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SSAS - TABULAR EXERCISES
- Creating a data model (2)
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- Power BI Desktop overview (1)
- Other data sources (1)
- Calculated columns (4)
- Measures (3)
- Changing query context (2)
- The EARLIER Function (1)
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- Date calculations (3)
- Hierarchies (1)
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- Security (2)
SSAS - tabular | Security exercise | Create terrestrial and airborne roles limiting access to data
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The answer to the exercise will be included and explained if you attend the course listed below!
Software ==> | SSAS - tabular (30 exercises) |
Version ==> | SSAS 2012 and later |
Topic ==> | Security (2 exercises) |
Level ==> | Average difficulty |
Course ==> | SSAS - Tabular Model |
- Go into SQL Server Management Studio;
- Open the SQL file you've just unzipped (you can press CTRL + O to do this); then
- Execute this script.
This will generate the database that you'll need to use in order to do this exercise (note that the database and script are only to be used for exercises published on this website, and may not be reused or distributed in any form without the prior written permission of Wise Owl).
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Create a new project and model (perhaps you could use this exercise number to name it), importing three tables: tblFamily, tblProduct and tblPurchase.
Create two roles as follows:
Role | Table | Restrictions |
---|---|---|
Terrestrial | Family | The family name can not be Bird. |
Airborne | Family | The family name must be Bird. |
You should give your roles read access to the model:

What the roles should look like!
Finally, test each role:

Here's what you should see when you analyse the model in Excel using the Terrestrial role.
That's it!