In this lesson, you learn to define perspectives and translations. You can define perspectives to reduce the apparent complexity of a cube, and define translations that let users view the cube metadata in the language of their choice.

Note:
A completed project through Lesson 8 is available by downloading and installing the samples. For more information, see Considerations for Installing SQL Server Samples and Sample Databases.

This lesson contains the following tasks:

Defining and Browsing Perspectives

In this task, you define and browse perspectives to simplify the view of the cube for specific users or uses.

Defining and Browsing Translations

In this task, you define and browse translations of specific metadata to certain languages.

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 See Also

Concepts

Analysis Services Tutorial Scenario
SQL Server Analysis Services Tutorial
Defining Perspectives

Other Resources

Perspectives
Dimension Translations
Cube Translations
Translations (Analysis Services - Multidimensional Data)

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2008 Assistance