If i should use SSAS for my scenario and if so, how would i go about it

Question

Hello,
Currently I'm having issues where i have many PowerBI reports running, however this slows the database sometimes as the views they use take about 30s to execute and they need to refresh pretty often.
I thought about using SSAS this way: i build the view in the SSAS using the tables, and as only two of those tables need to be refreshed more often, i would execute those as directquery's and leave the others as import with a job processing them at longer times.
Problem: i cannot set the individual tables as directquery and import, i can only do so in the whole cube itself.

Should I be using Analysis Services for this? If so, what would be the best way to face this?

Best regards,
Vasco.

Answer 1

Hi @Vasco Ferreira ,

Thanks for your posting.

Problem: i cannot set the individual tables as directquery and import, i can only do so in the whole cube itself.

Tabular models in DirectQuery mode have some limitations, such as calculated tables are not supported in DirectQuery models, but calculated columns are. For more information, please refer to DirectQuery mode in tabular models.

Best regards,
Carrin

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