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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

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...

  1. 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....

  2. 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.

  3. Click on the Excel icon to start the Analyze in Excel window.

  4. Select the Perspective you would like to use, if multiple perspectives are displayed.

  5. Select the Crash_Data_Model...

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