Time is valuable. This book is not worth a developers time.

I have never written a book review, but I felt compelled to write about this book because there are not many good books on OLAP - and this one really misses the mark from a developer's perspective. If you want a book with good examples to get you going with Microsoft's Analysis Service I can highly recommend "MDX Solutions".

I can only give the book two stars because
a.) I don't want to seem schrill.
b.) There may be people out there willing to devote a large amount of time reading a defensively written tome about generic concepts that don't translate into real world products - which in 2006 are way ahead of this book.

Other Reviews

• Unclear and wordy
• Time is valuable. This book is not worth a developers time.
• Fundamental Olap principles
• Good OLAP Methodology
• A must read for anybody involved in Olap design