Connecting to Azure Blobs in Power BI
The step-by-step process below walks through connecting to data housed in Azure Blob Storage from Power BI using a SAS token. There are many ways to grab your data...
2021-07-26
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DataOnWheels
Moving Synapse Databases Between Subscriptions – Practical Guidance
One of the tasks, we often do with migration projects is move large volumes of data. Depending on how you are configured, you may need to do the migration...
2021-06-16 (first published: 2021-06-01)
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Power BI: Making Date & Time Keys
Saving the Day from Delay Part 2 Creating DateKey and TimeKey columns can be done with built in functions in the Power Query editor. Quick call out, if you...
2021-01-26 (first published: 2021-01-18)
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Power BI: Data Model Optimization
Saving the Day from Delay Part 1 Optimizing your data model can be a daunting task. If you read the intro to this series, you know one of the...
2021-01-19 (first published: 2021-01-13)
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Saving the Day from Delay: Recap & Series Kick-Off
Ironically, I’m a few months behind on a recap for my presentation on building and using a sustainable, dynamic date query in M code – Saving the Day from...
2021-01-12 (first published: 2021-01-05)
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I Wrote a Book – Hands-On SQL Server 2019 Analysis Services
While not the first time I have authored, this is the first book that I wrote as the sole author. Analysis Services is the product I built my career...
2020-11-20
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Welcome to 3Cloud …
A little over a month ago, Pragmatic Works Consulting was a part of a merger that included 3Cloud and Applied Cloud Services over a period of a few months....
2020-10-30 (first published: 2020-10-23)
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Azure SQL Database Elasticity – Presentation Notes
This blog covers the content and points to the code used to create the demos in my Azure SQL Database Elasticity presentations. As of today, I have presented this...
2020-10-27 (first published: 2020-10-20)
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New Logo, More Family Contributions
Kristyna and I were looking for an update to our logo prior our sponsorship and speaking at the Minnesota SQL Server User Group (PASSMN) in September 2020. I had...
2020-09-03
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Your First Databricks Notebook
On August 4, 2020, I presented this on the weekly Pragmatic Works webinar series. You can view that presentation here. As part of that presentation, I committed to give...
2020-08-26 (first published: 2020-08-13)
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Goal Progress for July 2021
By Steve Jones
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress...
Data Modeling at your fingertips
By Rayis Imayev
(2021-July-30) A picture is worth a thousand words, the same way a visual database schema...
How to put a SQL Server Database into Recovery Pending
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