Multidimensional mode of SSAS installation

Multidimensional mode is used for corporate BI scenarios. Dimensions, data cubes, and mining models are developed by IT departments.

Multidimensional mode requires regular data processing so its approach is for bigger centralized analysis, trend predictions, longitudinal studies, and so on. Multidimensional mode is seen as a bigger, more robust, and scalable mode but often with data delay (existing storage model called real-time ROLAP can be used for real-time analysis, but has a lot of constraints. An overview of a real-time operational analysis scenario will be described later in this book).