9.2 Feature Round Up
MicroStrategy released version 9.2 yesterday and it’s currently available from the Download site. I’ve been fortunate enough to work with the beta for a little over a month now, and I can say that...
Monthly Archive: March 2011
Getting Started with MicroStrategy TaskProc
The MicroStrategy Task Processor is a light weight interface for performing basic events over the web. It’s an easier API to interface with than Web Services, but doesn’t come with all of the features....
Configuring Web Browsers for Automatic Authentication
Here’s a trick that I’ve found not that many people are aware of. If you use Windows Authentication for your security, your users may be prompted with a login box when accessing MicroStrategy. While...
Making Your Widget Resize Dynamically
UPDATE: Check out A Better Way To Zoom Your Custom Widgets. If you’ve hand drawn a widget, one of the first problems you’ll run into is handling different resolutions. It can be a daunting...
Basic Graphics and Animation in Flex
One thing I’ve been spending a lot of time with these days is the Visualization SDK. The MicroStrategy samples primarily talk about wiring MicroStrategy controls in your visualizations. While those make good tutorials, it...
Disabling All Schedules and Users with Command Manager
Today I’ll share two handy MicroStrategy Command Manager scripts I use quite often during upgrade testing. When preparing for an upgrade, you’ll need to create a test copy of your metadata. But you may...
Detecting Incorrect Security in Production
Even the most seasoned administrator can run into unforeseen side effects with MicroStrategy Object Manager. The scariest is wrangling object security. Despite how careful you are or the defaults you’ve selected, it seems developers...
Left Joins in MicroStrategy
An interesting stance by MicroStrategy is that they really push you for proper warehouse modeling (or at least what they consider proper). At the same time, the tool’s flexibility can really handle just about...
MicroStrategy Interview Questions
It seems like a tradition for MicroStrategy Blogs to post interview questions. I’ve interviewed a lot of Developers and Architects, but giving them a quick version of a Certification Exam never really seemed prudent...
Using MicroStrategy Web Services for System Reliability Checks
A standard MicroStrategy Web installation comes with MicroStrategy Web Services which exposes some basic tasks for your consumption. While not as powerful as any of the full featured SDKs, it does have two distinct...