Combining Silver Tables into a Model – Data Engineering with Fabric
This next article in the series creates objects at the gold layer for consumption by combining tables from the silver layer of the lake house.
Building a Culture of Data: The Technical Aspects
In the first part of this two-part series, I covered the mostly non-technical aspects of building a data culture. While the lion’s share of the work will be getting people to work together and embrace ever deeper use of data, as a reader of Simple-Talk, a lot of this transition will be technical.
Microsoft at the PASS Data Community Summit 2023
Microsoft will be presenting a number of sessions at the PASS Data Community Summit 2023. Read about their plans for the event and register to come if you can.
Crazy Interviews
Today Steve has a few thoughts about some of the nightmare interview processes tech workers are going through.
Using Machine Learning Pipeline Execution Activity in Azure Data Factory
This article shows how one can run a machine learning activity in an Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipeline.
Read Data Stored in a Lake Database using Azure Synapse Analytics
In this article, we look at how to read data stored in a lake database using Azure Synapse Analytics to help reduce overall Azure costs.
Honeybee Swarms
I love honeybees. This will be my seventh year as an amateur beekeeper, and aside from family or data, there are few other topics that I could easily spend an afternoon talking to you about. They’re amazing creatures. This past winter I had to move my beehives temporarily to the apiary of a friend. With […]
Identifying Customer Buying Pattern in Power BI - Part 2
In this article, we develop the Power BI DAX formula for basket analysis. It is the technique used in retail industry for market based analysis.
Multiple Display Productivity
How many monitors do you need? Steve notes that having multiple ones seems to be a standard these days for tech workers. Do more make you more productive? Answer the poll today.
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #174 – My Favorite Interview Question
By Steve Jones
This month is a great topic to me. I think growing and improving your...
T-SQL Tuesday #174: Job Interview Questions
By Brian Kelley
Once upon a time, I used to think of difficult technical questions to ask...
Power BI: Refreshable Excel Files in PBI Service
By DataOnWheels
Ever since Excel made its debut in the 1980’s, it has been used as...
Forums
Querystore information missing, why?
Anyone experienced an interval in Querystore missing information? In the environment I'm in right...
SQL Server error
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SQL driver to connect to old version
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