Microsoft Tabular Modeling Cookbook

Microsoft Tabular Modeling Cookbook

By : Paul te Braak

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Microsoft Tabular Modeling Cookbook

By: Paul te Braak

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Overview of this book

Business Intelligence Semantic Models (BISM) is a technology that is designed to deliver analytical information to users through a variety of mechanisms that include model structure, definition, and design. This book demonstrates how to create BISM models so that information can be presented to users in an intuitive and easy-to-use format. Once the model is defined, we also show you how it can be managed and maintained so that the data in it remains current and secure. Microsoft Tabular Modeling Cookbook is an all-encompassing guide to developing, managing, creating, and using analytical models using the Business Intelligence Semantic Model (BISM). This title covers a range of modeling situations and common data analysis related problems to show you the techniques required to turn data into information using tabular modeling. Microsoft Tabular Modeling Cookbook examines three areas of tabular modeling: model development, model management and maintenance, and reporting. This book is a practical guide on how to develop semantic models and turn business data into information. It covers all phases of the model lifecycle from creation to administration and finally reporting. It also shows you how to create models which are designed to analyze data. All sections of BISM modeling from development to management and finally reporting are covered. The sections on development examine a wide range of techniques and tricks required to build models, including moving data into the model, structuring the model to manipulate the data, and finally the formulas required to answer common business questions; all of these are discussed in this book in detail. Finally, the book examines methods of reporting on the data within the model, including the creation of data-driven workbooks and reports for a powerful end user experience.

Microsoft Tabular Modeling Cookbook

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About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

Free Chapter

Getting Started with Excel

Introduction

Creating the model

Managing the appearance of tables and fields

Using tabular relationships to filter data

Adding fields to tables

Linking fields between tables

Creating model calculations

Importing Data

Introduction

Importing data as text

Importing data from databases

Managing connections and tables

Using data feeds

Advanced Browsing Features

Introduction

Sorting data

Creating hierarchies for drilldown interaction

Summing aggregates and row iteration

Parent-child hierarchies

Creating and using Key Performance Indicators

Role playing dimensions and relationships

Building ratios

Time Calculations and Date Functions

Introduction

Calculating running totals – totals to date

Month, quarter, and year to date aggregations

445 dates and irregularities

Last year and prior period values

Relative Time – pivoting around measures

Moving averages and last n averages

Applied Modeling

Introduction

Grouping by binning and sorting with ranks

Defining many-to-many relationships

Using the last non-empty function for stock data

Performing currency calculations

Allocating data at different levels

Programmatic Access via Excel

Introduction

Connecting pivot tables and Slicers

Using cube functions

Working with worksheet events and VBA

Managing the Slicer through VBA

Enterprise Design and Features

Introduction

Restoring a workbook to Analysis Services

Importing models into SQL Server Data Tools

Developing models in SQL Server Data Tools

Securing data with roles

Implementing dynamic security

Creating perspectives

Enterprise Management

Introduction

Deploying models from SSDT

Deploying models with the Deployment Wizard

Creating and managing partitions

Processing the data

DirectQuery and real-time solutions

Querying the Tabular Model with DAX

Introduction

Retrieving data from a single table

Using projection to combine data from different tables

Restricting data with filters and where conditions

Deriving tables and selecting top n records

Visualizing Data with Power View

Introduction

Creating a Power View report

Creating and manipulating charts

Using tiles (parameters)

Using and showing images

Automating the table fields with default field sets

Working with table behavior and card control

Using maps

Using multiples (Trellis Charts)

Installing PowerPivot and Sample Databases

Installing PowerPivot

Creating the database

Index

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About the Reviewers

Anindita Basak is currently working as a senior system analyst at Sonata Software in the Windows Azure Pro Direct Delivery group of Microsoft. She has worked as a senior software engineer on implementation of various enterprise applications on Windows Azure and Windows phone. She started her journey with Windows Azure in the Microsoft Cloud Integration Engineering (CIE) team and worked as a support engineer in Microsoft India (R&D) Pvt. Ltd. With six years of experience in the Microsoft .NET technology stack, she is solely focused on Cloud and Microsoft Mobility. As an MVB, she loves to share her technical experience and expertise through her blog at http://anindita9.wordpress.com.

She recently worked as a technical reviewer for the books HDInsight Essentials and Microsoft SQL Server 2012 with Hadoop by Packt Publishing.

She holds a B.E in Information Technology from West Bengal University of Technology (formerly IIIT Calcutta). She has attended various business conferences and technology seminars of Microsoft.

Steve Hughes is a Practice Lead at Magenic. In his current role, he develops strategy and helps guide data, Business Intelligence, collaboration, and data integration development using Microsoft technologies, including SQL Server, SharePoint, and BizTalk. He continues to deliver data and Business Intelligence solutions using these platforms. He has been working with technology for over 15 years with much of that time spent on creating Business Intelligence solutions. He is passionate about using data effectively and helping customers understand that data is valuable and profitable. Steve can often be found at Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) events, where he serves as a regional mentor and is active with the Minnesota SQL Server User Group (MNPASS). He shares his insights about the field on his blog at http://dataonwheels.wordpress.com.

Cosmin Ioan is a data warehouse and Business Intelligence architect with over 16 years' experience in the Information Technology field, spanning development languages, systems administration, RDBMS and OLAP design, architecture, troubleshooting, and scalability on Microsoft, Oracle, and Sybase platforms. He has worked in consultancy and full-time roles for companies, public and private companies alike, such as Motorola, Citrix, Aetna, and Sheridan Healthcorp, chiefly building data warehouse and systems integration solutions, allowing companies to better harness and give meaning to their data assets.

When not working, Cosmin enjoys scuba diving and racquet sports.

Writing a technical book and reviewing one are never easy tasks. Due to inherent time constraints and ever-changing technology advancements, keeping a delicate balance between product depth and breadth, as well as a target audience for covering any one technical product is always a challenging proposition. My thanks to Paul for taking up such a challenge and allowing me to be part of the effort, as well as the nice team at Packt Publishing for their endeavor in publishing quality technical books.

Stevo Smočilac is an associate principal consultant at Magenic, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, who specializes in Business Intelligence solutions.

He has over 12 years' experience of working in software development, the last seven of which have focused on designing, implementing, managing, and administrating technical solutions developed using Microsoft SQL Server and the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack. He has been involved in all phases of the BI development lifecycle from envisioning through operational support, and he is passionate about the field of Business Intelligence.

Stevo is currently a Virtual Technology Solutions Professional (V-TSP) for Business Intelligence, a Microsoft Certified IT professional, and holds a B.Tech degree in Information Technology.

Originally from South Africa, he now resides in (the much colder) Northeastern United States with his wife Talya.

Microsoft Tabular Modeling Cookbook

By : Paul te Braak

Microsoft Tabular Modeling Cookbook

By: Paul te Braak

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