Introduction to SQL 2012 Tabular

Modeling

By

Karan Gulati (SSAS Maestro)

Support Escalation Engineer in Microsoft for last 6 years

Currently focusing more on SQL BI, SQL PDW & Big Data.

Active blogger; contributed to multiple whitepapers which are published on MSDN or TechNet site

Wrote tools available on CodePlex - ASTrace, Trace Scheduler, etc.

Achieved highest certification in SQL BI World SQL Server Analysis Services Maestro (MCM)

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Agenda

New modeling option in SQL 2012 Analysis Services – Tabular Server

• BISM Vision

• Table-like modeling

• Finding Remote of James Bond Car

• ABCD – Anybody Can Dance

END USER TOOLS AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT APPS

Excel PerformancePoi

nt

BI PLATFORM

SQL Server Reporting Services

SQL Server Analysis Services/SQL PDW

SQL Server DBMS & Master Data Services (MDS)

SQL Server Integration Services

SharePoint Server

DELIVERY

Reports Dashboards Excel Services & Workbook

Analytic Views Scorecards

MS Business Intelligence Stack

PowerPivot Power View

Third-party

applications

Reporting

Services Excel

Databases Files Cloud Services

BI Semantic Model

Third party

Applications

Reporting

Services Excel PowerPivot Sharepoint Insights

Database Line of Business

applications Files

OdataFeeds Cloud Services

One Model

The BI Semantic Model is one model for all end-user experiences – reporting, analytics, scorecards, dashboards, and custom applications

Relational Data Model

Embracing the relational data model and bringing it together with the multidimensional model under a single unified BI platform

Why BI Semantic Model?

Three Ways to Model

PersonaI BI

Power Pivot for excel

Team BI

Power Pivot for Sharepoint

Organizational BI

Analysis Services

Tabular or MOLAP

What’s the Tabular Hype All About?

• In-memory database or xVelocity

Based on the relational methodology

Column-oriented database

Data is stored in a compressed format

Tabular Principle #1

Speed. Let user make changes without forcing reload.

Tabular Principle #2

So what does that mean?

Developing a Model

Use the Visual Studio SQL Server Data Tools to

build a BISM

Open an existing PowerPivot Model using SSDT or Management

Studio

Deployment

• Immediate changes implementation

• at the SDDT

• Use small DB for development

Tabular Principle #3

Anybody can develop a model

• What are the modeling options in SQL 2012 SSAS?

• What is the new query language for tabular models?

• What tools can you use for modeling?

• What is xVelocity?

• What tools can you use for reporting on tabular models?

Trivia Questions

Summary

If you are new to Analysis Services – go with Tabular Model

Table-like modeling is easy to learn

New Excel-like language called DAX

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