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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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Derek Wilson Derek Wilson
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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

Moving Power Pivot to SSAS via SQL Server Data Tools

The other option to migrate Power Pivot models to SSAS is through the SQL Server Data Tools in Visual Studio. This option uses the import from the PowerPivot template to take the model from the Excel file and load it into a new Visual Studio project. Developers would use this mode to create a solution in Visual Studio and then be able to follow the normal SDLC process and version control that they do for other projects.

How to do it...

  1. Open Visual Studio and create a new project and then select the Business Intelligence installed templates to find Import from PowerPivot. Change the name to SSAS_PP_from_SSDT and select OK.

    How to do it...

  2. On the next screen, select the Workspace server if asked and click OK.

    How to do it...

  3. Now select the location and file for your Excel workbook that has a Power Pivot model and select Open. In this recipe, the workbook is on the desktop labeled Chapter 8 PowerPivot. Once this is selected click OK.

    How to do it...

  4. The data will be imported into a new...
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