SSRS #75 – Use RunningValue() Function and VB Script to capture discrete dates
Drill-down report is a common design
In SSRS, it’s a common design to allow users to drill down to more granular...
2014-11-14 (first published: 2014-11-11)
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MDX #44–How to find all the calculated measures
Calculated measures are visually identifiable
If you have access to a cube, it’s quite easy to find all the calculated measures.
The...
2014-11-13
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MDX #43–Find a MDX Calculation Script
Finding out MDX calculation scripts is a common task
A co-worker recently asked me what the calculation for a calculated measure...
2014-11-12
1,342 reads
Book Review: Why You Should Read Expert Cube Development With SSAS 2012 Cover to Cover
Expert Cube Development with SSAS 2012 Multidimensional Models was published earlier this year by Packt Publishing. It’s the second edition...
2014-06-15
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MDX #41–Remove employees with less than $100,000 sales
Table of contents
Need to remove employees who have zero sales amountCreate a calculated measure with the IIF() function The NON...
2014-05-30
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SQL #54–Casting numbers with white spaces as Integer will fail
Table of contents
IsNumeric() funciton is too forgivenUse Pattern Matching with LIKE keywordLIKE keyword in T-SQL doesn’t support regular expressionReplace white...
2014-05-30
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DAX #2 – Installing AdventureWorks DW Tabular Model SQL Server 2012
OK, first thing first. We all know the famous Adventure Works multidimensional sample project. To learn the tubular mode/DAX, we...
2014-05-09 (first published: 2014-04-30)
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SSRS #74 – 2008 Cascading bug when you have a middle parameter
Some SSRS reports have a large number of parameters
I recently had a chance to help a co-worker to modify...
2014-05-09
1,764 reads
SQL #53 – Keyboard shortcut Alt + F1 works now in SSMS 2012
Keyboard shortcut Alt + F1 works now
SSMS has a rich set of keyboard shortcuts that works by default. But in SSMS...
2014-04-30
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DAX #1 – Learning DAX
I recently attended a virtual training of Tabular and Power Pivot for Developers taught by Kathy Vick at Pragmatic Works....
2014-04-25
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Blogs
Identity Columns Can’t Be Updated: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran...
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
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Can someone please explain what happens?
I have mentioned this several times over several years. Can someone please help me...
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Component) AS Found FROM tblComponents WHERE(Component NOT LIKE '%[a-z]%') AND(LTRIM(RTRIM(Component)) = 'GM13622')...
Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
What are the results? See possible answers