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Introducing Microsoft PowerPivot
What is PowerPivot? Well according to Microsoft: “PowerPivot is Microsoft Self-Service Business Intelligence” I can see from the glazed looks you are giving your monitor that was clear as mud. So let’s...
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Alabama Code Camp Mobile 2010
Last Saturday was the Alabama Code Camp, held in Mobile AL. For those unfamiliar with the Alabama Code Camps, we hold on average two a year, and they shift from city to city with different user groups...
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Pragmatic Works Free SQL Server Training
Just wanted to mention the Pragmatic Works company did a week of free webinars. You can view all of these which cover a wide variety of subjects. The sessions include: Introduction to Managing a SQL...
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SQL Saturday Jacksonville #298–So you think MDX is hard?
For SQL Saturday #298 in Jacksonville, FL on May 10, 2014 I am presenting “So you think MDX is hard?”. A lot of people have this perception that MDX is difficult. It really isn’t, when you understand...
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So You Think MDX is Hard? Presented at SQL Saturday Nashville Jan 17 2015
At SQL Saturday Nashville, on January 17 2015, I presented “So You Think MDX is Hard?”. Unfortunately the SQL Saturday website is having issues with code samples, so I have uploaded the presentation to...
View ArticleData Warehousing / Business Intelligence at Pluralsight
It’s been another busy month, and I’m pleased to announce my two newest modules were published today on Pluralsight. If you’re not familiar with Pluralsight, they are a training company that has a vast...
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BI Documenter
When I came to work for Pragmatic Works, I was naturally given the opportunity to use their (well our now) tools. Of all of them I think BI Documenter is my favorite. Boy is this thing complete. Of...
View ArticleUsing TFS2010 with Visual Studio / BIDS 2008 and SQL Server Management Studio
When I come to a customer site, I often have to help them get setup with TFS (Team Foundation Server) 2010, Microsoft’s source code control / ALM (application lifecycle management) system. This is so...
View ArticleSSAS Training Resources
I’ve been asked to provide links to some useful resources for learning about SQL Server Analysis Services. Below are a list of my favorite blogs, books, and other sites to learn from. A quick...
View ArticleSSAS Duplicate Attribute Error – Another Cause
I had a real head banger this afternoon and I’m not talking about the heavy metal playlist I was jamming to in my iPod. I had a table that, in addition to the surrogate key, business keys, etc had...
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Make Your SSAS Data Source View Pretty
Anyone who works with SSAS (SQL Server Analysis Services) knows the DSV (Data Source View) is the key to the project. It is through the DSV that everything else is built on. Unfortunately, in most...
View ArticleWhy Do I Need An SSAS Cube?
A viewer of my Pluralsight courses wrote to me asking what I thought was an excellent question. “What is the advantage of having an SSAS Cube?” or at it’s root, why do we need cubes at all? What do...
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Solving “An error happened while reading data from the provider” When...
Introduction Recently I was working on a SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular project in Visual Studio 2019. In attempting to connect to a SQL Server database to import data, I got the following...
View ArticleConnecting to SSAS from Report Builder Query Designer – A Connection Cannot...
Introduction Recently I was attempting to create a dataset in the SQL Server Reporting Services Report Portal. I created my data source, then launched Report Builder to create my Dataset. Report...
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