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Microsoft SQL Server 2012 analysis services : the BISM Tabular Model / Marco Russo, Alberto Ferrari, Chris Webb. - Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly Media, 2012. - xxv, 625 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Introducing the tabular model -- Getting started with the tabular model -- Loading data inside tabular -- DAX basics -- Understanding evaluation context -- Querying tabular -- DAX advanced -- Understanding time intelligence in DAX -- Understanding xVelocity and DirectQuery -- Building hierarchies -- Data modeling in tabular -- Using advanced tabular relationships -- The tabular presentation layer -- Tabular and PowerPivot -- Security -- Interfacing with tabular -- Tabular deployment -- OPtimizations and monitoring -- DAX functions reference.

Analyze tabular data using the BI Semantic Model (BISM) in 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, adn 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 already familiar with its multidimensional model --

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Client/server computing.
Relational databases.
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