SQL Server Reporting Services 2017 on Steroids!! Steve Simon MVP Data Platform

SQL Server MVP Dell - EMC Involved with database design for 34 years + Presenter at numerous PASS summits. Presenter at numerous SQL Saturday events. Contributor on SQLShack.com

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Agenda SSRS Relational queries with SQL Server 2016. SSRS Multi-dimensional queries with SQL Server 2016 (MDX) SSRS Multi-dimensional queries with SQL Server 2016 Tabular. SSRS Tabular queries with SQL Server 2016 (DAX) SSRS Data mining queries with SQL Server 2016 (DMX) Linked Server and OpenQuery

MDX Contoso

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USE master GO EXEC sp_addlinkedserver @server='LINKED_ContosoRetail', -- local SQL name given to the linked server @srvproduct='', -- not used @provider='MSOLAP', -- OLE DB provider @datasrc=‘STEVE\STEVE2017Tabular', -- analysis server name (machine name) @catalog='Contoso_Retail' -- default catalog/database

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Numeric fields are loaded as NVarchar

The stored procedure

Adding selection parameters

MDX Demo “Contoso”

Working with Tabular Model and MDX

We then deploy to tabular server. This create a “cube”

Setting Up the Linked Server

The query code

Within the tabular model browser

Controlling the predicate

Demo Tabular Model and MDX

Working with Tabular Model and DAX

Demo Tabular Model and DAX

Working with DMX

KPI from our data

DMX Project Demo

An alternate Approach Excel D

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Take-away If query is “simple” perhaps nothing more is required. Linked servers and T-SQL provide predicate flexibility. Techniques we saw apply to relational,DMX,MDX and DAX queries! Don’t be afraid to experiment.

SQL Server Reporting Services 2017 on Steroids!! Steve Simon MVP Data Platform