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Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services: The BISM Tabular Model



Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services - The BISM Tabular Model

The BI Semantic Model (BISM) is the new way to create an analytical model in Analysis Services, using the fast and optimized Vertipaq Engine.

Learn how to get the best from the new model learning from the knowledge of three leading authors with a long experience in Analysis Services. They will share their experience pointing out all the best practices for BISM and they will make a comparison with the other type of model available in Analysis Services, the Unified Dimensional Model (UDM), also analyzing the possible integration between these two worlds.

Whether you are a UDM expert or not, this book will be your guideline for creating a reference BI solution using BISM.

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       If you want to learn SSAS 2012 Tabular and DAX, then BUY THIS BOOK

Kevin S. Goff wrote:

This is an outstanding book. In the past I’ve seen some books (even decent books) that purport to cover one technology, but wind up covering so many other peripheral topics that the book loses sight of the original goal. This one doesn’t – the content focuses precisely on the title: the BISM Tabular Model.

Guys, fantastic job. No book can cover EVERYTHING, but you guys came very close. It’s hard to believe someone could improve on what you did with the Expert Cube Development book (which was awesome and helped me greatly), but you seem to have done it.


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       Definitive book for understanding SSAS Tabular

Rob Kerr wrote:

To those who’ve worked with SQL Server Analysis Services, Marco, Chris and Alberto are familiar names synonymous with deep expertise and understanding of the product and how to best use it. This book adds another volume to their collective library of knowledge sharing on this topic they know perhaps better than anyone else.

This book is an excellent comprehensive tutorial and reference for the architecture of SSAS Tabular models, and incorporates the standard far of real-world best practices its authors are well known for.

For anyone looking to accelerate their learning curve on DAX, SSAS Tabular design and the best way to apply these technologies, this is a “must have” reference!


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       Excellent SSAS 2012 BISM Tabular Book

J Salvo wrote:

I work with SQL Server 2012 and am eager to learn more about the tabular model. When I saw this book on Amazon, I bought it immediately and am so grateful that I did. I have many technical books that sit on shelves collecting dust; this book is definitely not one of them. After only a few weeks the book is already showing wear from use and I haven’t put it on the shelf yet. I have read it cover-to-cover and plan to do so again – it is truly that good.


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