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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 2. SQL Server Analysis Services Multidimensional Cube Development FREE CHAPTER 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 – creating a tabular project


In this example, based on data in the AdventureWorksDW2012 database, we will create a tabular project with SSDT from an empty project. You will see a variety of data sources that are supported and how easy it is to work in the tabular modeling environment.

  1. Open SSDT, and from the Files menu, choose a new project, and then from the Business Intelligence templates under Analysis Services, choose Analysis Services Tabular Project. Name this project Chapter 03 Tabular.

  2. You might see a dialog box titled tabular model designer that asks for a tabular connect option, so enter the SSAS Tabular server's connection details and click on OK.

  3. A new tabular project will be created. Now, from the Model menu, choose Import from Data Source.

  4. In the Import Table Wizard, you will see a list of data source types that can be used to import data. Choose Microsoft SQL Server and continue.

  5. Create a connection to AdventureWorksDW2012. In the Impersonation Information option...

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