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Tabular Modeling with SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services Cookbook

You're reading from   Tabular Modeling with SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services Cookbook Create better operational analytics for your users with these business solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786468611
Length 372 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Tabular Modeling with SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
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Preface
1. Introduction to Microsoft Analysis Services Tabular Mode FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting up a Tabular Mode Environment 3. Tabular Model Building 4. Working in Tabular Models 5. Administration of Tabular Models 6. In-Memory Versus DirectQuery Mode 7. Securing Tabular Models 8. Combining Tabular Models with Excel 9. DAX Syntax and Calculations 10. Working with Dates and Time Intelligence 11. Using Power BI for Analysis

Creating and organizing display folders


As the number of measures increases in your model, you will want to organize them into logical groupings that make it easier to use in the reporting tools. This recipe shows you how to create a group for the data that relates to the injury columns.

Getting ready

Switch back to the diagram view to see the table layout and columns.

How to do it...

  1. You are going to create a folder to hold all injury related fields to make it easier for the users to find this information. Select the Crash_Data table and then scroll down and left-click the INJURIES column.

  2. On the properties window type Injuries_Folder into the Display Folder field.

  3. Now you are going to add four additional columns to the same folder. Hold down shift and then select MAJINJURY, MININJURY, POSSINJURY, and UNKINJURY. In the Display Folder property, type Injuries_Folder.

How it works...

A display folder is created in this recipe to store the injury related fields. First you selected an individual...

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