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ITWeb BI Summit 2013
This year I have been asked to chair the technical track for the ITWeb BI Summit, on the afternoon of the 26th of February (the conference runs for 3 days from the 26th). This is an exciting...
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Using SQL Server Defaults with Lightswitch
OK, so this is a rough and ready blog post, just to get the info out there. This will help you if you have defaults (and/or identity fields) on your SQL server database and are using Lightswitch....
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Incremental loads in SSIS using the Lookup component and FNV1a hash in a...
Incremental loads in SSIS using the Lookup component and FNV1a hash in a synchronous script component UPDATE: Collisions can be reduced by using a double hash approach, in this dataset they are reduced...
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Dynamic Reporting Periods in DAX
Dynamic Reporting Periods The workbook I created is here NB: You may need to replace ; with , in all DAX depending on your localisation settings. When working with tabular models (or PowerPivot...
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Slowly Changing Dimensions
Content from today’s BIDN session is here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2pq4sp1a64mx65d/bFyfujvpgX
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Partition process automation from SSIS
Checking for partitions in Analysis Services, for the purposes of processing them, and creating if they don’t exist, can be a pain. There are several solutions, but I personally prefer to use script...
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Introduction to PDW (Parallel Data Warehouse)
The PDW has been a very underserved topic in the public eye, but with the release of version 2, we are off the leash, and I can share my experiences on the PDW with you. This is the first of a series...
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BI MCSM
A great call out from Marco Russo to get a BI MCM (now MCSM, for Microsoft Certified Solution Master). If you don’t know the MCM program, what are you doing on my blog? Just kidding. Being a Master in...
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Distribution theory and hashing
One of the early questions often asked when people hear about a quarter rack is “but what benefit will having just 2 boxes give us over having a single big SQL Server? These aren’t high end individual...
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My thoughts on the PASS Board
As there are plenty of people across the US, and across Europe as well, I am going to take a very narrow minded view on the candidates: What can they do for us here in Africa? Seeing as it’s just Jody...
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