Issues with using Tabular models in Excel

  • Hi all,

    I have a few queries regarding using a SSAS Tabular model in an Excel pivot table. Now, I know these things are possible, but I don't know if limitations of Excel stop it from happening.

    - Reporting Properties - I know in Multidimensional you could set Reporting Properties so that when you hover over a dimension in a pivot table, you can see a tooltip with extra dimension data. When I right click a dimension in rows, I see 'Show Properties in Report', but it says 'No Properties Defined'. This is obvious because I don't know where I can define them in Tabular!

    - Column Descriptions - In the Tabular designer, I'm able to add Descriptions to all columns, and I'm expecting in a pivot table to be able to see this description when I hover over the field. This isn't happening. It does however, work in Power View!

    - Sorting fields in data source order - Is there any way to order the field list in a pivot table by data source order when connected to a Tabular model?

    - Managed Sets - Is there any way to create a Data set in the Tabular model instead of within Excel?

    Any help in this is much appreciated!!

  • Anyone? Please help 🙂

  • mm7861 (5/20/2015)


    Hi all,

    - Reporting Properties - I know in Multidimensional you could set Reporting Properties so that when you hover over a dimension in a pivot table, you can see a tooltip with extra dimension data. When I right click a dimension in rows, I see 'Show Properties in Report', but it says 'No Properties Defined'. This is obvious because I don't know where I can define them in Tabular!

    - Column Descriptions - In the Tabular designer, I'm able to add Descriptions to all columns, and I'm expecting in a pivot table to be able to see this description when I hover over the field. This isn't happening. It does however, work in Power View!

    As far as I know this Tooltip feature is not available in Tabular. May be in future releases they may correct this.

    Thank You

  • I thought as much. Seems as though they've given this power to Power View! 🙁

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