[wdmmg-discuss] OLAP analysis

Tue Jun 8 10:44:31 UTC 2010

If you install Tableau, you will also need to install either:

http://www.tableausoftware.com/files/drivers/SQLSERVER2008_ASOLEDB10.msi

if you are using 32-bit Windows or:

http://www.tableausoftware.com/files/drivers/SQLSERVER2008_ASOLEDB10_x64.msi

if you are using 64-bit Windows.

I know, Microsoft Horror!

On 8 June 2010 00:07, Donovan Hide <donovanhide at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://coins.sur.ly/coins.pdf
>
> Numbers may not be correct yet, but the hierarchies of departments and
> programme objects is certainly interesting!
>
> Cheers,
> Donny.
>
> On 7 June 2010 22:13, Donovan Hide <donovanhide at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Some options!
>>
>> Download and install this on Windows:
>>
>> http://www.tableausoftware.com/products/downloading-desktop
>>
>> Go to Data->Connect To Data ..
>>
>> Choose Microsoft Analysis Services
>>
>> Click Next
>>
>> Do the same as diagram attachment
>>
>> Have fun!
>>
>> Alternatively, you can play with
>>
>> http://coins.sur.ly/xmla4js/samples/index.html
>>
>> specifying:
>>
>> http://coins.sur.ly/xmla/msmdpump.dll
>>
>> as the XML/A URL
>>
>> Less fun and very buggy though!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Donny.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7 June 2010 11:10, Alistair Turnbull <apt1002 at goose.minworks.co.uk> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 7 Jun 2010, Donovan Hide wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've put together a rough package of the COINS data using Analsysis
>>>> Services and a demo of a Silverlight OLAP viewer. It can be seen here:
>>>>
>>>> http://coins.sur.ly
>>>>
>>>> Silverlight is required and Moonlight doesn't work, unfortunately.
>>>
>>> May I second Francis's request for an alternative front-end? Or even just a
>>> public API I can use? I'd really like to have a look at this.
>>>
>>>        Alistair
>>>
>>
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