Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services: The BISM Tabular Model

by Marco Russo, Alberto Ferrari, Chris Webb

Build agile and responsive Business Intelligence solutions

Analyze tabular data using the BI Semantic Model (BISM) in Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services—and discover a simpler method for creating corporate-level BI solutions. Led by three BI experts, you’ll learn how to build, deploy, and query a BISM tabular model with step-by-step guides, examples, and best practices. This hands-on book shows you how the tabular model’s in-memory database enables you to perform rapid analytics—whether you’re a professional BI developer new to Analysis Services or familiar with its multidimensional model.

Discover how to:

Determine when a tabular or multidimensional model is right for your project Build a tabular model using SQL Server Data Tools in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Integrate data from multiple sources into a single, coherent view of company information Use the Data Analysis eXpressions (DAX) language to create calculated columns, measures, and queries Choose a data modeling technique that meets your organization’s performance and usability requirements Optimize your data model for better performance with xVelocity storage engine Manage complex data relationships, such as multicolumn, banding, and many-to-many Implement security by establishing administrative and data user roles

Genres: Bisexual

656 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 22, 2012

Reviews

[Jamie Belanger · Rating 3 out of 5]

I finished this a couple years ago. Wasn't easy... it's definitely a textbook, and while there's tons of interesting info in here, not much applies to my job so I doubt I'll ever use this knowledge.

[Ron Pihlgren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hands down the best book for those who want in-depth understanding of the Analysis Services BISM Tabular Model. The authors have done a great job of researching, understanding, and explaining how the Tabular Model works and how to work with it. Their coverage is comprehensive:

-Setting up the development environment
-Loading data
-DAX (especially good coverage here)
-Querying
-Direct query mode
-Working with relationships, hierarchies
-Power View and PowerPivot
-Security
-Programmatic access to tabular models
-Processing approaches
-Optimizing for performance and memory footprint
-Monitoring

If you work with the Analysis Services Tabular Model in any degree of depth this book is a must have.