SQL Server Series Volume 4:
Learning SQL Server Analysis Services
Tabular Model And DAX
Made Easy

Overview
If you have been looking for a book that has a lot of easy to understand step-by-step instructions and screen shots that show you how to complete and learn the SQL Server Analysis Services tabular model and DAX, this is the book for you. This book has been designed to have you using the software quickly, by teaching you the basics and more. It is written from the perspective that you have not created a tabular model before or have not created expressions using DAX. This book is for the beginner. To help you become familiar with the options and features, this book contains over 540 illustrations that provide a visual tour of the software.

The books in the SQL Server series will show you how to use some of the most used features of the software, by completing the tasks in each exercise. Topics are explained as you go along, but not in-depth. You will cover enough of the software to know whether or not it will handle a large percent of your needs, without investing weeks of your time, trying to learn about a larger number of features and options. This book will get you up and running quickly, by teaching a little more than the basics, so that you can use the software.

Table Of Contents

Chapter 1 - SQL Server Analysis Services Overview
Chapter 2 - Getting Started With SQL Server Analysis Services
Chapter 3 - Using The Table Import Wizard
Chapter 4 - Tabular Model Features
Chapter 5 - Introduction To DAX
Chapter 6 - Text, Logical And Information Functions
Chapter 7 - Evaluation Context
Chapter 8 - Understanding How Filters Work
Chapter 9 - CALCULATE Functions
Chapter 10 - Aggregate, Statistical And Iterator Functions
Chapter 11 - Usng Date/Time And Time Intelligence Functions
Chapter 12 - Creating DAX Queries

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