1. The 20-Minute Tabular Model Bill Anton Prime Data Intelligence

2. About Me I Love Data! …also, Microsoft DW/BI (MCTS/MCITP, MCSA/MCSE) Independent Consultant @ Prime Data Intelligence, LLC Atlanta BI SQL Server Users Group Twitter: @SQLbyoBI@SQLbyoBI Blog: http://byoBI.comhttp://byoBI.com Email:william.anton@gmail.comwilliam.anton@gmail.com

3. Agenda 1.What is Tabular (and why do I care) 2.Tabular vs. Multidimensional 3.DEMO - build a basic tabular model

4. What is Tabular TabularMultidimensional DAX MOLAP MDX ROLAPxVelocity Direct Query *** Data Warehouse *** Source Systems (ex. SAP, LOB Applications) Reporting Layer (ex. SSRS, Power View, Excel) Data Warehouse Source Systems Business Logic Data Access Model Reporting Layer B usiness I ntelligence S emantic M odel

5. What is Vertipaq xVelocity? 1.Compressed Column-Store Good for compression Good for analytical queries 2.In-Memory

6. Tabular vs. Multidimensional Criteria/RequirementMultidimensionalTabular Data SizeUp to 24TB*Memory-bound Hardware ResourcesMemory, CPU, Disk IOMemory, CPU* Real-TimeYes*Yes Query LanguageMDX*MDX & DAX Query Performance(hard) Fast(easy) Faster Typical Development EffortMedium-HighLow-Medium Model ComplexityComplexSimple* SecurityRow-Level, CellRow-Level Data Mining*YesNo LicensingAll VersionsBI/Enterprise

7. Summary of Tabular Limitations Parent-Child Hierarchies Complex Calculations Named Sets Scoped Assignments Custom Rollups Cell Calculations Many 2 Many Actions Writeback Translations Data Mining Cell Security Linked Objects Aggregations (not necessary)

8. Tabular vs. Multidimensional TabularMultidimensionalEither

9. Use the right tool for the job! What’s the take away?

10. DEMO Requirements: 1.SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) 2.SQL Server Analysis Services - Tabular Instance

11. DAX vs MDX

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