The Hidden Security Risks of Role Combination in SSAS Tabular
See how security in SSAS tabular models might not work as you expect, and how you could easily fail an audit.
2026-10-09
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Analysis Services (SSAS)
Moving Beyond the Reboot: Finding the Culprit Behind Memory Pressure
Diagnosing memory issues can be hard. This article shows how one administrator used custom tracking to determine whether SQL Server, SSAS, or SSRS was the issue.
2026-09-25
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Automating SSAS Multidimensional Security Audits with PowerShell
This article presents a way to audit your SSAS cubes using PowerShell to prepare for any audit questions about who has access to the data.
2026-08-19
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Can You Really Downgrade from Enterprise to Standard and Save Thousands? Here's What Happened
A real world story of how someone moved from Enterprise Edition to Standard for not only the SQL Server database engine, but also with SSRS, SSIS, and SSAS.
2026-07-22
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Create and Read the Analysis Services Flight Recorder
This article explains how to customize an extended events session in SQL Server Analysis Services for auditing and monitoring
2025-11-05
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Comparing Azure Analysis Services with On-Premises SQL Server Analysis Services
Organizations working with on-premises SQL Server Analysis Services may not be able to guarantee optimized deployment of their models and secure and compliant data, especially during peak usage. The more companies invest in hardware and software licenses, the less the deployment of on-premises SSAS solutions becomes attractive, especially for smaller organizations with limited or narrow budgets.
2024-01-01
How to Connect to an Analysis Services Database in Power BI
Learn how to work with SSAS data in Power BI in this article.
2022-07-18
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Are Cubes Dead?
Is the idea of an Analysis Services cube something that is no longer relevant for modern data analysis? Steve thinks it might be.
2022-06-06
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How To Install SSAS 2019
In this article we walk through the steps to install SQL Server Analysis Services for SQL Server 2019.
2020-12-22
2020-10-28 (first published: 2020-10-14)
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The Empty Aggregate
I have this table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CustomerOrder] ( [OrderID] [int] NULL, [CustomerID] [int] NULL, [total] [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOWhat is returned from this code? (answers are for the sum and then the count)
SELECT SUM(total) AS sum,
COUNT(total) AS count
FROM dbo.CustomerOrder;
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