With astonishment observe that:
1)
that no answer to question Transactional And Reporting Databases - How?
mentions SSAS databases from MS BI (Business Intelligence) platform:
- SSAS (SQL Server Analysis Services) databases (OLAP, datawarehouses, datamarts) + DM (DataMining).
- SSRS - SQL Server Reporting Services
- SSIS - SS Integration S
2)
I was Java, ASP.NET/C# dev for many years and couple years ago I had got a remote free-lance job in SSAS.
I liked this area and tried to further specialize in it.
I live in 1,000, 000 city with plenty of databases-oriented jobs. But nobody is hiring SSAS, MS BI (Business Intelligence) OLAP specialists. In 2 my last full-time office job I I had even been hired for OLAP development but all ended in non-database-related CRM/ERP maintenance routine. Mainly it was not even programming related.
The conclusion from 1), 2), as well as internet job searching and freelance projects bids, is that even IT development shops neglect OLAP or lack any influx of such projects/customers and and I am to abandon the attempts specialize in OLAP and to return back to my previous C#/ASP.NET development.
Why is such situation with OLAP?
Is it going to change?
How one could manage to get into and continue specializing in OLAP/BI?
Is my conclusion that specialization in OLAP is career dead-end wrong?