VertiPaq Analyzer is useful to analyze VertiPaq storage structures for a data model in Analysis Services Tabular. A complete description and short tutorial is available in the article Data Model Size with VertiPaq Analyzer.  Free download

Tabular Editor is an editor alternative to SSDT for authoring Tabular models for Analysis Services even without a workspace server.  Free download

DAX Date Template is a Power BI template file containing a fully-featured Date table. This template spares the user from writing the required DAX expression – as well as in setting the necessary properties to define display format, hierarchies, and…  Free download

DAX Editor is an extension to SSDT that makes it easier to edit DAX measures in a Microsoft Analysis Services Tabular project.  Free download

SSAS Tabular Translator is an editor for the JSON translation files exported and imported by SQL Server Data Tools for a Tabular model in compatibility version 1200 or later.  Free download

Professional BI developers using Analysis Services and advanced users working with Power BI share a common pain. Their productivity editing a large data model is much lower than what you might expect in 2017. There are many reasons for that.…  Read more

This article explains how to use KEEPFILTERS to intersect instead of overriding an existing filter context in DAX, simplifying the code and improving performance.  Read more

This article compares the differences between calculated columns and calculated tables from a processing and storage point of view.  Read more

In the second half of 2017 I will deliver sessions and preconference days in two big events. I’d like to recap my sessions here, let me know if you have any questions about them. Microsoft Ignite 2017 – September 25-29,…  Read more

This article explains how to correctly measure the dictionary size of a column in a model created in Power BI, Power Pivot, or Analysis Services Tabular.  Read more