Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 101 – Tachometer)
In this module you will learn how to use the Tachometer. The Tachometer for communicating performance against a goal.
Module 101...
2018-05-08 (first published: 2018-05-02)
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2018-05-08 (first published: 2018-04-30)
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T-SQL Tuesday #102 – Giving Back
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T-SQL Tuesday #102 – Giving Back
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2018-05-08
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Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
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The Empty Aggregate
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Question of the Day
The Empty Aggregate
I have this table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CustomerOrder] ( [OrderID] [int] NULL, [CustomerID] [int] NULL, [total] [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOWhat is returned from this code? (answers are for the sum and then the count)
SELECT SUM(total) AS sum,
COUNT(total) AS count
FROM dbo.CustomerOrder;
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