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SSAS Tabular Model training course

Two days (09:30 to 16:30 UK time each day)

This course is available in the following formats (all prices exclude VAT):

Classroom (London)
£1,295

Classroom (Manchester)
£995

Onsite (your office)
Please ask

Online (your home)
£825

You can book a place on this course either online through this website, by phone, by email or by filling in our enquiry form.

You should be familiar with how relational databases work to attend this course. You'll also find the course more difficult if you haven't used pivot tables in Excel.

Course schedule

Here are our next few SSAS - Tabular Model course dates:

Dates	Times	Venue	Price (excl. VAT)
04-05 Dec	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Fully booked
27-28 Feb	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
25-26 Apr	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
01-02 Jul	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
02-03 Sep	09:30-16:30	Online	£825	Book
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Got a handful of like-minded people in your organisation? You could consider booking your own customised onsite course, whereby you get to pick the dates and venue!

Course Contents - PDF

SSAS - Tabular Model training course contents

SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS to its friends) comes in two distinct flavours: the (very) old fashioned multi-dimensional model, allowing you to build dimensions and cubes, and tthe newer tabular model (the subject of this course).

During the two days things you'll learn how to do include:

linking to data sources and creating a data model
using this as a basis for an Excel pivot table
creating calculated columns
creating basic measures using DAX
creating and use calendars
creating date calculations, using time-intelligence functions

SQL Server Analysis Services, Excel's PowerPivot tool and Power BI Desktop all store their data in the same underlying format, but only SSAS exposes its inner workings and allows you to set security on your data models and share them with others.

The contents of this course are as follows:

Getting started

Multidimensional vs tabular
Separate named instances

Visual Studio basics

Visual Studio windows
Setting startup options
Creating a project

Connecting to SQL Server

Creating and using connections
Filtering rows and columns

Creating a data model

Hiding from client tools
Renaming tables/columns
How column storage works
How processing works

Relationships

Diagram view
Creating relationships

Excel pivot tables

Analysing data in Excel
Connecting from Excel
Using Excel pivot tables

Power BI Desktop overview if time

Importing from SSAS
Basic visualisations
How publishing works

Other data sources

Linking to Excel
Pasting in data

Calculated columns

Using IF and SWITCH
BLANK arithmetic
Linking tables using RELATED

Measures

Creating measures
SUMX, AVERAGEX, etc.

Changing query context

The CALCULATE function
Using FILTER

Prototyping using PowerPivot

Using PowerPivot
Importing PowerPivot models into SSAS
Constraints

Accessing DAX queries

From within Excel
From Reporting Services

Calendars

Creating a calendar table
Using multiple calendars

Date calculations

Working days
Period to date
Prior and parallel periods
Semi-additive measures

Hierarchies

Creating a hierarchy
Viewing hierarchies

KPIs

The parts of a KPI
Absolute and relative measures
Creating and viewing KPIs

Perspectives

Creating perspectives
Using in Excel

Security if time

How security works
Creating roles
Filtering rows by role

Please see further up this page for what you should know beforehand (if anything) in order to attend this course.

Why Choose Us?

Here are some reasons to choose Wise Owl courses:

No more than 6 people per class
557 references viewable online
Free USB stick containing course files
Genuine Wise Owl trainers only
Unbelievably good courseware

In addition, here are some benefits unique to classroom training:

Proper restaurant lunch included

And some benefits specific to online training:

Courseware manual posted to you in advance
Free half-hour pre-course check-up included
Our clever system means you can use our laptops (and we can see them)

What other people have said

Our thanks to everyone who agreed to share their thoughts. All of the following reviews are from the last 3 calendar years:

"It's great to get some extra information that isn't usually in the course (a walkthrough about measures was particularly helpful!)"

Jamie Yeo (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC))

"It was a busy three days, but we knew that before we booked. The trainer was superb, clearly instructing us with no repetition or waffle. The online aspect worked very well indeed, I'm sure the trainers must appreciate being able to see each attendees screen. A good email discussion with Wise Owl helped guide us to choose this course."

Kenton Reader (Reigate and Banstead Borough Council)

"A great trainer and very knowledgeable! The confidence in his training was amazing and I knew that my understanding of SQL will be much better under his guidance. I liked how he was able to support anyone that was finding it hard or challenging, he didn't let anyone feel alone."

Raj Bains (PEI Group)

"Trainer did a good job of focussing on those elements of the course which were likely to be most relevant to us. It was much better than previous SQL courses I have attended as they tended to focus too much on the theory needed to pass Microsoft certification, which is not relevant to me. I just need to know how to carry out various tasks in SQL and that is what Wise Owl provided. "

David Nolan (Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC))

"Very knowledgeable, friendly and approachable trainer who explained everything really well and was happy to answer any questions as they came up."

Ann Ekman (North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust)

There are lots more where these came from (or just refresh this page to change the quotes shown).

How our training courses work

Below are some notes on how Wise Owl courses work, to help you decide whether they're for you or not.

What you'll need

If you book on a classroom course, the only thing you need to bring to the course is ... yourself! We even provide a notepad and a suprisingly nice pen for you to take notes with.

For online training you'll need two things:

A good internet connection (otherwise you'll have a frustrating time); and
A second screen (a requirement, not a nice-to-have!)

You can see full details of our online course requirements here.

When you book a place

If you book a place on one of our courses:

For classroom courses we will send out a joining email. That's it!
For online courses we will get in touch to organise a half-hour pre-course check to iron out any connection problems before the course (rather than during it).

Whatever type of course you book, we will also send you out a reminder a few days before the course is due to take place - not that (we hope) you'll have forgotten!

What you won't need

For classroom training, you won't need a computer - we (obviously) will provide that. However, you're welcome to use your own laptop if you prefer, providing that you have the correct software installed.

For online training you will need a computer, but you won't need to have any software installed. This is because you'll use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to our computers, and these will have all of the necessary files and software installed.

The start of the course

For online courses you will be able to join up to half an hour before the course begins. This will give you time to:

familiarise yourself with the set-up;
meet your trainer; and
get to know the other delegates!

For classroom training it's always nice if people arrive a bit early too, to give people time to meet each other (and drink coffee).

You'll be given a full colour courseware manual, an exercise booklet to go with the course and a USB stick for taking course files away (we'll post all this to you for online courses).

After the course

After the course finishes you'll receive a digital certificate proving your attendance (we will gladly send a paper copy on request also).

We don't have any formal arrangement for answering questions after the course, but if you get stuck on something and email your trainer they should (and nearly always do!) respond as quickly as their training schedule allows.

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