topic Re: how to connect to ms olap service in sas stored process ? in Developers

how to connect to ms olap service in sas stored process ?

Ant — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:59:44 GMT

I have found a way to connect to sas olap service, but I am using ms olap service 2005, how to connect to it and run mdx query ? thx.

Re: how to connect to ms olap service in sas stored process ?

Cynthia_sas — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:14:01 GMT

This is a question that is best answered by Tech Support. Generally speaking, as described in this Tech Support sample, queries against an OLAP cube need to be made within a SAS 9 session that has access to a SAS OLAP Server and that contains OLAP cubes already defined:
http://support.sas.com/ctx/samples/index.jsp?sid=1615&tab=code

To contact Tech Support for more detailed help on OLAP cubes and connecting to OLAP servers in general and for what you're trying to do specifically, refer to this site:
http://support.sas.com/techsup/contact/index.html
Good luck!
cynthia

Re: how to connect to ms olap service in sas stored process ?

Ant — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:30:08 GMT

This sample just shows me to connect to sas olap server, but I want to know whether I can connect to ms analysis service and run some mdx query in sas stored process.

Re: how to connect to ms olap service in sas stored process ?

Cynthia_sas — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:14:01 GMT

You're trying to do something beyond what is normally done with a stored process on the BI platform. In these instances, Tech Support is your best bet for a definitive answer. Anything else from me, at least, would be a guess. And I don't like to guess.

This SUGI paper was the only other thing I found, but again, it talks about connecting to a SAS OLAP server: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi31/219-31.pdf

Tech Support is really your best bet for an answer to this question.

cynthia