Working with YSoft SafeQ CRS OLAP cubes
YSoft SafeQ CRS OLAP cubes – overview
YSoft SafeQ CRS cubes are OLAP applications of Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2 or 2012, Standard or higher edition, which enable the efficient viewing and browsing of data. In YSoft SafeQ CRS, the following basic cubes are included:

Base stats: Basic statistics; data are aggregated to the hour.
Counter stats: Device counter (page meter) values.
Last completed data: Up-to-dateness of data in the data cubes per device group.
SafeQ_FULL Cube is an OLAP application of MS-SQL 2008, 2008 R2 or 2012, Standard or higher edition, which enables efficient viewing and browsing of data for one month. In YSoft SafeQ CRS, the following cube is included:
Full stats: Full statistics; data are not aggregated. Drill-down to the level of individual jobs is possible.
SafeQ_RV Cube is an OLAP application of MS-SQL 2008, 2008 R2 or 2012, Standard or higher edition, which enables efficient viewing and browsing of data. In YSoft SafeQ CRS, the following cube is included:
Real Volume: Statistical data derived from device counters grouped by device, cost center, and accounting type. Distribution of data is derived from base statistical data, optional cube.
Basic overview of all available data for pivot table
For CRS Enterprise, the following Measure and Dimension data are available:
Measure – countable data, such as the number of pages, price, etc.:
Print Stats = print detail
Accounting Cost Centre Distinct Count = number of different cost centers
Device Distinct Count = number of different devices
Device Group Distinct Count = number of different device groups
User Distinct Count = number of different users
Smartq Cdc Counters = counter value (Counter stats only)
Safeq Last Counters Log = dates of the last actual counters (only Last completed data)
Safeq Last Stats Log = dates of the last actual statistics (only Last completed data)
Dimension – descriptive information for Measure data (such as who printed, the printer they used, etc.)
Accounting Cost Center = name/number of the accounting cost center
Accounting Type = paper type and job color
Datetime = period of time – rounded up to the time (only Base Stats)
Device Cost Centre = name of the device's cost center
Device = name of the device
Device Group = names of the device's groups
File Type = file type used
Job Type = job type used
Job Title = title of the job
Project = projects
Server = server name
Time = period of time (only Full stats)
Counter Date = date/time at which the counter changed
User = user name
Forced = type of forced print rule used
Date = date (only Real Volume)
Detailed description of Distinct Count measures:
Accounting Cost Centre Distinct Count: number of cost centers using a service. For example, the number of cost centers printing to the current printer can be displayed.
Device Distinct Count: number of printers. For example, you can see how many printers are handling the current job type (print/copy/...)
Device Group Distinct Count: number of device groups (see above).
User Distinct Count: number of users using a service. For example, the number of users who are printing color jobs.
Detailed description of Print Stats measures:
Measures used on the MS-SQL ENT and MS-SQL STD platform:
Jobs Cnt: number of jobs
Pages: number of outputs, without distinguishing of paper format
Pages Normalized: number of outputs normalized to small pages (1x large page = 2x small page)
Papers: quantity of paper sheets used, without distinguishing of paper format
Papers Normalized: quantity of paper sheets used, normalized to small pages (1x large page = 2x small page)
Price: output price (amount)
Meters: percent of meters in stats (only Real Volume)
Measures used on the MS-SQL ENT platform:
Avg Cvg: average coverage – not used
Avg Toner Cmy: average coverage of color toner – not used
Avg Toner K: average coverage of black toner – not used
Price Per Page: output price (average per page)
Detailed description of SmartQ CRS counters measures:
Value: value of the page counter readout
Detailed description of SafeQ Last Counters log measures:
CRS Counter Last Date: Last date counters from CRS
Detailed description of SafeQ Last Stats Log dimension:
CML Last Counters Date: Last date of CML counters
CML Last Jobaccs Date: Last date of accounted job from CML
CML Last Joblogs Date: Last date of logged job from CML
CML Last Jobs Date: Last date of job from CML
CRS Stats Last Date: : Last date from CRS statistics
CRS Stats Counters Date: : Last date of CRS counters
Detailed description of Last Completed Data measures:
Data Completeness Date: Last date of CRS counters
Detailed description of the Accounting Cost Centre dimension:
Specific cost center of accounted job. Use this value for determining the actual cost centers (for example, in the users report):
Accounting Cost Center - Number: the number of the accounting cost center
Accounting Cost Center - Name: the name of the accounting cost center
Detailed description of Accounting Type dimension:
Accounting Type: output type (B/W copy, B/W print, color copy, color print large (A3/legal/tabloid), scan, purged (not printed) jobs, etc...). Can be used to learn the output type of each user or device center.
Detailed description of Counter Description dimension:
Counter Description: counter description
Detailed description of Datetime dimension:
Datetime: Date-time rounded to the hour
Day: Day
Day Of Week: day of week
Hour: Hour
Month: Month
Time: Time
Week Number: Week number
Year: Year
Date: Date
Date Hour: Hierarchy date-time rounded to a whole hour
Detailed description of Device dimension (copier,printer, MFP):
Device - Activation Date: activation date of the device (date of the first device use via SafeQ)
Device - Backend: print backend (according to YSoft SafeQ Web Interfacee)
Device - Contact Person: contact person (according to YSoft SafeQ Web Interface)
Device - Cost Centre Name: name of the device's cost center (according to YSoft SafeQ Web Interface). For the actual cost center, use the dimension "Accounting Costs Centre".
Device - Cost Centre Number: the device's cost center number (according to YSoft SafeQ Web Interface). For the actual cost center, use the dimension "Accounting Costs Centre".
