BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//SQLBits/com CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20130503T150000Z DTEND:20130503T160000Z LOCATION:SQLBits Conference - Suite 1 SUMMARY:MDX vs. DAX: Currency Conversion Faceoff DESCRIPTION:Compare and contrast how multidimensional and tabular achieve the same end result in quite different ways. Learn where multidimensional decorates the metadata of the model, while tabular offloads responsibility to DAX. Understand how the design goals of the DAX language – which are akin to Excel formulas and relational-database concepts – differ from MDX and traditional OLAP. Features covered can be used in a broad range of scenarios (not only currency conversion), adding valuable knowledge to your SSAS arsenal. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

MDX vs. DAX: Currency Conversion Faceoff

Compare and contrast how multidimensional and tabular achieve the same end result in quite different ways. Learn where multidimensional decorates the metadata of the model, while tabular offloads responsibility to DAX. Understand how the design goals of the DAX language – which are akin to Excel formulas and relational-database concepts – differ from MDX and traditional OLAP. Features covered can be used in a broad range of scenarios (not only currency conversion), adding valuable knowledge to your SSAS arsenal.

Christian Wade

Christian Wade, creator of the BISM Normalizer, has been doing BI and solution architecture since SQL Server 7. He spoke at the PASS Community Summit in 2012 and 2005, the 2005 European PASS Conference, and other events including SQLSaturday.

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