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The Business Value of Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services

Wylie Blanchard — Sun, 13 Aug 2017 11:18:08 +0000

Continued from: MS SSAS & Business Value: Choosing between Tabular or Multidimensional.

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SESSION 1 DESCRIPTION:

MS SSAS & Business Value – Choosing between Tabular or Multidimensional

Track: BI Information Delivery

Determine which model presents the right business value for your company’s analytical needs. In this session, we’ll discuss the difference between SSAS Tabular and SSAS Multidimensional modes, feature differences as well as the benefits and cons of utilizing both modes in MS SQL Server 2016.

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SQLSaturday is a training event for Microsoft Data Platform professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server, Business Intelligence, and Analytics. This event was held on Aug 12, 2017, at Ivy Tech College – Noblesville, 300 N 17th St, Noblesville, Indiana, 46060, United States.

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MS SSAS & Business Value: Choosing between Tabular or Multidimensional

Wylie Blanchard — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 03:30:38 +0000

On Aug 12th, 2017 I’ll be speaking at SQL Saturday Indianapolis 2017. In my session, MS SSAS & Business Value – Choosing between Tabular or Multidimensional, we’ll determine which SQL Server Analysis Services model presents the right business value for your company’s analytical needs. We’ll also discuss the difference between SSAS Tabular and SSAS Multidimensional modes, feature differences as well as the benefits and cons of utilizing both modes in MS SQL Server 2016. For those attending, you’ll find a copy of the presentation below.

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SQLSaturday is a training event for Microsoft Data Platform professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server, Business Intelligence, and Analytics. This event will be held on Aug 12, 2017, at Ivy Tech College – Noblesville, 300 N 17th St, Noblesville, Indiana, 46060, United States.

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Indiana Wesleyan University – Indianapolis 2016 – SQL Saturday #530

Wylie Blanchard — Sat, 27 Aug 2016 14:05:21 +0000

RT @GreatTechPros : @WylieBlanchard1 of @GreatTechPros at #SQLSatIndy session “PowerPivot Excel Analyze SQL Data http://lnkd.in/dE2VYzj

Session Description:

Using PowerPivot in MS Excel to analyze SQL Server Data

Speaker(s): Wylie Blanchard

Duration: 60 minutes

Track: BI Information Delivery

Your end users want to analyze data in your data warehouse. They could deal with the learning curve of SSAS but they’d prefer to utilize a familiar application like MS Excel. Welcome PowerPivot, a tool that retrieves data from your data warehouse by combining the power of SSAS models and your SQL Server Data warehouse within the familiar interface of MS Excel. In this presentation well explore SSAS BI Semantic model, PowerView, PowerPivot in Excel.

Accompanying Materials:

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Presentation – Demo

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Analyze & Visualize SQL Server Data w/ Power Pivot & Power View in Excel

In this tutorial we’ll use Microsoft Excel to retrieve data from our SQL Server database. We’ll then model, analyze and visualize the data using Excel’s Power Pivot and Power View features…

Speaker Bio:

Wylie Blanchard

SQL Server Consultant, Great Tech Pros

Wylie Blanchard, MCSE is an IT consultant, SQL Server professional and web strategist who enjoys helping people learn how to use technology as a tool to amplify their professional lives. He has 15 years of experience in the IT Industry and holds several certifications in SQL and Oracle systems. He is a father of twin-girls, a gadget enthusiast and a self-proclaimed pizza connoisseur.

SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. This event was held on Aug 13 2016 at Indi
ana Wesleyan University North, 3777 Priority Way South Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46240, United States

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