Articles filed in category 'MDX'

  • The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Tips for Querying OLAP Databases with MDX

    By: Kevin Goff

    Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

    Published in: CODE Magazine: 2008 - January/February

    MDX is just like Transact-SQL, right? MDX is English-like and therefore easy to learn, right? Different software tools offer MDX generators and therefore I don’t need to learn MDX, right? MDX isn’t that popular, right?Well, just like the punch-line of the old Hertz car rental commercial, “Not exactly.” If your organization uses OLAP databases, you can add great value by knowing how to query OLAP databases using MDX queries. This article will cover common OLAP query requirements and MDX code solutions.