SQL Rally Schedule
Thursday, May 12
BI
DBA
DEV
PD / WILD
CARD
8:30 - 9:30
SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse - Under the Hood
Brian Mitchell
The Dirty Dozen: PowerShell Scripts for the...
2011-04-05
1,124 reads
Devin Knight
SQL Saturday #74 Jacksonville
For the 4th year SQL Saturday comes to Jacksonville, FL this year on April 30, 2011. Many of you already...
2011-03-30
1,514 reads
SSAS - Measures or Attributes in Multiple Display Folders
I had a client recently show me a neat little tip that I thought I would share.In the cube he...
2011-03-22
1,283 reads
Passing Values into an SSIS Package at Runtime from Outside the Package
SSIS provide several methods for passing values into your packages at runtime.The benefit of doing so allows you to change...
2011-03-14
34,688 reads
SSAS – Changing the Dimension ALL Member Name
All Analysis Services dimensions have a default All member that represents all the members for a particular attribute.For example, let’s...
2011-03-07
2,168 reads
SSAS - Preserve Measure Null Values
Generally when designing a data warehouse (at least in my experience) you don’t think about NULL values appearing often in...
2011-02-28
5,863 reads
Testing SSAS Security in Excel
There are many posts available that describe how to test Analysis Services security from inside the development environment.Today I would...
2011-02-21
1,500 reads
SQL Rally Performance Tuning SSAS Session
Last week the final sessions for SQL Rally were announced, and I was very excited to find out my Performance Tuning...
2011-02-16
1,237 reads
Pre-Order SharePoint 2010 Business Intelligence 24-Hour Trainer
I wanted to announce that you can now pre-order your copy of my latest book to be released called SharePoint...
2011-02-07
952 reads
SQL Rally BI Sessions
This week the voting for the SQL Rally BI track went out, and I wanted to send a quick reminder...
2011-02-01
1,195 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Responsibility
By Steve Jones
“The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not...
Power BI Performance in 2026: A Practical Guide to Faster Semantic Models and Reports
By James Serra
Originally published April 2022; substantially updated July 2026. This post is a complete replacement...
Getting Started with Azure SQL Developer on Macbook
The idea behind Azure SQL Developer is for anyone to build, iterate, and test...
Forums
Migration Challenge: Excessive FULLSCAN Statistics Update Duration Blocking SQL
Hello everyone , I am planning to migrate a database from SQL Server 2014...
SQL Agent Job Automated Change Capture Process
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Agent Job Automated Change...
Another Model, More Data Loss
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Question of the Day
Finding a Database Master Key
Where do I check for the existence of a Database Master Key (DMK) in SQL Server 2025?
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