1. A lightweight editor for SSAS Tabular Models built in .NET / WinForms
Tabular Editor
A lightweight editor for SSAS Tabular Models built in .NET / WinForms

2. About me... Senior Business Analytics Architect @ www.kapacity.dk
SQL Server and MS BI fanatic
C# .NET developer
Author of Tabular Editor
Father of 2, husband of 1
Glider pilot

3. Tabular Editor – Basic Features
Load/save models
Copy-pasta
View options / filtering
Perspectives, translations and roles
Edit properties
Context menu
Drag and drop
Duplicate
Save changes / server-side validation
Batch rename
Visibility / perspectives
Create / delete objects
Show dependencies
Undo / redo
(Limited) Power BI support

4. Tabular Editor – Advanced Features
C# scripting
Compatibility Level 1400 features
Custom Actions
Column/Hierarchy reuse
Date Relationships
Best Practice Analyzer
Object Level Security
Deployment and TMSL scripting
Variations
Command Line Build and Deployment
M expressions (no Power Query UI )
Plug-in framework
”Save to folder”

5. Demo time!

6. Tabular Editor - Roadmap
Better UI for visualizing tables and relationships
Especially suited for large models (100+ tables)
Offline DAX syntax checking and data type inference
DAX IntelliSense
Better support for calculated tables
Better DAX dependency resolution and formula fix-up
Easier deployment/installation using official AMO lib from NuGet
Scripting using CSX (C# scripting concept)

7. Just like Jimi Hendrix …
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