You're reading from Hands-On SQL Server 2019 Analysis Services Design and query tabular and multi-dimensional models using Microsoft's SQL Server Analysis Services

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800204768

Length 474 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

SQL

Tools

SQL Server

Concepts

Data Analysis

Author (1):

Steven Hughes

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Choosing Your Model

2. Chapter 1: Analysis Services in SQL Server 2019 FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Choosing the SQL Server 2019 Analytic Model for Your BI Needs

4. Section 2: Building and Deploying a Multidimensional Model

5. Chapter 3: Preparing Your Data for Multidimensional Models

6. Chapter 4: Building a Multidimensional Cube in SSAS 2019

7. Chapter 5: Adding Measures and Calculations with MDX

8. Section 3: Building and Deploying Tabular Models

9. Chapter 6: Preparing Your Data for Tabular Models

10. Chapter 7: Building a Tabular Model in SSAS 2019

11. Chapter 8: Adding Measures and Calculations with DAX

12. Section 4: Exposing Insights while Visualizing Data from Your Models

13. Chapter 9: Exploring and Visualizing Your Data with Excel

14. Chapter 10: Creating Interactive Reports and Enhancing Your Models in Power BI

15. Section 5: Security, Administration, and Managing Your Models

16. Chapter 11: Securing Your SSAS Models

17. Chapter 12: Common Administration and Maintenance Tasks

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Chapter 2: Choosing the SQL Server 2019 Analytic Model for Your BI Needs

Before we jump into detailed hands-on work with both types of models in SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) 2019, we'll look at some of the key differences in the products. This chapter will refer to specific examples later in the book to point to more specific details. The goal of this chapter is to help you understand that the models are different, but both – multidimensional and tabular – are still valuable and can have a place in the solutions you create.

In this chapter, we will walk through a short recap of how we got to two models in SSAS. Then, we will dig into the key strengths and weaknesses of the models. Besides the strengths and weaknesses, there are other differences that should be considered when choosing a model. Some of those differences are more technical in nature and others are specific to business problems. Keep in mind that you and others in the industry may agree or...