The fundamental requirements of a reporting system
There are some fundamental boxes that your reporting system must tick. ✅ The figures must be accurate A good reporting solution can be trusted. A bad one causes confusion...
2025-11-02
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Chris Jenkins' Blog
SSIS Azure Blob Source Text Qualifier Issue
The issue When migrating the solution I’m currently working on to Azure eight months ago I was initially looking at transferring the SSIS packages that performed the ETL. We...
2020-05-07 (first published: 2020-04-27)
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Data Warehousing Tip #9 – Test at Volume
My next tip is to test your BI solution with the volume of data that you are expecting. This is...
2019-03-13 (first published: 2019-02-25)
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Data Warehousing Tip #8 – Make it better
In this article I’ll discuss making your data warehouse better. I’ll admit that this is a pretty obvious aspiration, but...
2019-02-11
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Data Warehousing Tip #7 – How I build a time dimension
In this article I’m going to show you how I build my time dimensions. There are lots of different ways...
2019-02-26 (first published: 2019-02-04)
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Data Warehousing Tip #6 – Use a consistent unknown member key
In this article I’ll be discussing the benefits of using a consistent unknown member key across your data warehouse. And...
2019-02-18 (first published: 2019-01-28)
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Data Warehousing Tip #5 – Use surrogate keys
My fifth data warehousing tip is to always use surrogate keys for your dimension and fact tables.
Surrogate keys are keys...
2019-02-07 (first published: 2019-01-18)
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Data Warehousing Tip #4 – Trust your instinct
My fourth data warehousing tip is to trust your instinct when it comes to building solutions, and if to you...
2019-01-21 (first published: 2019-01-14)
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Data Warehousing Tip #3 – Build thin slice
My third data warehousing tip is to build thin slice. Deliver subsets of valuable functionality. Get feedback and buy in,...
2019-01-16 (first published: 2019-01-07)
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Data Warehousing Tip #2 – What your data warehouse should be
I’ve seen data warehouses that nobody trusts, or are just too complex for end users to report on. Users will...
2018-12-28
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Blogs
Regression Testing: DAX User Defined Functions
User Defined Functions is a new feature in PowerBI currently in public preview. There...
The fundamental requirements of a reporting system
By ChrisJenkins
There are some fundamental boxes that your reporting system must tick. ✅ The figures...
Seeing the Bigger Picture: How A Monitoring Tool Changed My Approach to Estate Management
By Chris Yates
When it comes to managing complex database environments, having the right monitoring solution is...
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SQL MI Next-gen general purpose tier
Has anyone used Azure SQL MI on the next-gen general purpose tier, Microsoft documentation...
Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
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The Last Good DBCC Run
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The Last Good DBCC Run
I want to check when DBCC CHECKDB was last run on my Baseball database. What code should I use?
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