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Hands-On SQL Server 2019 Analysis Services
Design and query tabular and multi-dimensional models using Microsoft's SQL Server Analysis Services
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
653 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Get up to speed with the new features added to Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Analysis Services and create models to support your businessKey FeaturesExplore tips and tricks to design, develop, and optimize end-to-end data analytics solutions using Microsoft's technologiesLearn tabular modeling and multi-dimensional cube design development using real-world examplesImplement Analysis Services to help you make productive business decisionsBook DescriptionSQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) continues to be a leading enterprise-scale toolset, enabling customers to deliver data and analytics across large datasets with great performance. This book will help you understand MS SQL Server 2019’s new features and improvements, especially when it comes to SSAS.First, you’ll cover a quick overview of SQL Server 2019, learn how to choose the right analytical model to use, and understand their key differences. You’ll then explore how to create a multi-dimensional model with SSAS and expand on that model with MDX. Next, you’ll create and deploy a tabular model using Microsoft Visual Studio and Management Studio. You'll learn when and how to use both tabular and multi-dimensional model types, how to deploy and configure your servers to support them, and design principles that are relevant to each model. The book comes packed with tips and tricks to build measures, optimize your design, and interact with models using Excel and Power BI. All this will help you visualize data to gain useful insights and make better decisions. Finally, you’ll discover practices and tools for securing and maintaining your models once they are deployed.By the end of this MS SQL Server book, you’ll be able to choose the right model and build and deploy it to support the analytical needs of your business.What you will learnDetermine the best analytical model using SSASCover the core aspects involved in MDX, including writing your first queryImplement calculated tables and calculation groups (new in version 2019) in DAXCreate and deploy tabular and multi-dimensional models on SQL 2019Connect and create data visualizations using Excel and Power BIImplement row-level and other data security methods with tabular and multi-dimensional modelsExplore essential concepts and techniques to scale, manage, and optimize your SSAS solutionsWho this book is forThis Microsoft SQL Server book is for BI professionals and data analysts who are looking for a practical guide to creating and maintaining tabular and multi-dimensional models using SQL Server 2019 Analysis Services. A basic working knowledge of BI solutions such as Power BI and database querying is required.
SQL Query Design Patterns and Best Practices
A practical guide to writing readable and maintainable SQL queries using its design patterns
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
446 kr
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Enhance your SQL query writing skills to provide greater business value using advanced techniques such as common table expressions, window functions, and JSONPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesExamine query design and performance using query plans and indexesSolve business problems using advanced techniques such as common table expressions and window functionsUse SQL in modern data platform solutions with JSON and Jupyter notebooksBook DescriptionSQL has been the de facto standard when interacting with databases for decades and shows no signs of going away. Through the years, report developers or data wranglers have had to learn SQL on the fly to meet the business needs, so if you are someone who needs to write queries, SQL Query Design and Pattern Best Practices is for you.This book will guide you through making efficient SQL queries by reducing set sizes for effective results. You’ll learn how to format your results to make them easier to consume at their destination. From there, the book will take you through solving complex business problems using more advanced techniques, such as common table expressions and window functions, and advance to uncovering issues resulting from security in the underlying dataset. Armed with this knowledge, you’ll have a foundation for building queries and be ready to shift focus to using tools, such as query plans and indexes, to optimize those queries. The book will go over the modern data estate, which includes data lakes and JSON data, and wrap up with a brief on how to use Jupyter notebooks in your SQL journey.By the end of this SQL book, you’ll be able to make efficient SQL queries that will improve your report writing and the overall SQL experience.What you will learnBuild efficient queries by reducing the data being returnedManipulate your data and format it for easier consumptionForm common table expressions and window functions to solve complex business issuesUnderstand the impact of SQL security on your resultsUnderstand and use query plans to optimize your queriesUnderstand the impact of indexes on your query performance and designWork with data lake data and JSON in SQL queriesOrganize your queries using Jupyter notebooksWho this book is forThis book is for SQL developers, data analysts, report writers, data scientists, and other data gatherers looking to expand their skills for complex querying as well as for building more efficient and performant queries.For those new to SQL, this book can help you accelerate your learning and keep you from making common mistakes.