Master Data Services: Expand the Leaf member attributes box
In Master Data Services (MDS), when using the Master Data Manager Web User Interface (“UI”), you will notice the “Leaf member...
2012-09-19
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Blog Posts
Master Data Services: Versioning
In Master Data Services (MDS), you can create multiple versions of the master data within a model. When you create...
2012-09-19 (first published: 2012-09-17)
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SQL Server – Understanding ‘Agent XPs’ Server Configuration Option
Today we got an escalation where on one of the servers ‘Agent XPs’ was in a disabled state. And when...
2012-09-19
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To the cloud!
This last year or so I have been backing up my important files to cloud. I started using SkyDrive and...
2012-09-19
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Upcoming speaking engagements
Ayyyy, matey being that today is the International Speak Like a Pirate Day I thought it was appropriate to post some future...
2012-09-19
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Upgrade SQL Server 2005 Full-Text Catalog to SQL Server 2012……By Backup & Restore…….Part 1 of 2
Upgrading fulltext data from a SQL Server 2005 database to SQL Server 2012 by restoring a database backup.
The full database...
2012-09-19
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What I Expect From 24 Hours Of Pass
24 Hours of Pass is tomorrow. If you haven’t registered yet, now is a good time.
I expect to:
Have little to no...
2012-09-19
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X-XMLA: vi. Processing and Out-of-Line Bindings in XMLA
In this post, I will progressively go through processing a partition from full process, to incremental process, and finally to...
2012-09-19
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Your Boss Wants You To Be Better at X
Imagine that you use a piece of software as part of your work, but it’s not what you consider the...
2012-09-19
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24 Hours of PASS: Hosting Rod Colledge–BI in Sharepoint
The Virtual Chapters of PASS are asked to host sessions during this Fall’s 24 Hours of PASS preview for the...
2012-09-18
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Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Forums
Optimism Without Illusion or Why AI Needs Blunt Technologists
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Optimism Without Illusion or Why...
SSIS with VS2022 64/32 issue with Excel files
Hi all, I'm trying to do classic scenario for loading multiple Excel files into...
Case part is sloooooow
Hi So the case statement is slowing this down - but for the life...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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