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Is the processing time of a SSAS Cube a problem?
As your SSAS cube gets bigger, cube processing time will become a problem. This is especially true as more and more companies want cube processing during the day instead of the usual off-hours time when no one is using the cube.
How to get the last process time in SSAS?
Making an analysis services connection to the cube in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), I can right click on the cube and see the property of the last cube processing time exists. I can also create an MDX query as follows to return the last process time:
How to see the last cube processing time?
I would like to be able to show a user how current the data is by showing them when the last cube processing time occurred. Making an analysis services connection to the cube in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), I can right click on the cube and see the property of the last cube processing time exists.
How does partitioning help reduce cube processing time?
So can using a different processing strategy than a Process Full. The biggest benefit of partitioning is that it allows you to process multiple partitions in parallel on a server that has multiple processors. This can greatly reduce the total cube processing time.
How can I reduce the processing time of a cube?
This is especially true as more and more companies want cube processing during the day instead of the usual off-hours time when no one is using the cube. Partitioning the cube can help to reduce the processing time. So can using a different processing strategy than a Process Full.
What happens when a cube is unprocessed in analysis services?
If the cube is unprocessed, Analysis Services will process, if it is necessary, all the cube’s dimensions. After that, Analysis Services will create only cube definitions. If this option is applied to a mining structure, it populates the mining structure with source data.
Is the cube still available after a process update?
The cube is still available for queries, albeit with lower performance (with Process Update flexible aggregations and indexes on related partitions will be dropped). This means after a Process Update you need to do a Process Index on the partitions (see step #3). 2.