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Random Procrastination · 2M ago

BIDS Helper 1.6 Beta Release (now with SQL 2012 support!)

The beta for BIDS Helper 1.6 was just released. We have not updated the version notification just yet as we would like to get some feedback on people's experiences with the SQL 2012 version. So if you are using SQL 2012, go grab it and let us know how you go (you can post a comment on this blog post
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Random Procrastination · 7M ago

SQL PASS Summit & MVP Deepdives Volume 2

I'm currently in Seattle enjoying the start of some of the activities around the SQL PASS Summit. One of the activities that I'm looking forward to is the book signing session for the MVP Deepdives Volume 2 at lunchtime on Wednesday. I was fortunate to be one of the 60 or so authors this time aroun
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Random Procrastination · 7M ago

SQL PASS Summit & MVP Deepdives Volume 2

I'm currently in Seattle enjoying the start of some of the activities around the SQL PASS Summit. One of the activities that I'm looking forward to is the book signing session for the MVP Deepdives Volume 2 at lunchtime on Wednesday. I was fortunate to be one of the 60 or so authors this time aroun
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Random Procrastination · 7M ago

Book Review - MDX with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services: Cookbook

Full Disclosure: I was one of the technical reviewers on this book. I think my friend Tomislav did a great job on this book and it would make a valuable addition to the bookshelf of anyone that is working with MDX. I really enjoyed reading this and there were even a couple of interesting techniques
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Random Procrastination · 7M ago

Book Review - MDX with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services: Cookbook

Full Disclosure: I was one of the technical reviewers on this book. I think my friend Tomislav did a great job on this book and it would make a valuable addition to the bookshelf of anyone that is working with MDX. I really enjoyed reading this and there were even a couple of interesting techniques
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Random Procrastination · 8M ago

I'm an Analysis Services Maestro

A number of people have spotted this announcement on the SQLCAT blog already: http://sqlcat.com/sqlcat/b/technicalnotes/archive/2011/09/19/announcing-the-first-wave-of-ssas-maestros.aspx, but if you have not seen it yet, I’m very proud to say that I’ve been made an Analysis Services Maestro! If yo
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Random Procrastination · 8M ago

I'm an Analysis Services Maestro

A number of people have spotted this announcement on the SQLCAT blog already: http://sqlcat.com/sqlcat/b/technicalnotes/archive/2011/09/19/announcing-the-first-wave-of-ssas-maestros.aspx, but if you have not seen it yet, I’m very proud to say that I’ve been made an Analysis Services Maestro! If yo
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Random Procrastination · 11M ago

BIDS Helper version 1.5 Released

Today the BIDS Helper team released a new version the details below are taken from the download page for the new release. Those of you with BIDS Helper already installed should get a new version notification when you next launch BIDS. The major feature in this release is the Biml Package Generator,
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Random Procrastination · 11M ago

BIDS Helper version 1.5 Released

Today the BIDS Helper team released a new version the details below are taken from the download page for the new release. Those of you with BIDS Helper already installed should get a new version notification when you next launch BIDS. The major feature in this release is the Biml Package Generator,
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Random Procrastination · 1Y ago

MDX needs a function or macro syntax

I was having an interesting discussion with a few people about the impact of named sets on performance (the same discussion noted by Chris Webb here: http://cwebbbi.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/referencing-named-sets-in-calculations). And apparently the core of the performance issue comes down to the wa
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