Migrating legacy SSAS cube to databricks

[shraddharane]

We have SQL database. Database is designed in star schema. We are migrating data from SQL to databricks. There are cubes designed using SSAS. These cubes are used for end users in excel for analysis purpose. We are now looking for solution for:

1) Can cubes be migrated ?

2) If not are there any alternatives which we can implement in databricks for multidimensional cubes ? End users wants to continue to using excel for analyse purpose.

[-werners-]

Databricks itself does not deliver semantic models like SSAS cubes.  So Databricks cannot migrate them because there is nothing to migrate to.
However, there are some options:
- use of PowerBI instead of SSAS (there might even be a migrate option?).  We use it all the time for cubes (also in excel!)

- use of another semantic layer model like AtScale and Stardog (both in the Partner Connect) or others.

I'd go for a powerBi scenario because it also uses DAX, which you are probably familiar with.