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  • January 25, 2018 at 2:13 pm

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    Revenant - Thursday, January 25, 2018 1:44 PM

    GroverVivek - Thursday, January 25, 2018 11:04 AM

    And In SQL Developers I am considering guys who also work in SSRS on daily basis. But still should have had done some R&D to know what R can give what SSRS can't give.

    Strength of R is not in its graphics libraries, no matter how powerful they are.

    Maybe not, but GGPlot in reports is pretty damn close. 🙂

    Vivek: Being a T-SQL developer doesn't mean you only study SQL. You should have other tools in your toolbox, you should be at least familiar with R or Python, as well as Powershell or Bash (or other scripting/automation language) plus any other languages that are relevant for your areas of interest/work

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