1. Boosting SSAS Productivity with Tabular Editor
Daniel Otykier
Boosting SSAS Productivity with Tabular Editor

2. BIG Thanks to SQLSat Denmark sponsors

3. About me Daniel Otykier Senior Business Analytics Architect
@DOtykier
MS BI stack 10+ years
Hobby .NET programmer
Author of Tabular Editor -

4. Tabular Editor at a glance
Offline editor for Tabular Models
Supports Compatibility Level 1200 / 1400
Metadata only
Can completely replace SSDT
Open Source
.NET WinForms / standalone .exe application

5. Features Metadata sources Deployment
Model.bim files
Model.bim file “exploded” into folder structure
Power BI Template (.pbit) files
Deployed database – save changes directly (Note: processing!)
Deployment
Deployment Wizard
Retain existing connections, partitions, model roles
Command-line deployment syntax
Hierarchical view of Tabular Object Model
Shows Display Folders for measures, columns, hierarchies
Toggle perspetives, translations
Filter objects by name
Supports multi-select, drag/drop, rename, context menu

6. More features Undo/Redo support Cut/Copy/Paste support Batch Rename
Objects stored as JSON on the clipboard
Batch Rename
DAX Expression Editor
Syntax Highlighting (but no IntelliSense yet )
Drag objects from Explorer Tree
DAX Formatter integration
Automatic Formula Fixup
Show DAX Dependencies
Property Editor
Supports editing properties for multiple objects simultaneously
Per-object translations, perspectives
Per-table row-level filter

7. Even more features Compatibility Level 1400 support
Detail Expressions
Hide Members (ragged hierarchies)
Variations
Object-level Security
Structured Data Source (edit M Query text, although no Power Query editor window )
Date Relationships
Encoding Hints
(Many of these are not supported in SSDT )
Generate TMSL scripts
Create, Alter, CreateOrReplace, Delete
Merge Partitions

8. Even even more features
Best Practice Analyzer
Query model objects using Dynamic LINQ
User-friendly query UI on the roadmap
Define model-specific or global Best Practice rules
Define automatic fixes
Advanced Scripting
C# syntax
Basic IntelliSense
Access all TOM objects and properties by code
Undo/redo script execution
Execute custom code in 3rd party .NET class libraries
Save scripts as Custom Actions <-- USE THIS FEATURE!

9. Command-line features
Load model from file / folder structure
Apply script
Evaluate Best Practice Rules
Fill in connection string placeholders
Save or Deploy model
Retain existing connections, partitions, model roles, role members
Output VSTS logging commands

10. Experimental features and roadmap
Customizable Save to folder (“explode” Model.bim)
Useful for multi-developer / version control scenarios
Saves translations / perspective info per-object (avoids check-in conflicts)
Connect to Power BI Desktop instance
Edit .PBIT data model
3rd party plug-in support (.NET class lib)
Visualize Relationships plugin coming soon!
BISM Normalizer-like plugin on the horizon!

11. Demo
Feel free to ask questions

12. In conclusion Contributions welcome – feel free to get in touch!
Feedback, bug reports, feature requests:
New releases announced on Twitter:
Hashtag: #TabularEditor

13. About me Daniel Otykier Senior Business Analytics Architect
@DOtykier
MS BI stack 10+ years
Hobby .NET programmer
Author of Tabular Editor -

14. BIG Thanks to SQLSat Denmark sponsors