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Is backing a website by a SQL Server 2012 OLAP cube considered reasonable?

I have been tasked with architecting a solution for a large retail chain. They want to allow each of its 1.2 million customers to log on to a web site to see the distribution of recent purchases ...
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When to use MOLAP or Tabular

What choice and factor do I need to consider if I gonna have my data mart database to use SSAS MOLAP or tabular? Is there a guideline in what context to use MOLAP or tabular?
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Should I snowflake or duplicate it across my facts?

I'm building up a data warehouse to be used by SSAS to create cubes on, and I'm debating between two possible schemas. In my warehouse, I've got two different fact tables that tracking daily changes ...
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How do I display subtotals in cube browser in SSAS 2012 (Sql Server Data Tools)?

Apparently this feature was available in previous versions but has now been removed. What are some alternatives?
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Semi-additive measures for other dimensions

I am looking for a way to do semi-additive aggregations on a non-time dimension. The model I am working with is similar to a snapshot inventory warehouse. Specifically I am analyzing processes ...
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SSAS Modelling - many to many with one dimension

I'm having bit of a hard time modelling an OLAP cube. My analogy is this: I have a list of students. Each one has one Major subject of study, and zero or more minors, up to five in total. The raw ...
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Connect tables in a cube based on historical data

So this may be the wrong place, and may seem pretty basic, but I'm new to building up cubes, so please forgive me. Imagine a setup described by the following: CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Orders] ( ...
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Medians, Modes, Percentiles and OLAP

I'm newbie trying to wrap my head around OLAP, and I have a few questions. Question 1: Can an OLAP cube store medians, modes, percentiles? Question 2: Can an user-written MDX query return a summary ...
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Combining retail sales and payment OLAP cubes

I'm using SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition Analysis Services (SSAS). I'm trying to build cubes from a retail OLTP database that can answer these kinds of questions: List down all products that were ...