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Semantic Layer using SQL

Server Analysis Services


Lec. 4 - Summer
2024

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Agenda
I. Lecture Objectives
II. Semantic Model / Analysis Layer / Self-Reporting Layer
III. SSAS Overview
IV. SSAS Tabular Model Core Elements
V. SSAS Workflow, and Additional Features
VI. Summary & Resources

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Lecture Objectives

By the end of the lecture, you will be able to:


 Understand What is Semantic Model and Benefits of using it

 Understanding SSAS, Tool Capability, and Key Features

 Identify SSAS Model Types and Differences between them

 Identify the Full Workflow including the Analysis Services

Prerequisites: • BI professionals and Consultants:


BI Developer, Data analysts and Data Engineers.
• Basic knowledge of data warehouse
• Technically proficient business users.
schema topology.

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Audience:
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• Semantic (Analysis) Model
A semantic model is a logical layer that contains
transformations, calculations, and relationships between
data source objects, in a single place.
• Serves as the single source of truth for reports across an organization that ensure business
analysts have the same definition and context on the data.
• Can be consumed by different users for reporting and analysis purposes.
• Provide Significant Improvement in Performance and Security
• Connection with Analysis Layer via Direct Query
• Available in Tabular and Multidimensional Mode

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Why Semantic Layer is important ?

 Single Source of Truth, a Single Unit Model, Fixed Standards of Calculations.

 Performance and Data Compression

 Security and Authorization Control

 Enable Self-Reporting for Non-Technical Users (Tabular)

 Decoupled Bi Process, Faster and Better Debugging

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What is SSAS

Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) is an


analytical data engine (VertiPaq) used in decision
support and business analytics.
It provides enterprise-grade semantic data models for
business reports and client applications such as Power BI,
Excel, Reporting Services reports, and other data
visualization tools

• Same as Data Modeling using Power BI and uses DAX in


Measures
• Supports Tabular and Multidimensional Model
• Supports Various Security Layers (i.e., Roles, Column and Row
Level Security)
• Integrate Well With Other Microsoft BI Tools such as SSIS
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SSAS Model Types

Tabular Multidimensional
• Newer Technology • Matured Product
• Stores Data in Memory • Stores Data in Disk
• Easier and Faster • Harder and Slower
• Uses Advanced Compression Techniques • Uses MDX as Formula Language
• Uses DAX as Formula Language
• Enable Self-Service BI
• Promising with New In-Memory Databases
• Recommended By Microsoft

 The Focus will be on the SSAS Tabular Model


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SSAS Core Tabular Model Elements
• Data Sources and Tables:
Stores The Data Warehouse Connections and The Selected Tables from it, In
addition of Derived Tables called Calculated Tables.

• Measures, Calculation Groups, and KPIs:


- Measures are calculations used to perform complex calculations or aggregations
on data, Created Using Dax.
- Calculation Groups reduce the number of redundant measures by grouping
common measure expressions as calculation items.
- A KPI is used to gauge performance of a value, defined by a Base measure, against
a Target value, also defined by a measure or by an absolute value.

• Roles and Perspectives:


- Perspectives define viewable subsets of a model that provide focused, business-
specific, or application-specific viewpoints of the model
- Roles Define member permissions for a model, Members assigned to each role can
have some restrictions specified by role definition and security constraints
(i.e., Row, Column, and Object Level Security, Read-Write Permissions)

• Translations:
- Can Support multi-language versions within the model definition
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Prespectives and Roles Breakdown
• Prespectives:
Perspectives define viewable subsets of a model that provide focused, business-specific, or
application-specific viewpoints of the model,Equivalent To Data Marts.
i.e., E-Commerce System Possible Prespectives are [Sales, Purchasing and Inventory]

• Roles:
Roles Define member permissions for a model, Members assigned to each role can have
some restrictions specified by role definition and security constraints
i.e., in the Same E-Commerce Example:
Sales Staff can only see Sales Prespective Data (Table-Level Security)
Sales Managers can see extra columns than Sales Staff Like Salary (Column-Level Security)
Every Manager can only observe sales of his related region (Row-Level Security

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Semantic Layer Workflow

Fetch The Data Data Modeling Security Layer


- Create Measures, KPIs and Define Roles and
Connect To The Data Calculation Groups Table, Column, and
Warehouse and Specify - Create and Validate Row Level Security
The Required Tables Relationships Between Tables and Map Members to
- Specify Different Perspectives Roles

Consume Model Deployment Translations


Through data
Deploy The Model with Support Multi-Language
visualizations, BI
Scheduling and Model - for the Model
dashboards and reports, Table Level Processing
By using specific Strategy
Prespective and Role

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Point of Focus

• Calculation Groups, KPIs


• Assign Members to Different Roles with Security Constraints
• Working with Translations
• Detail Rows Expressions in Measures (Drillthrough for Details)
• Different Types of Processing (Full, Default ,etc.)
• Deployment Methods and Processing Script
• Schedule Processing with SQL Agent Server

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Summary

 Semantic Model is a logical layer that contains transformations, calculations,

and relationships in a single source of truth.

 SSAS is an analytical data engine used in building semantic data models for

business reports and dashboards, providing performance and security.

Resources:
• Visual Studio Dev Essentials - Visual Studio (Get Plural Sight Free Subscriptions then join SSAS Learning Path)
• [[ 3.1 HOURS ]] SSAS Complete Tutorial - End to End - SQL Server Analysis Service

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Thank You

Ejada Systems Company Limited ‫شركة إجادة للنظم‬


‫المحدودة‬ www.ejada.com | [email protected]
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