Dynamics AX 개발을 하다보면, SSAS(SQL Server Analysis Service)에 대해서 관심을 갖게 됩니다. 이유는 Cube가 무엇이고 어떻게 구성되어 있는지 궁금해 지기 때문입니다.

Cube에 대한 관심을 갖게 되는 순간, 우리가 부딪히게 되는 영역은 BI(Business Intelligence)라는 큰 영역에 들어가게 되고 그곳은 또 다른 세상인 것을 느끼며 포기하거나 메달리거나 하는 상황이 될 것 같습니다.

저도 Cube를 파고 싶다는 생각이 들어 아래 책을 공부하게 되었습니다.

MS에서 강조하고 있듯이 손쉽게 BI를 구축해 EIS(Executive Information System)과 같이 C-Level(경영진)에서 볼 수 있는 분석 리포트들을 만들 수 있다는 생각은 듭니다. 하지만, BI가 담고 있는 많은 개념과 시행착오를 거친 본인만의 Know-How를 쌓기까지는 많은 노력이 필요하지 않을까 싶습니다.

아래 책은 매 챕터가 끝나고 나면 실습을 해 볼 수 있는 내용들이 담겨 있어서 BI를 처음 접하는 개발자에게 많은 도움을 줄 것 같습니다.

Contents at a Glance

About the Authors....................................................................................................... xxiii

About the Technical Reviewers................................................................................... xxv

Acknowledgments..................................................................................................... xxvii

■Chapter 1: Business Intelligence Solutions..................................................................1

■Chapter 2: A Big-Picture Overview.............................................................................13

■Chapter 3: Planning Solutions....................................................................................85

■Chapter 4: Designing a Data Warehouse..................................................................131

■Chapter 5: Creating a Data Warehouse.....................................................................161

■Chapter 6: ETL Processing with SQL.........................................................................213

■Chapter 7: Beginning the ETL Process with SSIS.....................................................253

■Chapter 8: Concluding the ETL Process with SSIS...................................................301

■Chapter 9: Beginning the SSAS Project....................................................................335

■Chapter 10: Configuring Dimensions with SSAS......................................................389

■Chapter 11: Creating and Configuring SSAS Cubes..................................................435

■Chapter 12: Additional Cube and Dimension Configurations....................................483

■Chapter 13: Creating Reports with SQL Queries.......................................................529

■Chapter 14: Reporting with MDX Queries.................................................................565

■Chapter 15: Reporting with Microsoft Excel.............................................................615

■Chapter 16: Creating Reports with SSRS..................................................................653

■Chapter 17: Configuring Reports with SSRS.............................................................693

■Chapter 18: Testing and Tuning BI Solutions ...........................................................731

■Chapter 19: Approve, Release, and Prepare ............................................................767

Index..........................................................................................................................797

AX 7이 런칭되었다는 이야기를 들었습니다. Dynamics AX 2012 FeaturePack –> R2 –> R3까지 업데이트 버젼이 나오면서 내부적인 기능 추가들을 계속 해 왔기 때문에 AX7에서는 어떤 기능들이 추가되거나 없어질 예정인지 궁금해서 관련 자료를 정리해 봤습니다.

- 사라진 기능들
•Business Analyzer
•Connector for Microsoft Dynamics <—WCF로 통합되어 .net connector가 없어진 모양입니다.
•GL SSRS reports
•X++ financial statements
•eBilanz (XBRL for Germany)
•Compliance center
•Environmental Sustainability
•Shipping Carrier Interface 11
•Warehouse management II – already deprecated at release of AX 21012 R3
•Payroll information in Human Resources
•Worker Reminders in Human Resources
•Enterprise Portal Client <—아무래도 Web Client 이기  때문에 굳이 Enterprise Portal 이 필요없을 듯 합니다.
•Role Center Pages <— Enterprise Portal Client와 동일
•Desktop Client <— Enterprise Portal Client와 동일
•Form ActiveX and Managed Host Controls
•InfoPart, FormPart Metadata
•ShopFloor companion app
•Cue Metadata

- 신규 또는 변경된 기능들

Financial management
•Export account structures to Excel
•View ledgers and advanced rule structures associated with an account structure on a single form
•Filter Management Reporter (labeled Financial reporting in ‘AX 7’) reports based on dimension, attributes, dates, and scenarios
•View Management Reporter (financial reports) within the ‘AX 7’ client
•Print the Vendor Invoice Transactions report with information from the Detailed Due Day List which includes the days past due.
•Monitor budget vs actuals and create ledger forecasts using the Ledger budgets and forecasts workspace and additional inquiry forms

Human capital management
•Enable employees to view, update, and delete information from the system
•Enable managers to view or edit employee information
•Encrypt ID numbers
•Access compensation processing results
•View Date Effective timeline changes
•View employees by company

Foundation
•Access the client, anytime, anywhere
•The two AX 2012 clients have been replaced by a single, standards based web client that provides the full set of functionality of the desktop client with the reach of the Enterprise Portal client.

Windows 10 출시와 함께 AX7은 어떤 모습으로 우리에게 나타질지 궁금해 지는 하루입니다.