By moving business definitions out of the consumption tools (e.g. BI tools, Microsoft Excel) and into a central location (the semantic model), a semantic layer enforces consistency of business rules ...

From the example above, it’s clear that the “Year-to-Date Sales” element should be explicit in the semantic layer, as it is explicit in the semantic model. The design decision to be made is: should ...

Second, not all applications require the heavyweight ACID properties and all the features of a fully-fleshed DB. For example, Unix file systems do not guarantee the ACID properties in the face of ...

A new semantic-based graph data model has emerged within the enterprise. This data model has all of the advantages of the relational data model, but goes even further in providing for more ...

AI is meant to help us automate boring tasks, and what could be more boring than creating documentation for your Power BI semantic models? It’s such a tedious task that most people don’t bother; there ...

The growth of database application usage requires database management systems (DBMS) that are accessible, reliable, and dependable. One approach to handle these requirements is replication mechanism.

Second, not all applications require the heavyweight ACID properties and all the features of a fully-fleshed DB. For example, Unix file systems do not guarantee the ACID properties in the face of ...

In the context of plants, buildings, districts, and energy systems, a granular approach of semantic modelling allows to master the individuality of such systems. For example a heating circuit can thus ...