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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Analysis Services (SSAS)
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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Stairway to SSAS Tabular Level 10: Multiple Dates in Fact Table
In this level of the stairway, learn about multiple dates in fact table
2020-06-10
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How to Resolve a Duplicate Key Error in SSAS
Learn how you can fix the duplicated key error in SSAS without editing the source data.
2020-05-05
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Stairway to SSAS Tabular Level 9: Security and Roles
In the ninth level of this stairway, learn how to add security to the tabular model.
2022-06-22 (first published: 2020-03-11)
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Implementing Drill Through Actions in SSAS
Business users get great value from SSAS cubes. In this article, learn how to create a drill-through action in an SSAS multi-dimensional model cube.
2020-03-09
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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