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AlbertoNF
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Posted - 2012-04-23 : 05:18:01
Hi, my name is Alberto and I am a Powerbuilder/SQL Server Junior Programmer.

I need you to help me with this:

I have an app developed in Powerbuilder 12.0. I want this app to conect with SQL Analysis Services so I can retrieve cubes. My problem is I do not know how to link them. Is there an OLE control and API to handle it?

Thx a lot.
Regards,
Alberto

Lumbago
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Posted - 2012-04-23 : 07:08:15
There is an OLE DB provider you can install. Search for "Analysis Services OLE DB Provider" in this page (ctrl + f): http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=16978

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My blog-> http://thefirstsql.com/2011/07/08/how-to-find-gaps-in-identity-columns-at-the-speed-of-light/
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AlbertoNF
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Posted - 2012-04-25 : 03:47:42
Yes, I have that OLE provider installed in my server, but I do not know how to deal with it. Is there an API to see how to use it? classes... functions... etc

Thx!!!
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Lumbago
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Posted - 2012-04-25 : 04:45:55
I know very little about this but what is it you want to do? What one would normally do when connecting to an external data source is to establish the connection using some kind of connection string (http://www.connectionstrings.com/olap-analysis-services) and then write a query to run against the data source. The query would in this case have to be MDX since SSAS is a multidimensional data source.

That's about all I know.

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AlbertoNF
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Posted - 2012-04-25 : 06:55:28
What I want is an object to store the retrieved data, and I do not know what kind of object can store multidimensional data in Powerbuilder...

I need to connect to Analysis Services with a connection string, aham, but the query and where to store the data is what I do not know... :(

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Lumbago
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Posted - 2012-04-25 : 07:11:56
You would probably be better off in a Powerbuilder forum.

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AlbertoNF
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Posted - 2012-04-27 : 05:48:56
Thx for your time, Lumbago.

Anyone else can help me, please?
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AlbertoNF
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Posted - 2012-05-08 : 02:54:25
Does anyone know how to do this?
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