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Note
Microsoft has announced that support for Power View against multidimensional
models will come in future versions of SQL Server. To read more about this an-
nouncement please see the following blog post: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ana-
lysisservices/archive/2012/11/29/power-view-for-multidimensional-models-pre-
view.aspx .
The MSDN ( Microsoft Developer Network ) documentation contains more in-
formation on the considerations that are applicable, as we can see in the follow-
ing link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh212940.aspx .
As you have seen, the choice that you need to do on the model is not something
that can be taken lightly. On one hand, you have the possibilities of in-memory mod-
els and the simple relational model in tabular; on the other hand, you have the more
mature and advanced multidimensional model with its advantages. What you end up
choosing is a decision that you need to take during the pre-study phase of the pro-
ject. This topic will mainly focus on how to create multidimensional models. There
will be a tutorial on how to create tabular models in Chapter 9 , In-memory, the Fu-
ture , of this topic.