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The document discusses the importance of the Tabular Data Model in Business Intelligence, highlighting its ability to provide actionable insights and streamline data analysis. It emphasizes the benefits of using Microsoft Analysis Services for managing data models, including speed, governance, and a single source of truth. The document also outlines key features of Analysis Services and its role in enhancing enterprise-level self-service BI solutions.

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AnalysisServices_Part1

The document discusses the importance of the Tabular Data Model in Business Intelligence, highlighting its ability to provide actionable insights and streamline data analysis. It emphasizes the benefits of using Microsoft Analysis Services for managing data models, including speed, governance, and a single source of truth. The document also outlines key features of Analysis Services and its role in enhancing enterprise-level self-service BI solutions.

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Part 1: The Tabular Model and Why You Need it!


Delivering the Full Value of Business Intelligence

Bryan Cafferky
The Multidimensional Model

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/tabular-modeling-in-microsoft-sql-server-analysis-services/fgqpf3gzm3gh
In the beginning…
Users needed to analyze data
So Business Intelligence was created
But there were too many requests and users started doing
their own analysis
And the world descended into chaos
And Microsoft said let their be Power BI and the Tabular Data
Model
And all was good!
What is the Goal of Business Intelligence?

Leverage an Enterprise’s Data to Provide Actionable


Insights to Management
Where Are We Heading?

What is the Tabular Data Model?


Why Analysis Services?
What is Analysis Services?
Features and Benefits
Tools
Presentation content @
https://github.com/bcafferky/shared
What is the Tabular Model?
What is the Tabular Model?
An In Memory Table Ready
To
Consume
Highly Compressed
Rows are Stored at the Lowest Level of Detail (Grain)
Includes the Rules on How to Import and Structure the Data
Includes Calculations, Measures, and More
Can think of it as like a SQL View but Held In Memory
Demo
Power BI Desktop Free Download

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/desktop/

• Power BI Tabular Model


Microsoft provides a complete solution
End User BI
Corporate BI

Enterprise Self Service BI

Balanced Solution
Business Intelligence Team
With Analysis
Without Analysis Services Services

Enables the BI Team to Have a Bigger Business Impact!!!


The Wild West
and
Data Model Proliferation
Data Model Duplication

Tabular Data Model Tabular Data Model Tabular Data Model

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Model Duplication Spreads Fast!

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What if we could move the model to a high end server?
Scale

High Speed

Reuse
Tabular Data Model
Analysis
Services
Single Source
of Truth

Governance

BI
Team Documented
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Enterprise Level Self Service BI

Lightning
Response

Larger Models

Reusability

Analysis Data
Services Governance

Single Source
of Truth

Documented
Tableau

https://openclipart.org/detail/297836/female-computer-user-8
Analysis Services Value Add
Control Who Gets
Access

Speed of Thought Rich Semantic Layer

Correct Measures like


Profit and ROI
Source Code Control
Model Compare
Demo

• Azure Analysis Services Web Designer and Importing a Power BI Model


• Creating an Analysis Services Tabular Model in Visual Studio aka SQL Server Data Tools
Analysis Services and the Ability to Sleep Well

• Single Source of Truth


• Reusability/Supportability
• Models/Measures/Calculations/KPIs

• Accessibility
• Governance & Security
• Scale and Click Speed Response
Analysis Services Key Features

• Partitions
• Languages
• MDX, DAX, M, TMSL, AMO/TOM, PowerShell

• Models are Text


• Roles
• Direct Query
• Tabular Model Compare Tool
Where We’ve Been?

What is the Tabular Data Model?


Why Analysis Services?
What is Analysis Services?
Features and Benefits
Tools

Presentation content @
https://github.com/bcafferky/shared
Analysis Services

Part 1: The Tabular Model and Why You Need it!


Bryan Cafferky

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