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Review title: learn a bit about SSAS
Product review: This book appears at first read to be a winner. But one soon finds out that it is not all as easy as it appears. First and foremost, the included CD provides what appears to be a great selection of sample files, and great exercises that test your learning and knowledge of MDX; to use this software you need Microsoft SQL Server 2000. If you don't have this ancient piece of software accessible on a network, or loaded onto your own laptop, you will not be able to use the CD. Despite a new `Second edition' released in 2006, when SQL Server 2005 was available, the authors did not see fit to update the included CD to use this more easily available software.I eventually was able to locate and load SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services, and then load the necessary SP3; only then did the included Proclarity Software work.In the end, it turned out to be a great learning exercise. I did learn a lot about MDX, about MS SQL, and Analysis Services, an unexpected Bonus.
