1. SQL Server Reporting Services 2017 on Steroids!!
Steve Simon
MVP Data Platform

2. SQL Server MVP
Dell - EMC
Involved with database design for 34 years +
Presenter at numerous PASS summits.
Presenter at numerous SQL Saturday events.
Contributor on SQLShack.com

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4. Agenda SSRS Relational queries with SQL Server 2016.
SSRS Multi-dimensional queries with SQL Server 2016 (MDX)
SSRS Multi-dimensional queries with SQL Server 2016 Tabular.
SSRS Tabular queries with SQL Server 2016 (DAX)
SSRS Data mining queries with SQL Server 2016 (DMX)
Linked Server and OpenQuery

5. MDX
Contoso

6. D

7. USE master GO
EXEC -- local SQL name given to the linked server
@srvproduct='', -- not used
@provider='MSOLAP', -- OLE DB provider
@datasrc=‘STEVE\STEVE2017Tabular', -- analysis server name (machine name)
@catalog='Contoso_Retail' -- default catalog/database

8. D

9. Numeric fields are loaded as NVarchar

10. The stored procedure

12. Adding selection parameters

15. MDX
Demo
“Contoso”

16. Working with Tabular Model and MDX

17. We then deploy to tabular server. This create a “cube”

18. Setting Up the Linked Server

19. The query code

20. Within the tabular model browser

21. Controlling the predicate

23. Demo Tabular Model and MDX

24. Working with Tabular Model and DAX

27. Demo Tabular Model and DAX

28. Working with DMX

29. KPI from our data

30. DMX
Project Demo

31. An alternate Approach ExcelD

33. Take-away If query is “simple” perhaps nothing more is required.
Linked servers and T-SQL provide predicate flexibility.
Techniques we saw apply to relational,DMX,MDX and DAX queries!
Don’t be afraid to experiment.

34. SQL Server Reporting Services 2017 on Steroids!!
Steve Simon
MVP Data Platform