Tabular Modeling in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services

Book excerpt: Create a semantic model and analyse data using the tabular model in SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services to create corporate-level business intelligence (BI) solutions. Led by two BI experts, you will learn how to build, deploy, and query a tabular model by following detailed examples and best practices. This hands-on book shows you how to use the tabular model's in-memory database to perform rapid analytics--whether you are new to Analysis Services or already familiar with its multidimensional model. Discover how to: Determine when a tabular or multidimensional model is right for your project Build a tabular model using SQL Server Data Tools in Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Integrate data from multiple sources into a single, coherent view of company information Choose a data-modeling technique that meets your organisation's performance and usability requirements Implement security by establishing administrative and data user roles Define and implement partitioning strategies to reduce processing time Use Tabular Model Scripting Language (TMSL) to execute and automate administrative tasks Optimise your data model to reduce the memory footprint for VertiPaq Choose between in-memory (VertiPaq) and pass-through (DirectQuery) engines for tabular models Select the proper hardware and virtualisation configurations Deploy and manipulate tabular models from C# and PowerShell using AMO and TOM libraries