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IFS Analysis Models - Development Guidelines

IFS Analysis Models generally covers technologies, processes, and applications to analyze mostly internal structural data to support better business decision making.

A major part of IFS Analysis Modles in the Tabular Models framework that support the Microsoft SSAS Tabular Model architecture.
The Tabular Models framework support a layered architecture that supports configurable customizations. An SSAS Tabular Model can be respresented as an IFS model and IFS also delivers standard modelsin different product areas.

The framework also consists of SQL Server components as SQL Server database, SSIS, Agent Jobs, SSAS but the main idea is that the framework represents a generic platform that does not require any modifications.

Development will instead be focused on creating the needful sources and attributes to be able to create the required model in SSAS. This means to create sources as:

More development details will follow. Right now, please refer to the examples in Analysis Models - Custom Configurations.