Background Information
You must extend the OLAP Cube to create custom
reporting solutions in Portfolio Analyzer views. For example, if you wish to
report on task data or show the Weeks dimension in a Portfolio Analyzer view,
you must extend the OLAP cube.
Resolution
Project Server Expert,
Bob Segrest, wrote an excellent white paper on
extending the OLAP cube. When you apply the knowledge from Bob’s white paper,
you will be able to do the following:
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Possess a basic understanding of the OLAP cube and the process that creates it.
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Identify and use the tools required to extend the OLAP cube.
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Understand the OLAP cube extension process by using Microsoft’s Task Earned
Value Solution Starter.
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Use your Task Earned Value knowledge as a foundation for building your own
custom OLAP cube.
To benefit from Bob’s white paper on extending the
OLAP cube, you or someone on your team needs the following skills:
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Project Server Implementation and Administration
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Visual Basic development using the Visual Studio 6.0 development tool set
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Microsoft SQL Server administration
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Enterprise Manager
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Query Analyzer
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T-SQL stored procedure development
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Select
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Insert
Download Bob
Segrest’s excellent white paper on extending the OLAP Cube at the
following URL:
Bob Segrest's Extending the OLAP Cube White Paper
Download Bob Segrest’s
sample files showing the results of extending the OLAP cube with Task Earned
Value at the following URL:
Bob Segrest's Extending the OLAP Cube Sample Files
You can also download the
complete Project 2003 Software Development Kit (SDK) at the following URL:
Project Server 2003 SDK
You can download only the Project Server 2003
Portfolio Analyzer OLAP Extensions Solution Starter at the following URL:
Project Server 2003 Portfolio Analyzer OLAP Extensions Solution Starter
Contributed by Project Server Expert,
Bob Segrest