDateTheMonth, CONSTRAINED) : STRTOMEMBER(@ToDimDateTheMonth, CONSTRAINED) ) ON COLUMNS FROM [ETL DW])) CELL PROPERTIES VALUE, BACK_COLOR, FORE_COLOR, FORMATTED_VALUE, FORMAT_STRING, FONT_NAME, FONT_SIZE, FONT_FLAGS
how to trigger report's refresh following its underlying SSAS cubes process?
I want to keep reports data updated at all times, especially when this happens while user is already browsing the report..
I don't want to set an auto refresh for the report every 5 minutes as my cube is processed only one time during the day...
I am just starting out using CUBEMEMBER/CUBEVALUE formulas in excel linked into a sql olap db - using this method for some custom reports where pivot tables are not suitable.
The time dimension values include Months, Quarters and Years and the CUBEMEMBER formulas like
=CUBEMEMBER("OLAPCUBE","[Time].[Time].[Year].&[2015].&[1].&[1]") work fine - 1st quarter 1st month etc.
Is there a straightforward notation to aggregate months or do I need to use a plus sign to add a number of CUBEMEMBER formulas together.In other words - Is there an easier way of for say jan to july 2015 totals than
=CUBEMEMBER("OLAPCUBE","[Time].[Time].[Year].&[2015].&[1]") + (CUBEMEMBER("OLAPCUBE","[Time].[Time].[Year].&[2015].&[2]")) + (CUBEMEMBER("OLAPCUBE","[Time].[Time].[Year].&[2015].&[3].&[7]"))
I haven't tested this but have assumed it works but a bit long and clumsy.
I have problems creating a cube with AMO.
I can add the cube to the database object and fill it with dimensions and a measuregroup (see code below).
If I call cube.Update() it says something like "Error in meta data manager. Cube has no measuregroups." (getting the message in german language)
The error in Microsoft.AnalysisServices.OperationException.Results.Messages is -1055653629
I can't find any documentation about this (or any other) error code in Microsoft documentation.
Here's my Code:
Cube newCube = database.Cubes.Add("MyCube","MyCube");
newCube.Language = 1031;
newCube.Collation = "Latin1_General_CI_AS";
CubeDimension dim = newCube.Dimensions.Add("dim1","dim1","dim1");
CubeAttribute attrib = dim.Attributes.Find("dim1Attr1");
[code]....
When I make a call to GetSchemaDataset with a restriction of a cube name with a space in the name of the cube the call fails. Following is a sample of the code: adoRestriction = new AdomdRestriction("CATALOG_NAME", "Contoso Telecom_Contoso"); adoRestrictions.Add(adoRestriction); dataSet = conn.GetSchemaDataSet("MDSCHEMA_CUBES", adoRestrictions); I am running SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services SP2. Is there some way to qualify the cube name in the restriction or is this just a bug? Thanks.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am trying to configure the reporting for TFS using SQL Server. But I get following error when viewing any report:
So I try to manually process the cube to check if it works. I am following this article: [URL] ....
When I click on GetProcessingStatus and invoke it (with last field set as TRUE) I get following error:
How to resolve this issue and be able to see the reports.
I have a membership database and a profile database with a userid column in both. The foreign key is in the profile database where i want a persons profile details to go like location,occupation and what not. How do I make it so when a new user registers a userId is created in the profile database that matched the userid in the membership database so i can query out profile details based on a registered members userid?
View 6 Replies View RelatedHi all! I am working on a piece of SQL at the moment and I'm getting a little confused. I have 3 tables: Items, Attributes and a table linking them. I have 5 attributes and an item can have any of the 5 attributes. So my linking table holds the ItemID and the AttributeID and there can be 1-5 entries for each Item. A user can search for items based on Attributes; so they can tick 5 checkboxes that represent the 5 Attributes. So I need to build a query based on their choices. At the moment I'm using:Select * FROM ItemsINNER JOIN linking on Link_ItemID = Item_IDWHERE Link_AttributeID IN (10, 13, 17)But this brings out the Item that have either AttributeID of 10 or 13 or 17 whereas I need it to pull out ONLY items that have a AttributeID of 10 AND 13 AND 17.Can anyone help with this query? Sorry if this is badly worded. The solutions is prolly something really simple I have overlooked... :SI've also tried:Select * FROM ItemsINNER JOIN linking on Link_ItemID = Item_IDWHERE Link_AttributeID = 10 AND AttributeID = 13 etcBut obviously that won't work! :s
View 2 Replies View RelatedHi
I'm using VB.NET,ADO.NET in ASP.NET .
