DAX – Cumulative Total and Blank Handling
When developing DAX measure, you should be aware that Blank value behavior might be similarly insidious as NULL value in...
2018-10-23
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Internal Query Processor Error Debugged
In Joyful Craftsmen we provide, among other things, technical support to our customers, which from time to time involves us...
2018-10-16
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CCI – Data Loading considerations with Partitioned Tables and CCI
Introduction
In this blog post, I would like to describe two case scenarios of bulk loading data, using SSIS, into a...
2018-10-10
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CCI Bulk Load Pitfalls 2 – Parametrization of Dynamic SQL
Intro
In the last blog I showed how important statistics are for CCI bulk load even on small tables. This time...
2018-09-26
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CCI – How to load data for better Columnstore Segment Elimination
Introduction
In this blog post, I would like to explain what a columnstore segment elimination is and how to load data...
2018-09-11
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CCI Bulk Load Pitfalls 1 – ETL Framework and up-to-date Statistics
Intro
I would like to start a miniseries of blogs where I try to summarize lessons learned from large data loading...
2018-09-03
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How to handle big numbers in SSAS Tabular
Intro
Intro
I have recently faced the issue of handling big numbers in SSAS Tabular. Our SSAS model processes accounting data for...
2018-07-27
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SSAS Tabular – Fact Table Key Columns Datatype Impact
Intro
I’m working on a solution where warehouse uses string codes as the keys for dimensions. Therefore the fact table is...
2018-05-23
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DAX IF & Switch Statement Performance – Does Order Matter?
Intro
I’ve written a couple of article about IF & SWITCH in DAX over the past few years. Recently I noticed that...
2018-01-31
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SSAS Tabular – Large Dimension Performance II
What are the limits?
What are the limits?
Of course, as a follow-up to my last article you might ask at least...
2017-11-29
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Huge frustration - Database watcher with two elastic pools
Think there's a reason why this is still in preview, but have someone manage...
SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and Optimize Query Performance
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Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
This is a generic question. To the moderators, I wasn't sure where to place...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers