Citizen Developers Can Now Build Tabular Models Quickly, Easily, and Without Coding

Organizations of every size looking to take control of their financial and operational performance are turning to deFacto Global. We offer the most powerful, yet affordable, tools for citizen developers, such as Power BI developers or business analysts, to build, implement and manage business analytics applications. It all starts with deFacto Tabular Modeler.

Building SQL (SSAS) Tabular Models typically requires the use of tools designed for IT developers with deep experience with SQL, DAX, etc. In addition, maintaining or making improvements to tabular models, like adding hierarchies to any dimension or creating financial models, adds another layer of difficulty to the process.

Tabular Modeler changes all of that. Citizen developers can quickly and easily create and maintain high performance, scalable and secure tabular models, without the need for IT support, that can be used for any type of financial or business operations application.

How does it work?

Build Tabular Models: Any citizen developer can build tabular models by using the easy-to-use, drag and drop U/I to add/combine dimensions in the tabular model. Much of the process is automated. If further calculations are needed, Custom Measures can be created. Data can then be loaded directly to the model via .xlsx or .csv files.

Set-up User Security: The Tabular Modeler has Administrator and Report Consumer named user types that each get assigned data and functional level security. Admin users have access to all features of the Tabular Modeler, while Report Consumers are subject to the security levels specified by the Admin.

Develop and Deploy Reports: Reports can then be created and deployed using Power BI, Excel Pivot Tables, or any other tool that can consume SSAS tabular data. Advanced features such as automatically structuring general ledger accounting data or, the ability to report and analyze data across multiple chart of accounts, makes financial reporting a breeze.

Upgrade to Full Planning: Tap into an ecosystem of pre-built ‘add-ons’ including finance and operational models, ETL connectors, advanced analytics and 2-way interfaces for Power BI, Excel and the Web, expedite the deployment of ‘DIY’ enterprise-quality FP&A, S&OP and xP&A applications that business users can build and manage on their own.

Tabular Modeler is proven with ATT, Disney, FILA, PBS, Warburg Pincus and many more customers.

deFacto Tabular Modeler

by deFacto Global Inc.