What you'll learn:
- Set up your full Tabular Editor working environment from scratch
- Develop Power BI and SSAS models faster using Tabular Editor 3
- Run DAX queries, visualize results, and debug your model
- Secure your data model with Row Level and Object Level Security
- Build and script Calculation Groups to deploy across different models
- Write practical C# scripts to automate work on your SSAS models
- Analyze and optimize model size and performance with Vertipaq Analyzer
- Process and refresh model objects, including Partitions and Tables
In this course you will learn how to use Tabular Editor 3, the best external tool for Power BI and SQL Server Analysis Services.
Learning TE3 is an essential skill for any serious model developer. It lets you build models far more efficiently and make changes directly to a live database, without needing the PBIX file or a Visual Studio project. The result is dramatically faster development.
What you can do with Tabular Editor 3
Develop your data model faster, creating Measures, Columns, and Tables and applying them in a single commit, instead of waiting for Power BI Desktop to process each change one by one
Write DAX queries to investigate your data, visualize the results, and debug your model
Secure your model with Row Level and Object Level Security using roles
Build Calculation Groups to cut down the number of measures and measure variations you have to maintain, then script them and deploy the same logic to a completely different model
Automate repetitive work with C# scripts that iterate over the Tabular Object Model and perform actions in bulk
Analyze and optimize model size, memory, and performance using Vertipaq Analyzer
Run process commands on individual Tabular objects such as Tables and Partitions, modify Incremental Refresh policies in the Power BI Service, and process partitions directly
C# scripting for Tabular models
This course also includes a practical C# scripting section focused on what you actually need to automate your modeling work, covering data types, variables, libraries, methods, functions, and LINQ as they apply to Tabular Editor. The goal is not to make you a C# programmer, but to give you enough working knowledge to confidently script and automate against your Power BI and Analysis Services models.
Why it matters
This is just the tip of the iceberg, and there is much more you can do with TE3. When it comes to saving development effort, it is an absolute beast, and by the end of this course you will know how to put it to work.
What this course does not cover
To keep this course focused and set honest expectations:
This is not a beginner Power BI or DAX course. You should already know the basics.
This course teaches C# only as far as it applies to Tabular Editor automation, not general-purpose programming.
This is not a data visualization or report-building course.
I am excited to see you inside the course and help you master Tabular Editor 3.
