Techfuse, a New Laptop, and How Microsoft Azure Helped Save the Day
On Tuesday, April 22, I had the opportunity to speak at the Techfuse conference in Minneapolis. I was presenting a...
2014-04-24
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DataOnWheels
Oracle Tips for MSBI Devs #6: Supporting SSAS Tabular Development
As SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular Models become more popular, models will use Oracle databases as sources. One of the...
2014-04-14
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Ten Years and Counting …
On March 8, 2014, I reached ten years of service at Magenic Technologies. When I started in 1999 (don’t do...
2014-03-14
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Setting Up Tabular Models on Windows Azure
In my last post, I discussed how to set up Oracle in Windows Azure. During a customer call, there were...
2014-03-12
2,742 reads
Oracle Tips for MSBI Devs #5: Working with Oracle on Windows Azure
As you have likely noticed in my series, Oracle Tips for MSBI Devs, I have done a lot of work...
2014-02-24
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Rochester – Welcome to the PASS MN Family
It started as a vision for expanding the reach of the Minnesota SQL Server User Group a year ago. At...
2014-01-23
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Work Ethic and Family – A Tribute to My Parents
A tribute is an expression of gratitude or praise. A couple of years ago, I started a series about individuals...
2014-01-09
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Exploring Excel 2013 for BI Tip #14: Sparklines and Pivot Tables
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
2014-01-07
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2013 – A Year In Review
It is in our nature as humans to look back in order to understand where we have been.
Warning – some of...
2014-01-03
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Exploring Excel 2013 for BI Tip #13: Connecting Slicers in Pivot Tables Sourced from a Power Pivot Model
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
2013-12-17
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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
Truncate Table Pitfalls Truncating a table can be gloriously fast—and spectacularly dangerous when used carelessly....
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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