Using Analyze in Excel from SSMS
Often you will have users that use SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to write queries or browse data. When you are using SQL Server Management Studio to browse the cube, there is an easy way to quickly connect to Excel to interact with your model. Built into the browser in SSMS is a feature called Analyze in Excel. Once clicked the data and connection that you are viewing is lifted into Excel for further exploration.
How to do it...
Open SQL Server Management Studio and connect to your Tabular Service. Right-click on the database model, Crash_Data_SSASTM, to analyze and select Browse....
Once the browser opens, select the columns to review the data in the browser, select Year from the MasterCalendar_T, LIGHT_CONDITION from the LIGHT_T, and Count_of_Crashes from the measures CRASH_DATA_T.
Click on the Excel icon to start the Analyze in Excel window.
Select the Perspective you would like to use, if multiple perspectives are displayed.
Select the Crash_Data_Model...