When you have SSAS cubes with millions of rows of data, it is very helpful to create partitions. If you have a few cubes you could probably do this manually, but if there are many or if you want to automate this process you should look for smarter solutions such as programming the creation of partitions dynamically.
2012-11-19
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SQL Saturday in the Ukraine. If you want a free day of training, sign up and attend.
2012-11-19
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The final day of Simon's journey to improve his OLAP knowledge and build a prototype cube.
2012-11-16
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This article explains how to use the GROUPING clause to generate subtotals for rows in a very easy fashion.
2012-11-16 (first published: 2010-07-13)
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A free day of SQL Server Business Intelligence sessions in Tampa, FL tomorrow.
2012-11-16
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SQL Server Failover Clustering, which includes support for both local and multisite failover configurations, is part of the SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn implementation suite, designed to provide high availability and disaster recovery for SQL Server. The multisite failover clustering technology has been enhanced significantly in SQL Server 2012. The multisite failover cluster architecture, enhancements in SQL Server 2012 to the technology, and some best practices to help with deployment of the technology are the primary focus of this paper.
2012-11-16
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2012-11-15
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In this sequel to his first "Hierarchies on Steroids" article, SQL Server MVP Jeff Moden shows us how to build a pre-aggregated table that will answer most of the questions that you could ask of a typical hierarchy. Any bets on whether Santa is packin’ a Tally Table in his bag or not?
2012-11-15
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SQL Server 2012 enhanced the SQL Server 2008 FileStream data type by introducing FileTable, which lets an application integrate its storage and data management components to allow non-transactional access, and provide integrated SQL Server services. Arshad Ali explains how.
2012-11-15
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Day 5, the first real day of the Summit. Amir Netz' session and a little cube work.
2012-11-14
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Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
By Steve Jones
mauerbauertraurigkeit – n. inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company...
By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
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In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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