DAX Performance tips– lessons from the field
XLCubed has supported a drag/drop interface for creating reports against Tabular Analysis Services since the first release of the new engine. It lets users easily create reports which run DAX queries on the cube, and we’ve often seen very good performance at customers when MDX against Tabular was a cause of long running reports.
So when we were approached at SQL Pass in Seattle by some attendees who had a SSAS Tabular performance issue we were optimistic we’d be able to help.