In these days, I’m starting to use Gemini and I’m discussing about it in dedicated CTP newsgroups. I recently wrote a message that I’d like to share here, but not before some considerations. First of all, like Chris said, Gemini…  Read more

I recently talked about memory usage in PowerPivot and previously I wrote about difference modeling options using table normalization or not. Thus, I wondered whether table normalization is a good practice for performance and memory or not. The short answer…  Read more

I and Alberto have a busy agenda until the end of the month, but if you are based in Northern Europe there are many chance to meet one of us in the next couple of weeks! Belgium, 20 November 2012…  Read more

As you might have read in the previous post, May is a busy month for all the editions of the SSAS Tabular Workshop. We’ll start with an online edition next week in a time slot that should be good for…  Read more

I recently delivered the online session Create your first SSAS Tabular Model at 24HOP Pass Summit, which recording is now available here. I received many questions and did not have enough time, so I answer now in this blog post.…  Read more

Microsoft recently released the Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2016. If you use Analysis Services, installing this update is a no-brainer and you should do that as soon as possible. The reason are all related to memory management. Microsoft…  Read more

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Translations in Analysis Services 2016

Translations are a new feature in Analysis Services Tabular 2016. This article explains how to use this feature and introduce SSAS Tabular Translator, a free tool to edit translations files.  Read more

I got some more information about Gemini. As Mosha said, it is Analysis Services. As you know, SSAS has always been available also as a client tool, using the same engine of the server product to create local cubes. The…  Read more

Yesterday I and Alberto delivered the PreCon day about BISM Tabular in Analysis Services 2012. We received very good feedback and now I am looking forward to meet people that read our blogs and our books! Ping me on Twitter…  Read more

Two years ago Microsoft started a certification program called SSAS Maestro, which was intended to be as a step towards a broader certification such as a Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) or Microsoft Certified Solution Master (MCSM) for Business Intelligence (so…  Read more