There is Now A Delete Activity in Data Factory V2!
Data Factory can be a great tool for cloud and hybrid data integration. But since its inception, it was less...
2019-03-21 (first published: 2019-03-07)
1,908 reads
Meagan Longoria
- Website: http://DataSavvy.me
Violin Plots in Power BI
In case you aren’t familiar, I would like to introduce you to the violin plot.
A violin plot is a...
2019-03-05 (first published: 2019-02-14)
3,091 reads
What Data Is Being Sent Externally By Power BI Visuals?
As you build your Power BI reports, you may want to use maps and custom visuals. Have you thought about...
2019-02-28
50 reads
How Many Data Gateways Does My Azure BI Architecture Need?
It’s not always obvious when you need a data gateway in Azure, and not all gateways are labeled as such....
2019-02-07
881 reads
Join me for the PASS Data Expert Series Feb 7
I’m honored to have one of my PASS Summit sessions chosen to be part of the PASS Data Expert Series...
2019-02-06
148 reads
The Necessary Extras That Aren’t Shown in Your Azure BI Architecture Diagram
When we talk about Azure architectures for data warehousing or analytics, we usually show a diagram that looks like the...
2019-01-18 (first published: 2019-01-11)
2,374 reads
Tab Order Enhances Power BI Report Accessibility
Like a diamond in the sky.
How I wonder what you are!
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
Up above the world...
2018-12-26
178 reads
Power BI Visual Usability Checklist
At PASS Summit, I presented a session called “Do Your Data Visualizations Need a Makeover?”. In my session I explained...
2018-11-27 (first published: 2018-11-15)
2,723 reads
Learning Better Presentation Skills (T-SQL Tuesday #108)
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Malathi Mahadevan (@SqlMal). The topic is to pick one thing I would like to...
2018-11-22 (first published: 2018-11-13)
2,093 reads
Data Factory V2 Activity Dependencies are a Logical AND
Azure Data Factory V2 allows developers to branch and chain activities together in a pipeline. We define dependencies between activities as...
2018-10-16 (first published: 2018-10-03)
1,851 reads
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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
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ROLLUP to calculate Month total for all Categories
Good Afternoon, I have built a table with four columns: Period(Month), Category, Numerator, Denominator....
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Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
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