Device - Deactivation Date: activation date of device (date of the first device use via SafeQ)
Device - Description: device description (according to YSoft SafeQ Web Interface)
Device - Device Group: device group (according to YSoft SafeQ Web Interface)
Device - Name: device name (according to YSoft SafeQ Web Interface)
Device - Driver: device's accounting driver (according to YSoft SafeQ Web Interface)
Device - Equipment Id: device's equipment ID (according to YSoft SafeQ Web Interface)
Device - IP Address: device's IP address or DNS name (according to YSoft SafeQ Web Interface)
Device - Location: device's location (according to YSoft SafeQ Web Interface)
Device - Service Agreement Id: device's service agreement identification number (according to YSoft SafeQ Web Interface)
Device - Accounting Driver: device's accounting drive
Device - Device Id: device's ID
Device - Printer Type Name: device's printer type name
Detailed description of Device Group dimension:
Device's group. For example: the number of jobs printed for a specific device group.
Device Group - Name: device group name (according to YSoft SafeQ Web Interface)
Device Group - Type: device group type (RS, ORS, CML)
Detailed descriptions of File Type dimension:
Job file type. For example, which jobs users printed, or how many jobs of a certain job type were printed.
Filetype - Name: job filetype name (according to YSoft SafeQ Web Interface)
Filetype - Extension: job filetype name extension (according to YSoft SafeQ Web Interface)
Filetype - Prefix: job filetype name prefix (according to YSoft SafeQ Web Interface)
Detailed description of Job Type dimension:
Job Type: job type (print, copy, scan)
Detailed description of Job Origin dimension:
Job Origin: origin of printed job – the name of the station (server), from which the job was printed
Detailed description of Job Title dimension:
Job Title: title of each job as it will appear in the list of all printed jobs. For example: relation to the user or device.
Detailed description of Printer Type dimension:
Device model (according to YSoft SafeQ Web Interface):
Printer Type - Driver: Windows print driver
Printer Type - Name: device model name
Detailed description of Project dimension:
Project - Description: project description
Project - Code: project code
Detailed description of Server dimension:
Server - Cluster name: cluster node name
Server - IP: server IP address
Server - Name: server name
Detailed description of Counter Date dimension:
Modification Date: modification date rounded to days
Modification Date And Hour: modification date rounded to a whole hour
Retrieval Date: retrieval date rounded to day
Retrieval Date And Hour: retrieval date rounded to a whole hour
Detailed description of Time dimension:
Can be used when defining reports or for viewing device usage over a period of time:
Day: day of the month when the job was printed – sequential number in month
Day Of Week: day of the week when the job was printed – sequential number in week
Hour: hour that the job was printed
Month: month when the job was printed
Time: complete time data, including the printing process jobs
Week Number: week when the job was printed – sequential number in year
Year: year when the job was printed
Date: date when the job was printed
Date Hour: date and time when the job was printed (time is rounded to a whole hour )
Small Time: date and time when the job was printed (time is rounded to seconds)
Detailed description of User dimension:
User - Cost Centre Name: name of the user's current cost center. To see the cost center to which a job was accounted at the time of its accounting, please use the dimension Accounting Cost Center.
User - Cost Centre Number: number of the user's current cost center. To see the cost center to which a job was accounted at the time of its accounting, please use the dimension Accounting Cost Center.
User - Email: user's e-mail
User - Full Name: user's full name (surname and name)
User - Login: user's login (user's primary login)
User - Name: user's name
User - Surname: user's surname
User - Number: user's personal ID (according to YSoft SafeQ Web Interface)
Detailed description of Forced dimension:
Forced: Forced type (Not Forced, Forced B/W, Forced Duplex, Forced B/W&Duplex)
Connecting to an OLAP cube and displaying data
There are two ways to connect to an OLAP cube:
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
Microsoft Office Excel 2007 or higher
Connection via Microsoft Excel 2003 is possible as well (after downloading a missing component from the official Microsoft website), but Y Soft does not support this method of connection.
If you cannot connect to OLAP cube, contact your administrator.
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
1 | Open the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio application (referred to as Management Studio); then select connection to Analysis Services.
A pop-up window opens. |
2 | In the Server name field, select the database server you want to connect to. (The database name can be the IP address or the hostname.)
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3 | Click Connect.
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4 | In the left panel is a tree structure of the Analysis services. As shown in the picture below, find the required OLAP cube; then right-click it and select Browse. Cube Browser opens, with dimensions shown in the right panel.
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5 | Drag-and-drop items to the Dimension panel.
We just selected a measurable value (Measure). Continue, using descriptive data or dimensions.
The basic spreadsheet listing in the OLAP cube is displayed. |
6 | Continue with the pivot table. This example shows Date from the Time dimension. You can also work with many more measures and dimensions not shown in the pictures above.
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Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (or newer)
1 | Open Microsoft Office Excel (referred to as Excel). |
2 | In the Data tab, select From Other Sources > From Analysis Services.
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3 | In the Data Connection Wizard, enter the database Server name and select Windows, or enter a specific User Name and Password; then click Next. |
4 | Choose an OLAP cube that you want to display.
If you want to display Full Stats, select the database and month that you require; then click Next.
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5 | Check the checkbox Save password in file and click Finish.
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6 | Select a display type: pivot table, chart, or both; then click OK.
After successful connection, you will see a window exactly as shown in picture below.
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7 | Select dimensions or measures as described above. The picture below shows an example of a simple pivot table.
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Microsoft Office Excel 2003
Connection from Microsoft Excel 2003 is possible (after downloading the missing component from the official Microsoft website), but Y Soft does not support this connection method.













