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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)
£1,450

Classroom (Manchester)
£1,095

Onsite (your office)
Please ask

Online (your home)
£950

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

We don't have any dates scheduled for this online course. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have 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) used to come in two distinct flavours: the (very) old fashioned multi-dimensional model, allowing you to build dimensions and cubes, and the 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:

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

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
547 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:

"Really happy with the Power BI Fast Track course. Everything was explained clearly and made very easy to understand and the trainer was generous with providing practical tips for working with data and reports above and beyond the syllabus. The communication and set up before the course was also as smooth as possible. I've had a few courses with Wise Owl and looking forward to joining another one in the future. "

Kaili Jarv (Waltham Forest Council)

"Our trainer was very refreshing to have teach this course, it seemed like he cared about what he was teaching which helped make the overall experience a positive one - he was more than happy to stop and help whenever somebody got stuck on a step/task. I would be happy to do more courses."

George Stearn (Mitsubishi Electric UK)

"Great course content, booklet is really helpful and nicely printed. Trainer was really helpful and engaging. Thanks again."

Vickesh Patel (Clearwater International)

"A fantastic trainer who puts you at ease and is very knowledgeable and personable. It was a pleasure to spend the two days training and I would highly recommend anyone to this course."

Vicky Bailey (Cormar Carpets)

"Having no experience of SQL, I thought this was a great introduction and has given me confidence to begin using it as part of my role."

Clay Conlon (The Modern Milkman)

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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