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Getting Started with SQL Server 2012 Cube Development

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Getting Started with SQL Server 2012 Cube Development

Overview of this book

Analysis Services have been the number one OLAP engine for years. With the increased focus on business intelligence solutions, there is a shortage of professionals in this area. Start your journey into becoming a BI developer using the popular tools included in every SQL Server installation. Getting Started with SQL Server 2012 Cube Development teaches you through clear step-by-step exercises to create business intelligence solutions using Analysis Services. The knowledge gained through these practical examples can immediately be applied to your real-world problems. Getting Started with SQL Server 2012 Cube Development begins with an introduction to business intelligence and Analysis Services, the world's most-used cube engine. Guiding you through easy-to-understand examples to become a cube developer. Learn how to create a cube including all the advanced features such as KPIs, calculated measures, and time intelligence. Security and performance tuning will also be explored. You will learn how to perform and automate core tasks like deployment and processing. The main focus is on multidimensional cubes, but the creation of in-memory models will also be covered. You will learn everything you need to get started with cube development using SQL Server 2012.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Getting Started with SQL Server 2012 Cube Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Creating a tabular mode project


Tabular modeling differs a lot from developing multi-dimensional cubes. You are using the same development tools as you have used earlier, but the development environment looks totally different. To start developing tabular models, you first of all need to create a new project. To do this, perform the following steps:

  1. Open up the FirstCube.sln file that you have been working with earlier.

  2. Click on the File menu and choose New Project.

  3. Under the Business Intelligence templates, click on Analysis Services and then choose the Analysis Tabular Project template.

  4. Type FirstCubeTabular as the name of the new project.

  5. In the Solution dropdown, select to add the project to the existing solution.

  6. Click on OK to create the new project.

    Note

    You have two other project templates that you can use to create tabular models. They are as follows:

    • Import from PowerPivot: This option imports a model that has been created previously using the PowerPivot Excel add-in. This allows an end...