Dynamic SSAS (SQL Server Analysis Services) Tabular Role Security – One Role to multiple cubes.
It has been quite a while since my last actual blog post. I do hope that this will help people to use a simple security model, which is easy to implement and maintain. The idea is further down the line to have an application sitting above the security table, so that the right people can add and remove access without…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (Desktop Update, Service Updates, API Updates, Mobile App Update, Visual Contest Results, Content Pack – Stripe) – Office 2016 (Excel Updates, Power Query Update, Excel Predictions) – SQL Server Analysis Service 2012 Tabular Update – SQL Server Analysis Services 2016 Extended Events
So this week there was once again a whole host of updates with Power BI, as well as finally the official release of Office 2016. It sure is a busy time be in Business Intelligence space, especially in the Microsoft space. So let’s get into it… Power BI – Desktop Update So I woke up this morning to see that…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI – (Pin to Dashboard, Extending Power BI Pro Trial, Mobile App Update, All About Dashboards, comScore Content Pack) – Cortana Analytics (Azure Data Catalog) – SQL Server 2016 (SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Tabular Parallel Partition Processing) – Office 2016 (Official Release Date 22 Sep 2015) – Project Prajna
Once again there was a lot of updates from Microsoft, as well as some other really interesting information within the BI Space. So let’s get going! Power BI – Weekly Service Update (Pin to Dashboard, Extending Power BI Pro Trial) I have to say that they are rolling out service updates almost every week now. Which is great to see…
Power BI (Visual Contest, On the Go, Hyperlinks, Drill Up, Drill Down, tyGraph Content Pack) – SQL Server 2016 – CTP 2.3 (SSAS Tabular with a dose of speed, SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)) – Power BI (Personal Gateway for Power BI Update)
Right once again there is a lot to get into this week, and as with every week there are a whole host of Power BI updates. Power BI – Visual Contest I have to say that this is both a smart and fantastic move by Microsoft. This allows them to get or gain a whole host of new chart types…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (Collaboration, Mobile, Webtrends, Natural Language, Resizing Reports, Increased Limits, Dynamics AX Support) – SQL Server 2016 CTP 2.3 – APS Update 4 – Office 2016 (Updates, Publishing Directly to Power BI)
There is a whole stack of updates with regards to Power BI this week, as well as some other updates within the BI space. I have to quickly point out that I was very fortunate to finally meet Jen Underwood. t (Twitter) It is really great to have the opportunity to have meet up with people that you have followed…
BI-NSIGHT – SQL Server 2016 – Power BI Updates – Microsoft Azure Stack
Well I have to admit that it seems that the Microsoft machine has been working flat out to get out new products and updates. If my memory serves me, this is the third week in a row that Microsoft has released new products and updates. I am really enjoying it! But hopefully this will slow down, so that we can…
Book Review – Expert Cube Development with SSAS Multidimensional Models
http://www.packtpub.com/expert-cube-development-with-ssas-multidimensional-models/book This book is a must read if you are looking for some useful and practical information in your SSAS Multidimensional models. But it must be noted that this is not an introduction into SSAS Multidimensional modelling, rather practical real world examples. I found that the book is a wealth of information that can be applied to your working environment….
Win Free Ecopy of new book on SSAS
Readers would be pleased to know that I have teamed up with Packt Publishing to organize a Giveaway of the Expert Cube Development with SSAS Multidimensional Models And two lucky winners stand a chance to win ecopy of their new book. Keep reading to find out how you can be one of the Lucky Winners. Overview: …
SharePoint 2013 – Creating a data source to an SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) OLAP Cube
Below are the details when using SharePoint 2013 when you want to collect to an SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) OLAP cube, instead of only being able to use the SSAS Tabular. Example: · In our example we are going to connect to our Adventure Works DW 2012 SSAS 1. Go into your SharePoint 2013 website and then…
DAX – Comparing a specific Product Average against the average of ALL products
I had a situation when one of my fellow workers wanted to create a report where they wanted to compare one product’s sales and how it was doing when compared to the average of ALL the product sales. In our example below we want to extract from the AdventureWorksDW2012 Analysis Services Database You can get a copy of…