Join me for the PASS Data Expert Series Feb 7
I’m honored to have one of my PASS Summit sessions chosen to be part of the PASS Data Expert Series...
2019-02-06
145 reads
Data Savvy
The Necessary Extras That Aren’t Shown in Your Azure BI Architecture Diagram
When we talk about Azure architectures for data warehousing or analytics, we usually show a diagram that looks like the...
2019-01-18 (first published: 2019-01-11)
2,368 reads
Tab Order Enhances Power BI Report Accessibility
Like a diamond in the sky.
How I wonder what you are!
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
Up above the world...
2018-12-26
175 reads
Power BI Visual Usability Checklist
At PASS Summit, I presented a session called “Do Your Data Visualizations Need a Makeover?”. In my session I explained...
2018-11-27 (first published: 2018-11-15)
2,721 reads
Learning Better Presentation Skills (T-SQL Tuesday #108)
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Malathi Mahadevan (@SqlMal). The topic is to pick one thing I would like to...
2018-11-22 (first published: 2018-11-13)
2,089 reads
Data Factory V2 Activity Dependencies are a Logical AND
Azure Data Factory V2 allows developers to branch and chain activities together in a pipeline. We define dependencies between activities as...
2018-10-16 (first published: 2018-10-03)
1,843 reads
Join Me At PASS Summit 2018
The PASS Summit 2018 schedule has been published, and I’m on it twice! On Monday, November 5, I am giving...
2018-09-06
265 reads
Considerations for Using Layout Images in Power BI
Using layout images in Power BI has become a popular design trend. When I say layout images, I’m referring to...
2018-08-07 (first published: 2018-07-28)
2,088 reads
Power BI Report Accessibility Checklist
In many cases, some small changes can go a long way in making your Power BI reports more accessible for...
2018-06-07
1,187 reads
Choosing a Color Palette For Your Power BI Report
Color is a powerful attribute in data visualization. In a good visualization, it can focus attention and enhance meaning and...
2018-06-05 (first published: 2018-05-27)
2,596 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Foilsick
By Steve Jones
foilsick – adj. feeling ashamed after revealing a little too much of yourself to...
Accelerated Database Recovery for tempdb in SQL Server 2025
Accelerated database recovery was introduced in SQL Server 2019 and provides fast recovery, instantaneous...
Measuring What Matters: Operationalizing Data Trust for CDOs
By Chris Yates
Trust is the currency of the data economy. Without it, even the most advanced...
Forums
Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Create an HTML Report on...
count the number of NULLs in a row
Hi everyone I have a SP that finds the average based on 3 tables. ...
Deleting data in large table
I have a large table with 17M+ rows for our package record audits. I've...