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Tabular Modeling with SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services Cookbook

You're reading from   Tabular Modeling with SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services Cookbook Create better operational analytics for your users with these business solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786468611
Length 372 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Microsoft Analysis Services Tabular Mode FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting up a Tabular Mode Environment 3. Tabular Model Building 4. Working in Tabular Models 5. Administration of Tabular Models 6. In-Memory Versus DirectQuery Mode 7. Securing Tabular Models 8. Combining Tabular Models with Excel 9. DAX Syntax and Calculations 10. Working with Dates and Time Intelligence 11. Using Power BI for Analysis

Using the OPENINGBALANCEMONTH function

To determine the total number of crashes at the beginning of each month, you can use the built-in functions to calculate opening balances. In this recipe, you will create a semi-additive measure to calculate the number of crashes at the beginning of each month. This will enable you to find out the total number of crashes each month and determine trends.

How to do it...

  1. Open the Model.bim to the CRASH_DATA_T table.
  2. In the measure creation area, click on an empty cell to create a measure to return the opening month balance:
            OpeningMonth:=OPENINGBALANCEMONTH( COUNT 
                (CRASH_DATA_T[CASE_NUMBER]), 
            Calc_Date_T[CRASH_DATE]) 
    
  3. Then press Enter to create the measure:

    How to do it...

  4. Now deploy the solution to the server and switch to SQL Server Management Studio to view the results. Browse the model and select the YEAR, Month_Name, Records, and OpeningMonth. Set the slicer to use the Calc_Date_T year equal to 2016 to limit the results:

    How to do it...

The results...

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