Do you have Analysis Services Multidimensional cubes in production? Although I know it’s a long time since I last posted any Multidimensional/MDX content here I hope I still have some readers who do. If so, then you may be able to help me.
The reason I ask is that in my current job at Microsoft I’m working with some colleagues to investigate what it is that prevents people from migrating away from Analysis Services Multidimensional to Analysis Services Tabular, Azure Analysis Services, Power BI or indeed any other BI platform. Is it missing features? Is it organisational intertia? Cost? Is it the fact that your Multidimensional cubes still work well and there’s no point in migrating when you wouldn’t see much benefit? Something else? Has the idea of migration ever even crossed your mind?
In particular, what I need is:
Examples of Analysis Services Multidimensional cubes you have in production. All I want is the Visual Studio project or an XMLA script of the database, I do not need or want your data. Please leave a message for me here if you’re willing to do this and I’ll let you know where to send your cubes to.
Your thoughts on this subject – please leave a comment below. You know how I love a good argument discussion!
I already have plenty of ideas and theories regarding this topic, but what I need is hard evidence (hence the request for the cube definitions) and quotes from actual customers.
Last of all, don’t read too much into this: it’s a research project, nothing more. I can’t comment on, or make any promises about, the future of Multidimensional or new features that might be added to Analysis Services Tabular or Power BI.