Microsoft .Net framework 1.0
Windows 2000
Visual Studio IDE
and SQLServer.
I have to create to tables as
Table1 contains ID,Name
Table2 contains ID,Marks,Foreign Key ie Primary key of the table Table1.
Give me an information how to create these two tables in SQLServer (I know how to create a table but i don't know how to create a table which includes Foreign Key.)
Then using Dataset i want to display the records as Name,Marks which are stored in two tables.
I have studied that in ADO Join query and record set object is used but it gives a problems and it is not good when we want to transfer the data between two applications or pages but dataset solves all those problems.
Give me an information about it.
Kindly help me
Thanks in advance
Regards.
what is the difference in making relational databases in SQL vs. Access? Do you need to make them if you will be using ColdFusion? What do the other fields in minor tables need to be in order to connect them to a major table when it will all be based on a number that is in the major table? i'm kind of confused on this issue...Thanks!
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a database with 3 tables in a many to many relationship.
EmployeeGamingLicense
EmployeeDocuments
EmployeeRenewals
I created the third table to hold the employeerenewal dates, I did this because I cant have repeating vaules in the primary table. I am just making sure that my course of action is the correct one. The purpose of the Employeerenewals is to give the users an indication that a certain renewal has been processed, because in the past there was several hundred that were not processed. The problem was that the users had no way of knowing this. What I was thinking was having the primary table calculate a renewal date based off the finalsuit and show the results in the Employeerenewals with a yes of no drop down. Now the yes or no drop down box will be give the users their red flag if the renewals have been processed or not.
Does that make sense??
Thanks guys :)
Hi
I am developing a website current and i have a database that seems to be growing very rapidly..
I would like to ask if anyone knows of any good tutorials/examples on relational databases?
Also does anyone know of any good database design tutorials/examples?
If it helps i am using Microsoft Visual Web Developer
Thanks
If you think you know it all?! You know nothing!
If I have a table that contains default values or a constant values do I have to relate it to my other tables that might need them. Thanks in advance.
===============
JSC0624
===============
My question:
How to have an unknown number of authors returned for a list of books, with the multiple authors being returned on the SAME row as each book
My table structure:
Table A - Books
-------------------
BookID | BookName
-------------------
1 | Book One
Table B -
RelatingTable
-------------------
BookID | AuthorID
-------------------
1 | 60
1 | 61
Table C - Authors
-------------------
AuthorID | AuthorName
-------------------
60 | Bob
61 | Joe
My query:
SELECT * FROM Books, RelatingTable, Authors AS a
INNER JOIN Books AS b ON b.BookID = r.BookID
INNER JOIN RelatedTable AS r ON r.AuthorID = a.AuthorID
Output I am getting:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
b.BookID | b.BookName | r.BookID | r.AuthorID | a.AuthorID | a.AuthorName
---------|------------|----------|------------|------------|-------------
1 | Book One | 1 | 60 | 60 | Bob
1 | Book One | 1 | 61 | 61 | Joe
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Desired output:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b.BookID | b.BookName | r.BookID[0] | r.AuthorID[0] | a.AuthorID[0] | a.AuthorName[0] | r.BookID[1] | r.AuthorID[1] | a.AuthorID[1] | a.AuthorName[1]
---------|------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|----------------
1 | Book One | 1 | 60 | 60 | Bob | 1 | 61 | 61 | Joe
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The desired output does not have to be like an array - I only assume thats what it would need to be
If you can post anything to help me get in the right direction I would really appreciate it
Thanks for your time!
Hi,I have a very simple question.In what cases are relational databases necessary?Are they really necessary in cases where only asingle type of query is to be performed based on one uniquefield or can we just put all fields together in a single databaseand just access them through that unique field?
