Comments on: MDX as a cross-platform OLAP query language http://www.panorama.com/blog/2007/04/mdx-as-a-cross-platform-olap-query-language/ Making businesses better - not just better informed Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:46:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Kyle http://www.panorama.com/blog/2007/04/mdx-as-a-cross-platform-olap-query-language/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Kyle Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:58:09 +0000 http://www.panorama.com/blog/?p=44#comment-50 <strong>implementation security</strong> Maybe, but I'm not sure it'for everyone. implementation security

Maybe, but I’m not sure it’for everyone.

]]> By: Amyn Rajan http://www.panorama.com/blog/2007/04/mdx-as-a-cross-platform-olap-query-language/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Amyn Rajan Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:28:37 +0000 http://www.panorama.com/blog/?p=44#comment-27 Good points. It would be good to have a reference MDX Language server implementation (at least for the more basic elements) so that it is easier for MDX clients to interoperate across multiple servers. Of course, you could argue that Microsoft Analysis Services is the reference MDX Language implementation since Microsoft was the originator of the MDX Language. Good points. It would be good to have a reference MDX Language server implementation (at least for the more basic elements) so that it is easier for MDX clients to interoperate across multiple servers. Of course, you could argue that Microsoft Analysis Services is the reference MDX Language implementation since Microsoft was the originator of the MDX Language.

]]> By: Mosha http://www.panorama.com/blog/2007/04/mdx-as-a-cross-platform-olap-query-language/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Mosha Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:13:54 +0000 http://www.panorama.com/blog/?p=44#comment-13 I think what this article proves is that different vendors implemented different languages, and for some reason (probably related to marketing) decided to call them the same - MDX. Always working in current context is a fundamental property of MDX, and it has nothing to do with individual functions such as Filter. This isn't a "slight" difference as you put it. This is very fundamental difference. The fact that SAP implementation doesn't use context means that SAP implemented different language which syntacticly looks the same as MDX, but it isn't. I think what this article proves is that different vendors implemented different languages, and for some reason (probably related to marketing) decided to call them the same – MDX. Always working in current context is a fundamental property of MDX, and it has nothing to do with individual functions such as Filter. This isn’t a “slight” difference as you put it. This is very fundamental difference. The fact that SAP implementation doesn’t use context means that SAP implemented different language which syntacticly looks the same as MDX, but it isn’t.

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