SSRS Map Layers Parameter
With the new Map control in SSRS 2008 R2 there are three different map types, Road, Aerial, and Hybrid. If...
2013-11-15 (first published: 2013-11-11)
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SSIS Pivot on bad data
The pivot transform in SSIS is already a pain to use. When you have bad data it makes it even...
2013-10-31 (first published: 2013-10-28)
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SSIS Records on the Same Row – kind of like pivot
If you have two or more records on the same row, and need to write each record on its own...
2013-10-11 (first published: 2013-10-07)
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MDX YTD Calculation Issus
If you are using the templates for MDX calculation built into SSAS 2008 you might run into some strange issues....
2013-09-30
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MDX Scope with an If Then statement
The scope statement in MDX is great for applying calculations to a certain area of a cube, also called a...
2013-09-23
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Loop Through Excel Files in SSIS
You can loop through excel files using SSIS. This will use the For Each Loop container and a data flow...
2013-09-16
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Junk Dimensions with no Loading Needed
When you are working with dimensional modeling there are some situations where several dimensional attributes don’t make since to be...
2013-09-09
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Handling Large Many to Many bridge tables
In some scenarios you will need to create a many to many relationship in your cube in SSAS. One of...
2013-09-02
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Execute SSIS Packages with a Macro in BIDS
When running SSIS packages in BIDS it is common to click on the green arrow at the top of BIDS...
2013-08-26 (first published: 2013-08-19)
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Environment Variables in SSIS Packages and Configuration Tables
Configuration tables are a best practice in just about any SSIS environment. They make it easy to update multiple packages...
2013-08-12
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A New Operator
In SQL Server 2025, what does this code return?
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