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Bradley Schacht
Archives: July 2012
Exporting Data Using BCP
BCP, or bulk copy program, has been around in SQL Server for a long time. It is a great way to export large quantities of data very quickly from SQL Server. It can be used to export entire tables or even a custom query. In this post we will focus… Read more
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Posted in Bradley Schacht on 31 July 2012
Color Expressions in SSAS Calculations
Color expressions in SSAS allow you to build an MDX expression to control the color of text displayed in a calculation. This property can be found in the Calculations tab of the cube editor when working in BIDS. Simply select a calcuation and look for the section labeled Color Expressions… Read more
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Posted in Bradley Schacht on 27 July 2012
Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013 Beta
If you follow anything outside the regular SQL Server world coming from Microsoft it should be Office and more importantly SharePoint. The two follow the same release cycle and as of today (July 16th actually) they have released a public beta for Office and more importantly SharePoint 2013!
If you… Read more
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Posted in Bradley Schacht on 17 July 2012
PowerPivot for Excel 2013
The preview for Office 2013 is live!! You can hop over to the Microsoft website and grab it here: http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/en/try-office-preview. Naturally I am eager to see all the BI features in both Office and SharePoint. If you have ever used PowerPivot then you know how cool the technology is.… Read more
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Posted in Bradley Schacht on 17 July 2012
PowerPivot for Excel Now 2012 Only
I’m not exactly sure when this happened, but it looks like Microsoft has moved past the PowerPivot 2008R2 and PowerPivot 2012 model and is now just offering PowerPivot on their website. Previously there were two options as I just mentioned with the 2012 version being labeled RTM.
Now that the… Read more
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Posted in Bradley Schacht on 17 July 2012
Understanding the CDC State Value
If you are using Change Data Capture (CDC) it can be very useful to look at the CDC State table to understand what is happening. I am writing this in the context of using SSIS 2012 CDC components; in this case the CDC Control Task. The CD State can be… Read more
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Posted in Bradley Schacht on 12 July 2012
SSIS 2012 Change Data Capture (CDC) Control Task
Change data capture was introduced in SQL Server 2008 and has been pretty popular ever since. The basic concept behind it is that all changes (inserts, updates, deletes) are captured and the details made available in a consumable manner. This means ultimately that all changes will be written to a… Read more
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Posted in Bradley Schacht on 10 July 2012