Online Access Free 070-466 Practice Test

You develop a SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) stored procedure.
You need to ensure that developers can create Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) calculations that use the stored procedure.
What should you do?

• A.Copy the assembly to the SSAS installation directory and register it by using the CREATE ASSEMBLY T-SQL command.
• B.Register the assembly on the SSAS server by using regedit.exe.
• C.Register the assembly on the SharePoint server by using regedit.exe.
• D.Register the assembly on the SSAS server instance.

You need to deploy the StandardReports project.
What should you do? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.)

• A.Deploy the project from SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT).
• B.Use the Analysis Services Deployment wizard to create an XMLA deployment script.
• C.Use the Analysis Services Deployment utility to create an XMLA deployment script.
• D.Use the Analysis Services Deployment wizard to create an MDX deployment script.

You need to modify the Sales Regions hierarchy to meet the reporting requirements.
Which SSAS feature should you use?

• A.Action
• B.Translation
• C.Calculation
• D.Perspective

HOTSPOT
You are developing a SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) cube.
Revenue must be compared to a goal and described by a status and a trend. Revenue, goal, status, and trend will be defined by Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) expressions.
You need to add the Revenue indicator.
Which tab should you select? (To answer, select the appropriate tab in the work area.)

Correct Answer:

DRAG DROP
You are developing a SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) multidimensional project that is configured to source data from a Microsoft Azure SQL Database database. The cube is processed each night at midnight.
The largest partition in the cube takes 12 hours to process, and users are unable to access the cube until noon. The partition must be available for querying as soon as possible after processing commences.
You need to ensure that the partition is available for querying as soon as possible, without using source data to satisfy the query.
Which three actions should you perform in sequence? (To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.)

Correct Answer:

Explanation:
Box 1:

Box 2:

Box 3:

Note:
* Processing mode has two possible options.
Regular. This is the default setting. When set to regular, partitions will be available to users after data has been loaded and aggregations are created completely.
Lazy Aggregations. When set to lazy aggregations, partitions will be available to user queries immediately after data has been loaded. Aggregations will be created as a separate background process while users start to query the partition.
* Lazy processing performs the task of building indexes and aggregations for dimensions and measure group partitions at a lower priority to reduce foreground processing time and to allow users to query the cube sooner. For lazy processing to occur, you must switch the ProcessingMode = LazyAggregations of your measure group partitions; by default this value is Regular (lazy processing is turned off). When processing a dimension with flexible aggregations such as parent-child or virtual dimension by using the processing enumeration of ProcessUpdate (such as to take into account of member name or hierarchy changes), lazy processing is initiated to ensure that the aggregations are rebuilt on the associated measure group partitions.
* Configure Lazy Processing for the cube, measure group, or partition. If you configure Lazy Processing, the dropped aggregations are recalculated as a background task. While the flexible aggregations are being recalculated, users can continue to query the cube (without the benefit of the flexible aggregations). While the flexible aggregations are being recalculated, queries that would benefit from the flexible aggregations run slower because Analysis Services resolves these queries by scanning the fact data and then summarizing the data at query time. As the flexible aggregations are recalculated, they become available incrementally on a partition-by-partition basis. For a given cube, Lazy Processing is not enabled by default. You can configure it for a cube, measure group, or partition by changing the ProcessingMode property from Regular to LazyAggregations. To manage Lazy Processing, there are a series of server properties such as the LazyProcessing \ MaxObjectsInParallel setting, which controls the number of objects that can be lazy processed at a given time. By default it is set to 2. By increasing this number, you increase the number of objects processed in parallel; however, this also impacts query performance and should therefore be handled with care.
* Incorrect: With Bring Online Immediately enabled, during cache refresh all queries are directed to the relational source database to retrieve the latest data for end users. While this provides users with refreshed data, it can also result in reduced query performance given that Analysis Services needs to redirect queries to the relational source database.