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Overview
This three-day instructor-led course provides students who are looking to produce SQL Server Analysis Services tabular models.
The primary audience for this course is individuals who will administer and maintain a SQL Server Analysis Services tabular model.
Audience
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Prerequisites
In addition to their professional experience, students who attend this training should already have the following technical knowledge:
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Outline
Module 1 : Business Intelligence overview
This module introduces the main terms used within business intelligence and analysis services tabular models.
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Module 2: Accessing and loading data
This module is aimed at accessing and loading data in the SSAS tabular model. The data can be imported or direct queried.
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Module 3: Data preparation
This module explores Power Query use within the datasets. The module covers working on the datasets to cleanse columns, reduce rows, and merging datasets.
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Module 4: Modelling tables and columns
This module covers the design of the presentation level to be used by tools like Power BI and Excel PowerPivot.
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Module 5: Calculations
This module covers the calculations using DAX. The items covered are columns, measures, KPIs, table and calculation groups.
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Module 6: Finalising models
This module covers the ability to create and maintain additional terms such as translations and perspectives.
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Module 7: Securing models
This module two tools to implement security – row level security and SSAS model security.
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Module 8: Deployment and Processing
This module covers the deployment and updating of models into both SQL Server tabular models on-premises and Azure. The processing of models is also covered.
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