Saturday, February 11, 2017

Understanding Tabular Mode

Understanding Tabular Mode
[source: Tabular Modeling with SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services Cookbook, By: Derek Wilson,
Publisher: Packt Publishing, Pub. Date: January 30, 2017, ISBN-13: 978-1-78646-861-1]


Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services can be deployed in two ways, multidimensional mode or tabular mode. Tabular mode is the newest way to build and deploy BI solutions and it requires installation of the Analysis Services engine in Tabular mode within your SQL Server Installation. Once installed you design and build Tabular models in SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT). SSDT is installed inside Visual Studio and allows for a complete development experience within a single tool. You can design, build, and refactor your database solutions. When development is complete you deploy from your desktop SSDT solution to the Tabular model server. Once deployed your users are able to connect to the models and can explore and leverage the data.

Tabular models are deployed in memory or in DirectQuery mode and deliver fast access to the data from a variety of client tools.

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