Developing pipelines in Azure Data Factory using Template gallery
(2019-Feb-08) I often see demos of Azure Data Factory (ADF) development techniques with a modest set of activity tasks and not...
2019-02-08
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Data Adventures
Azure Data Factory integration with GitHub
(2019-Feb-06) Working with Azure Data Factory (ADF) enables me to build and monitor my Extract Transform Load (ETL) workflows in Azure....
2019-02-06
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Can I add a custom reference layer to ArcGIS and use it in Power BI?
(2019-Jan-28) When you work with maps using ArcGIS visual in Power BI, you always have a feeling that it is a...
2019-02-15 (first published: 2019-01-28)
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Time Animation with ArcGIS Maps in Power BI
(2019-Jan-14) Dynamic maps with dynamic visualization usually attract my attention, especially when I look at the satellite images of various cloud...
2019-01-24 (first published: 2019-01-14)
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Creating my own Map Shapefiles for Power BI
(2019-Jan-06) In the past, I used to always rely on shapefiles crafted by others to create my map visualizations in...
2019-01-15 (first published: 2019-01-06)
6,775 reads
Using WGS 84 shape maps in Power BI
(2018-Dec-31) Back in July of 2018, Ontario provincial government of Canada decided to decrease the number of Toronto city wards from 47...
2018-12-31
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Email Notifications in Azure Data Factory: Failure is not an option
(2018-Nov-27) When something goes wrong with your data transformation process in Azure Data Factory, the last thing you expect to happen...
2018-12-11 (first published: 2018-11-27)
9,565 reads
System Variables in Azure Data Factory: Your Everyday Toolbox
(2018-Nov-20) After working and testing the functionality of variables within Azure Data Factory pipelines, I realized that it's worth to explore...
2018-12-04 (first published: 2018-11-20)
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Append Variable activity in Azure Data Factory: Story of combining things together
(2018-Oct-29) There are only a few sentences in the official Microsoft web page that describe newly introduced activity task (Append Variable)...
2018-11-07 (first published: 2018-10-29)
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Setting Variables in Azure Data Factory Pipelines
(2018-Oct-15) Working with Azure Data Factory you always tend to compare its functionality with well established ETL packages in SSIS. Data...
2018-10-23 (first published: 2018-10-15)
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Blogs
Fabric as a Data Mesh Enabler: Rethinking Enterprise Data Distribution
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have approached data management with the same mindset as someone stuffing...
Truncate Table Pitfalls
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dataMinds Connect 2025 – Slides & Scripts
You can find all the session materials for the presentation “Indexing for Dummies” that...
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DBCC CHECKIDENT
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