Tabular Editor in the World of AI, Fabric, TMDL, and Semantic Link (with Daniel Otykier)

Stream Date 📅

March 13th 2025 at 9:30 AM (PT)

Livestream Description 📺

When Tabular Editor 3 was announced in 2021, it filled an important gap for BI professionals doing advanced semantic model development in Power BI. In recent years, however, Microsoft has invested heavily in making their own semantic model tooling more enterprise friendly, with the introduction of Fabric Git-integrated workspaces, TMDL view with CoPilot, and Semantic Link / Semantic Link Labs.

The obvious question is then; is there still a need for Tabular Editor in this new age? While Daniel is clearly biased in his answer to that question, he is excited to show what unique features Tabular Editor 3 brings to the table, and why this is an such an impactful tool that is a must-have for developers.

Guest Bio (Daniel Otykier) 👤

Daniel is CTO and lead developer at Tabular Editor ApS. The Danish company behind Tabular Editor 3. Daniel has worked professionally with Microsoft data and analytics since 2008. Most of this time was spent working as a consultant at a Danish consulting company. He started his work on the open source version of Tabular Editor in 2016, and contributed the creation of the “External Tools” ribbon in Power BI Desktop in 2020. He is also a 5x Microsoft Data Platform MVP. In recent years, Daniel also got involved in Tabular Tools – a collaboration between Tabular Editor ApS and SQLBI – that launched its first product (DAX Optimizer) in 2024.