View 6 Replies View RelatedHi,This question has been bothering me for some time. A lot of peopleseem to "think" XML is the king of data problems, and I've heard thatnext version of SQL Server is going to have a strong XML flavor,meantime, I seem to get the impression that a large number ofhard-core relational model gurus do not seem to be that impressed withXML (technical value of this extra layer seems to be limited whilebusiness value might be substantial for instance, more software work,more disk space requirement etc. etc.). What's your take on this?Generality or specifics, all welcome. One specific question is, howcan XML supplement relational model?Thanks.
View 12 Replies View RelatedHi guys,
What is a "Relational Database"?
Thanks,
Aldo.
I have a few questions for you guys. I have a client
application that can be offline or online. While offline, records can be added and need to be later synced to production.
I will use rda to pull the table down, and this is working fine. Now what if I
have multiple tables where I want a foreign key relationship?
With rda I can only pull down one table at a time from
everything I've read. Now say create a constraint after pulling the two or more tables down. While in offline mode I create a new record on two seperate tables with foreign key/primary key relationship.
When I do the push to the server will it automatically
update the foreign key reference (locally) to the right one on the production
server? Or will I get a duplicate primary key error? On the production server the primary key will be different because of the identity. This is very important because I will have multiple clients.
Thanks in advance
<usualDisclaimer>Please forgive me if this is in the wrong group, and if so,what is the right group.</usualDisclaimer>Let me start off by first saying im a newb. Ok, with that out of the way Iam trying really hard and boy have I learned a lot in the last little whilebut I have a question i just can't seem to find a good answer to.Lets say i have a table that simply stores how many times someone has loggedinto a webpage. Is it better to store each login as a new record then countthe records or is it better to simply have one record that updates the totalvalue by incrementing that one field. I have read all manner of articlesand some say one way is better vs. the other but what I can't find is why?If I knew why one way was better than another then I could make and educateddecision and choose the best way that is right for me. Is updating more orless expensive then inserting? Does it matter and is a relevant question?And before anyone comments on my use of all uppercase letters for my tablename I do this so that my table names stand out within the sql serverenterprise manager. In other words system tables are lowercase and mytables are uppercase. People always seem to give me crap for this but neverback it up with a good explanation so far as I can tell its personalpreference? Am I wrong?CREATE TABLE USER_METRICS(-- here i can select all the records and count them up.ID INT IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY,Email VARCHAR(250));-- Or this?CREATE TABLE USER_METRICS(-- and of course here can i simply retrieve the value of Total_LoginsID INT IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY,Email VARCHAR(250) NOT NULL,Total_Logins INT);Regards,Muhd
View 3 Replies View RelatedHi, not sure if this is the right forum for this question.
I am creating relational tables for the first time in sql server express. I will have an orderItems table and an orders table. the MenuItems table is the problem. It is a catalogue of books. There will be about ten columns. all are unique to each book. i.e isbn number, title, author, publisher etc. but ten columns seems to be quite cumbersome. it may be easier to break the table down into two tables (i.e. primary details and secondary details perhaps) However to populate the table in the first place it would be easier to have it as one table instead of opening and closing 2 tables Adding the odd book to the two tables in the future would not be a problem. so the question is can i create a table and then brak it into two relational tables afterwards. If so how do i do this. this is my foirst go at relational tables and i am still trying to get a handle on visualising them. If my logic is up the wall please let me know....
Nick
I am just now starting the switch from .NET 1.1 to .NET 2.0. I really like the new way of using the SQLDataSource and setting up Views declaratively as opposed to doing it all in code, which brings me to my question.In some of my applications I have a single Stored Procedure return multiple result sets to a single DataSet where I have a DataRelation set up. Then I can have nested DataGrids that use the GetChildRows() method to filter the results to display the hierarchical data. I would like to do something similar with the SQLDataSource and GridViews but haven't found a way to get multiple result sets.One thought I had was to create a Strongly Typed Dataset and then use the ObjectDataSource object, but I still didn't see a way to get child rows out of the datasource. I've seen an example that uses a <FilterParameter> to get nested data, but there is an extra trip made to the server for each parent item as it just put an extra parameter in the WHERE clause of the query.
View 1 Replies View Related