The issue When migrating the solution I’m currently working on to Azure eight months ago I was initially looking at transferring the SSIS packages that performed the ETL. We...
2020-05-07 (first published: 2020-04-27)
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My next tip is to test your BI solution with the volume of data that you are expecting. This is...
2019-03-13 (first published: 2019-02-25)
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In this article I’m going to show you how I build my time dimensions. There are lots of different ways...
2019-02-26 (first published: 2019-02-04)
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In this article I’ll be discussing the benefits of using a consistent unknown member key across your data warehouse. And...
2019-02-18 (first published: 2019-01-28)
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In this article I’ll discuss making your data warehouse better. I’ll admit that this is a pretty obvious aspiration, but...
2019-02-11
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My fifth data warehousing tip is to always use surrogate keys for your dimension and fact tables.
Surrogate keys are keys...
2019-02-07 (first published: 2019-01-18)
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My fourth data warehousing tip is to trust your instinct when it comes to building solutions, and if to you...
2019-01-21 (first published: 2019-01-14)
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My third data warehousing tip is to build thin slice. Deliver subsets of valuable functionality. Get feedback and buy in,...
2019-01-16 (first published: 2019-01-07)
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I’ve seen data warehouses that nobody trusts, or are just too complex for end users to report on. Users will...
2018-12-28
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My first data warehousing tip is to store fact data at the leaf level. If you aggregate your fact data...
2018-12-10
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By Steve Jones
Next week I’m heading to the Lowry Conference Center in Denver for the RMOUG...
By Steve Jones
Today’s coping tip is to go to bed in good time and allow yourself...
By SQLBalls
Hello Dear Reader! After a weekend with a lot of activities, it was a...
Hi folks, I have a single Postgres instance on RDS that in the past...
hi, IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME ='abc' AND COLUMN_NAME IN...
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