Introduction to Tabular Data Models Julie Koesmarno | Consultant, MsSQLGirl Patrick LeBlanc | Senior Technical Specialist, Microsoft

Julie Koesmarno | ‏@MsSQLGirl SQL Server & BI Consultant Consultant focused in Business Intelligence Blogging at http://mssqlgirl.com International Speaker, Certified Trainer and Community Leader Frequent speaker at various SQL Server events including in US, Australia and Europe Virtual Chapter Leader and Mentor for SQL Server and BI Community

Meet Patrick LeBlanc | @patrickdba Senior Technical Specialist, Microsoft Database Professional focused on Business Intelligence Blogging at http://patrickdleblanc.com One of Microsoft’s Most Respected Developers Written a number of books SQL Server and Business Intelligence Books. Frequent speaker at key industry and public SQL Server and Business Intelligence Conferences

Course Topics Introduction to Tabular Data Models 01 | Introduction to Tabular Modeling 05 | Administering and Securing 02 | Designing a Tabular Data model 06 | Near Real Time Strategy 03 | Enriching a data model 07 | Gotchas, Tips and Tricks 04 | Querying with DAX

Setting Expectations Target Audience New to Tabular Model or SSAS Some TSQL background Familiar with data warehousing concept Suggested Prerequisites/Supporting Material None required

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01 | Introduction to Tabular Modeling Julie Koesmarno | Consultant, MsSQLGirl Patrick LeBlanc | Senior Technical Specialist, Microsoft

Module Overview Analysis Services Tabular Overview Tabular Model Architecture and Installation Working With Tabular Model

Analysis Services Tabular Overview

Analysis Services – in perspective Tabular Model xVelocity, In-Memory 2012 1998 2001 2005 1996 2000 2003 2008 2014 2011 PowerPivot for Excel 2010 “Vertipaq”

Power Pivot and Tabular Vertipaq xVelocity 2012 In-Memory tabular compression and analysis engine of Power Pivot xVelocity in-memory analytics engine xVelocity memory optimized ColumnStore index

xVelocity xVelocity in-memory xVelocity Relational analytics engine Tabular Power Pivot ColumnStore Index Vertipaq vs ColumnStore White Paper http://www.sqlbi.com/articles/vertipaq-vs-columnstore/

Power Pivot vs Tabular Scalability Manageability Security Development Toolchain More info http://bit.ly/1wMqRP2

Multidimensional vs Tabular Data Source Model Size Scripting / Language Model Features Programmability Security

Multidimensional vs Tabular + Model Features Source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh212940.aspx

(detail opens in separate worksheet) Multidimensional Tabular PowerPivot Actions (via BIDS Helper) No Aggregations Calculated Measures Yes Custom Assemblies Custom Rollups Distinct Count (via DAX) Drillthrough (detail opens in separate worksheet) Hierarchies KPIs Linked objects (linked tables) Many-to-many relationships (via Design Patterns) Parent-child Hierarchies Partitions Perspectives Semi-additive Measures Translations User-defined Hierarchies Writeback

Tabular Model Architecture And Installation

Tabular Model Architecture (Roughly) Tabular Model DirectQuery In-Memory Third Party Application Excel Power View Reporting Services OData Files Cloud Services SQL Server Databases Non SQL Server Databases

Tabular Model Architecture (Roughly) Tabular Model DirectQuery In-Memory Third Party Application Excel Power View Reporting Services OData Files Cloud Services SQL Server Databases Non SQL Server Databases != Direct Query InMemory

Tabular Model Architecture (Roughly) Tabular Model DirectQuery In-Memory Third Party Application Excel Power View Reporting Services OData Files Cloud Services SQL Server Databases Non SQL Server Databases More about Tabular Modes later

the ten-thousand foot view Tabular the ten-thousand foot view

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Installing AS Tabular Required prior to developing initial Tabular Model Remember to have enough RAM on the server space You will also need a valid license for SQL 2012/2014 BI Edition / Enterprise Edition

Working With Tabular Model

Workspaces – DEV and PROD Ideal: Separate DEV and PROD Required for: Development in SSDT - WYSIWYG Deploying a dev solution

Tools and Acronyms Management Querying Deployment

Tools and Acronyms SSDT SSMS XMLA AMO PS SSIS SSMS XMLA ADO MD AMO DAX / MDX SSDT Deployment Wizard XMLA

Introduction To Tabular Session Takeaways Analysis Services Tabular Overview Tabular Model Architecture and Installation Working With Tabular Model