Scheduling (and alerting) an automatic re-start of I-server

Most of you might be familiar with this. I am describing a simple and easy way to schedule an automated I-server re-start (and alerting before the re-start) using command manager and Narrowcast ... read more

Metric Types in MicroStrategy

I wanted to list all the metric types we come across in MicroStrategy in my words. Let me start with the word “metric” it self. Metric: To keep it simple, a metric can be defined as a ... read more

Existing metadata DSN and pointing the I-server to a new DSN/Mustafa Ali Khan(NALGAN)

I wanted to share my thoughts on “viewing the metadata information to which the I-server is connected to AND connecting the I-server to an other metadata (existing)” and express what I ... read more

Good to have MicroStrategy Features (Sep 2009)

I have been playing around with this tool for few years, all this time there are few things that I thought would be good to have within the tool, few of them were implemented and few were not. Here ... read more

Tips, Tricks and fixes I have been waiting for/Mustafa Ali Khan(NALGAN)

Tips, tricks and fixes I have been waiting for…… Placing an attribute in between metrics in a report or dashboard. This is not directly supported in MSTR. Trick: Create a derived metric ... read more

Dynamic default values for “Date” prompts

Sounds simple, but little tricky Scenario: I have two date fields (two attributes, D1 & D2). The requirement is to build a report with two prompts, one on each of the attributes. The first prompt ... read more

MicroStrategy frames in 9/ Hemant jaladi

We have many new MicroStrategy 9.0 features, and lots to explore. One such feature in debates is Multiple Layout Dashboard and its use case. We have a long pending question here, what is the use case ... read more

Dashboards Mechanism and ways to improve dashboard performance

I wanted to throw some light on the dashboard mechanism and ways (at a high level) to improve the performance of a dashboard.Dashboard Execution: When a dashboard execution request if made, below are ... read more

Drilling Options in MicroStrategy

MicroStartegy has many flexible drilling options. Drilling could be done in many directions and in many ways. Below are few that I would like to mention. Report Drilling Drilling from an attribute ... read more

Querying the NC repository

Like the entripriser manganer for metadata, I wish we have a similar set up for the narrowcast repository. There are times when I struggled to find some information access 100 of narrowcast jobs. To ... read more

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