SQLU MDX Week: Writing Simple Queries

This post is the second in a series of topics on MDX for SQL University. In my first post, Location, Location, Location, I introduced the tuple as a way to retrieve data from a cube with very precise instructions about what you want. In this post, I'm going to show you how to do that by writing queries. One thing that you will have to promise me as you read this post is to forget what you know about SQL queries (presuming you have some knowledge in that area). It will mess you up. If you start with a clean slate, you will have an easier time of it.