+ve

• Connection to Datawarehouse (data integrity)
• Handles large volumes of data
• Includes Data-Mining

-ve

• Writeback architecture hampers serious planning
• Complex modelling can be difficult (e.g. linking cubes with 'LookupCube' function)
• No pre-calculation of calculations (so with complex calcs. performance can be slow)
• Database administrator required (I.T. involvement essential)

Other

• http://www.microsoft.com/sql/evaluation/bi/bianalysis.asp
• Yukon due mid '05

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