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Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Business Intelligence Development Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Business Intelligence Development Beginner's Guide Get to grips with Microsoft Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing technologies using this practical guide

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2014
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ISBN-13 9781849688888
Length 350 pages
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Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Business Intelligence Development Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface
1. Data Warehouse Design FREE CHAPTER 2. SQL Server Analysis Services Multidimensional Cube Development 3. Tabular Model Development of SQL Server Analysis Services 4. ETL with Integration Services 5. Master Data Management 6. Data Quality and Data Cleansing 7. Data Mining – Descriptive Models in SSAS 8. Identifying Data Patterns – Predictive Models in SSAS 9. Reporting Services 10. Dashboard Design 11. Power BI 12. Integrating Reports in Applications Index

Time for action – modifying the measure properties


After modifying the dimension attribute's properties, it is time to change the measure's properties. Properties such as display format, display folder, and aggregation function can be changed in the Properties window. Perform the following steps:

  1. In SSDT, go to the Cube designer, and in the Cube structure tab, select the Sales Amount measure. Change the FormatString property of this measure to Currency.

  2. Select the Order Quantity measure and change FormatString of this measure to #,##.

  3. Go to the Excel browser; there is an option to view the cube in Excel, and you need to click on Analyze in the Excel icon in the browser.

  4. In the Excel browser, choose Sales Amount and Order Quantity, and from Order Date, choose Calendar Year as shown in the following screenshot:

What just happened?

You changed the display format of the measures by configuring the FormatString property. You can also change the AggregationFunction to Sum, Average, Count, and so on...

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