UDM (Unified Dimensional Model)
building OLAP on transactional data, 59
data marts and, 96–99
data sources for, 54
data views in, 54–55
defined, 53
ease of creation and maintenance, 60
low latency of, 59
proactive caching of preprocessed aggregates, 55–59
providing OLE DB connections for, 99
source control in, 60
structure of, 53–54
XML object definitions in, 59
union (+) operator, 450
Union All transformation, 238, 240
Unpivot transformation, 238, 241
Update Statistics task, 170–171
Upload File page (Reporting Services), 633
uploading reports in Report Manager, 632, 634
upper-level management
decisions made by, 17–18
use of KPIs, 17, 18
URLs (Uniform Resource Locators)
encoded, 684
launching Report Builder from, 666–667
pulling web images for reports with, 603
URL format device information parameters, 700
URL-rcndered reports
basic report execution, 683–686
browsing folder contents, 687
command parameters for, 686–687
CSV formatting parameters, 694–695
Excel formatting parameters, 695
executing reports with URL access, 683
HTML formatting parameters, 696–697
illustrated, 685
image formatting parameters, 697–698
MHTML formatting parameters, 698
parameter management pages, 689, 690
passing parameters as part of URL, 687–691
PDF formatting parameters, 699
specifying rendering format for, 691–700
URL access using HTTP Post and Get methods, 700–701, 702
XML formatting parameters, 699–700
Usage-Based Optimization Wizard, 369