Pull olap data using SQL commands?

I have an OLAP server and would like to use my Chart FX software without having to purchase the OLAP extensions on the server due to budget restraints (ouch).

I've heard that it is possible (although limited) to attach toan OLAP cube using SQL select statements (not MDX).

Basically, I would like to pull the OLAP data in the relational sense.

Is this possible? If so, are any good articles on this subject?

I'm new to OLAP and would like to transition slowly.

Thanks in advance :)Hi,

Have you taken a look at Excel Add-ins. I know that Excel can communicate with an OLAP database.

Another possibility is Crystal Reports 10.

Publishing OLAP based Pivotables from Excel

Hi

I want to publish an OLAP based pivottables from Excel to a HTML file using Office web componets.

I have a server with SQL Analysis Services 2005 cubes and I can browse the cube from my desktop in Excel 2003 Pivottables.

When I publish the Pivottable with Pivottable interactivity I get an error in the browser:

The query could not be processed

- An error was encountered in the transport layer

- The peer prematurely closed the connection

In the Pivottable I have set 'Save password' in properties.

Any suggestions ?

Thomas Black

I'm having the same error msg and problem to access SSAS 2005 cube over http at client machine.

This doesn't happen if you work in server (with Sql Server 2005 and web server installed).

|||Hello

did you manage to get around this error? I get this when I try to display a pivottable for data on a remote (but in LAN) server, connect goes through ...

Thanks for any help

Regards
Klaus Wiesel
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I used this link:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=38be67a5-2056-46a1-84b1-337ffb549c5c&DisplayLang=en

That enables Pivottables and charts in Sharepoint. Very easy to use. Useful for designing dashboards.

Regard

Thomas

|||

I also encountered this problem ,need any solutions!

thanks a lot!

|||

Hello

I solved this for me.

The following is done by my app:

1) Connect to the server to access the existing AS databases and their cubes

2) make a connectionstring that is later on passed to the pivottable control (named opData here):

.opData.ConnectionString = sConnString
.opData.DataMember = .coCUBE_NAME
When building the sConnString you have to use a named user (in the format domain\username) with his password to be able to display the data of the remote machine

Regards

Klaus

Publishing OLAP based Pivotables from Excel

Hi

I want to publish an OLAP based pivottables from Excel to a HTML file using Office web componets.

I have a server with SQL Analysis Services 2005 cubes and I can browse the cube from my desktop in Excel 2003 Pivottables.

When I publish the Pivottable with Pivottable interactivity I get an error in the browser:

The query could not be processed

- An error was encountered in the transport layer

- The peer prematurely closed the connection

In the Pivottable I have set 'Save password' in properties.

Any suggestions ?

Thomas Black

I'm having the same error msg and problem to access SSAS 2005 cube over http at client machine.

This doesn't happen if you work in server (with Sql Server 2005 and web server installed).

|||Hello

did you manage to get around this error? I get this when I try to display a pivottable for data on a remote (but in LAN) server, connect goes through ...

Thanks for any help

Regards
Klaus Wiesel
|||

I used this link:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=38be67a5-2056-46a1-84b1-337ffb549c5c&DisplayLang=en

That enables Pivottables and charts in Sharepoint. Very easy to use. Useful for designing dashboards.

Regard

Thomas

|||

I also encountered this problem ,need any solutions!

thanks a lot!

|||

Hello

I solved this for me.

The following is done by my app:

1) Connect to the server to access the existing AS databases and their cubes

2) make a connectionstring that is later on passed to the pivottable control (named opData here):

.opData.ConnectionString = sConnString
.opData.DataMember = .coCUBE_NAME
When building the sConnString you have to use a named user (in the format domain\username) with his password to be able to display the data of the remote machine

Regards

Klaus