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SQL Azure has been evolving at an amazing pace. Here is a list that summarizes the evolution till June 2012:
SQL Azure, June 2012 (During Meet Windows Azure event)
SQL Azure reporting is now generally available and is backed by SLA
SQL Azure now called Wi...
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Have you ever had someone sent you a PowerPivot model and asked you to do something with it? And if so – may be, you would have to see what data source(s) the model is using and if applicable, you test the existing connections. If you find yourselves...
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This blog post is for people who have seen the reports built on PowerPivot model where the Month Names are not in correct logical order. So instead of “January, February, March, April …” (which is correct logical order), the order in the...
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I had to reboot my Dev Machine on which I have my SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence Setup. After reboot, It turns out that when I wanted to open the SharePoint Site (for Power View related work) – it gives me error:
“Service Unavailable
HT...
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This is short post written for FUN!
I just figured a way to visualize FourSquare checkins on Google Maps (Courtesy: LifeHacker Post).
This is my check-ins represented on Google Maps when I visited Boston recently:
Here’s how you do it:
1) Go to http...
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I hear you ask: “why are you writing about columnar databases?”. To answer that, I have spent some time researching about PowerPivot and Tabular Model these days which is powered by what Microsoft calls xVelocity (previously called Vertipaq) en...
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With all the news about “Big Data”, I had a question:
Where does Big Data come from?
So I researched and here are the Big Data “Sources” that I found:
1. Enterprise data (emails, word documents, pdf’s, etc)
2. Transactions
3. ...
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I passed couple of SQL Server 2012 business intelligence beta exams! The exams are:
71-463: Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
71-466: Implementing Data Models and Reports with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Filed under: beyondrelati...
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I was reading this paper on MAD Skills when I read this quote and loved it – so sharing this with you all!
If you are looking for a career where your services will be in high demand, you should find something where you provide a scarce, complementary...
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Visualizing stuff is powerful – if you have visualized something then you can remember it for a longer period of time. So in this post, we will visualize what the Merge Transformation in SQL Server Integration services (SSIS) Does:
Note:
1) Do not...
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