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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

Modifying model hierarchies


Once you have created a hierarchy, you may want to remove or modify the hierarchy from your model. In this recipe, we will make modifications to the Calendar_YQMD hierarchy.

How to do it...

  1. Open Model.bim in the Diagram view and find the Master_Calendar_T table.

  2. Review the Calendar_YQMD hierarchy and included columns.

  3. Select the Quarter_Name column and right-click on it to bring up the menu.

  4. Select Remove from Hierarchy to delete Quarter_Name from the hierarchy and confirm on the next screen by selecting Remove from Hierarchy.

  5. Select the Calendar_YQMD hierarchy and right-click on it and select Rename.

  6. Change the name to Calendar_YMD and hit on Enter.

How it works...

In this recipe, we opened the Diagram view and selected the Master_Calendar_T table to find the existing hierarchy. After selecting the Quarter_Name column in the hierarchy, we used the menus to view the available options for modifications. Then we selected the option to remove the column from the hierarchy...

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