The first major update to Microsoft"s state-of-the-art, complex toolset for business intelligence (BI) in years is now available and what better way to master it than with this detailed book from key members of the product"s development team? If you"re a database or data warehouse developer, this is the expert resource you need to build full-scale, multi-dimensional, database applications using Microsoft"s new SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services and related tools. Discover how to solve real-world BI problems by leveraging a slew of powerful new Analysis Services features and capabilities. These include the new DAX language, which is a more user-friendly version of MDX; PowerPivot, a new tool for performing simplified analysis of data; BISM, Microsoft"s new Business Intelligence Semantic Model; and much more. - Serves as an authoritative guide to Microsoft"s new SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services BI product and is written by key members of the Microsoft Analysis Services...