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Tabular Modeling with SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services Cookbook
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Tabular Modeling with SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services Cookbook

by Derek Wilson
January 2017
Beginner to intermediate
372 pages
5h 55m
English
Packt Publishing
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Connecting to Excel from SQL Server Data Tools

SQL Server Data Tools also has the built-in feature to Analyze in Excel. When prompted you must select the role or user that you want to connect to the model. Users would not typically leverage SQL Server Data Tools. Therefore, this feature allows you to test the perspectives and security to ensure it is working as designed.

How to do it...

  1. Open Visual Studio and the Crash_Data_Solution.
  2. Click on the Analyze in Excel icon.

    How to do it...

  3. On the Analyze in Excel Window, select the role that you want to use. In this case, keep Current Windows User and click OK.

  4. Excel opens using the permissions of the account you selected ...
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ISBN: 9781786468611