My Preferences for SSIS Design
Lately, I have been using SSIS execution frameworks and Biml created by other people to populate data marts and data warehouses. It has taught me a few things and...
2019-08-20 (first published: 2019-08-08)
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Data Savvy
Check Out the Updated Violin Plot Power BI Custom Visual
I wrote about the violin plot custom visual by Daniel Marsh-Patrick back in February. I thought it was a good visual then, but version 1.3 has recently been released...
2019-08-13 (first published: 2019-08-01)
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Why We Don’t Truncate Dimensions and Facts During a Data Load
Every once in a while, I come across a data warehouse where the data load uses a full truncate and reload pattern to populate a fact or dimension. While...
2019-07-25
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What You Need to Know About Data Classifications in Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Data classifications in Azure SQL DW entered public preview in March 2019. They allow you to label columns in your data warehouse with their information type and sensitivity level....
2019-06-18 (first published: 2019-05-30)
433 reads
Turning a Corporate Color Palette into a Data Visualization Color Palette
Last week, I had a conversation on twitter about dealing with corporate color palettes that don’t work well for data visualization. Usually, this happens because corporate palettes are designed...
2019-06-03 (first published: 2019-05-16)
1,426 reads
Storytelling Without Data?
There are many great resources out there for data visualization. Some of my favorite data viz people are Storytelling With Data (b|t), Alberto Cairo (b|t), and Andy Kirk (b|t)....
2019-04-23 (first published: 2019-04-11)
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Power BI: Where Should My Data Live? Webcast
When you start a Power BI project, you need to decide how and where you should store the data in your dataset. There are three “traditional” options: Imported Model:...
2019-03-28
47 reads
Power BI Now Has Keyboard Accessible Visual Interactions
The March 2019 release of Power BI Desktop has brought us keyboard accessible visual interactions. One of Power BI’s natural...
2019-04-10 (first published: 2019-03-21)
1,889 reads
There is Now A Delete Activity in Data Factory V2!
Data Factory can be a great tool for cloud and hybrid data integration. But since its inception, it was less...
2019-03-21 (first published: 2019-03-07)
1,915 reads
What Data Is Being Sent Externally By Power BI Visuals?
As you build your Power BI reports, you may want to use maps and custom visuals. Have you thought about...
2019-02-28
66 reads
Blogs
Experimenting with CHOOSE: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was looking over the CHOOSE() function while editing an article at SQL Server...
Fighting Procrastination?
By Brian Kelley
Here is another short video (~ 15 minutes). This is by the author of...
A Fun Prize at the PASS Data Community Summit
By Steve Jones
I had a briefing for the 2026 PASS Data Community Summit, which is just...
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SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles
In SQL Server 2022+, what does the ##MS_DatabaseConnector## role allow?
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