Updating PowerPivot model and PowerView report with PowerShell
Before I start describing a problem that my PowerShell script helps to resolve, these are a few blog posts of...
2015-06-18
4,796 reads
Rayis Imayev
- Website: http://datanrg.blogspot.com/
Powershell for SSRS in SharePoint: Multiple data sources and shared datasets
I thought that I would leave any further attempts to improve my Powershell script that was used to deploy SSRS...
2015-05-14
3,833 reads
Big Data Hackathon in Microsoft Canada: Power Map will find your way!
Big Data, what a term! Some people instantly think of a huge sometimes cumbersome volume of information, others define it...
2015-04-10
1,634 reads
SSRS report footer is NOT lost in Excel
With all the recent changes and updates within the Microsoft PowerBI universe, SSRS core technology gets less and less attention....
2015-04-07 (first published: 2015-03-31)
14,109 reads
PowerPivot Saga 2: DAX OR function (OR there is something better)
I didn't realize that the DAX OR function only accepts 2 arguments compared with the similar function in Excel where a limit of...
2014-12-24
12,945 reads
PowerPivot Saga: Scheduled Refresh more than once a day
PowerPivot data models in Excel is a great way to quickly pull data from various sources, build relationship between different...
2014-11-03
2,470 reads
SSRS report rendered in EXCELOPENXML then something went missing
Recently I had been requested by a client to look into one of their SSRS reports issues. They had one...
2014-10-16
3,158 reads
SSIS Pivot makes you stronger
At the recent Toronto SQL Server User group meeting Michal J Swart (@MJSwart) gave a good presentation based on 10...
2014-10-15
900 reads
SSRS report: Multi-value parameter going after Data-driven subscription
It is always good to enrich SSRS reports with multi-value parameters; users have more flexibility to combine different reporting scenario...
2014-09-03 (first published: 2014-08-27)
27,826 reads
Power View report migration from SharePoint 2010 to 2013
With the latest changes to the Microsoft Power BI and ability to create Power View reports within an Excel file...
2014-07-31 (first published: 2014-07-24)
8,223 reads
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SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Setting PK Names in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
A customer was testing Redgate Data Modeler and complained that it auto-generated PK names....
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
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Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers