Master Data Services (MDS): Miscellaneous tips
I have come across a number of tips while using MDS. These are tips not big enough for their own...
2012-10-23
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James Serra's Blog
Should a placement firm tell you what they are billing the client?
As a 1099 consultant, I usually use a placement firm to find a contract job. I always ask the placement...
2012-10-18
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MDS: Copying models and data to another server
Having recently completed a model in Master Data Services (MDS), I needed to move the model from a development environment...
2012-10-23 (first published: 2012-10-16)
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24 Hours of PASS videos online
All the videos for the sessions at 24 Hours of PASS (Fall 2012) are available for free. Check the session schedule for...
2012-10-12
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Interacting with Master Data Services (MDS)
There are four different way to interact with Master Data Services (MDS) to do things such as create a model, load...
2012-10-11
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MDS Error: “Cannot insert the value NULL into column ‘Code’”
In Microsoft Data Services (MDS), when running a stored procedure to process a staging table (stg.udp_name_Leaf), I received this error:
“Cannot...
2012-10-09
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SharePoint dependencies
Microsoft has made a big push the last few years to have all its end-user BI tools integrate with SharePoint,...
2012-10-04
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Master Data Services (MDS): Bug deleting an attribute
UPDATE on 11/28/2012: I had this same error when trying to delete a model. Fortunately, SQL Server 2012 SP1 has...
2012-10-04
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Master Data Services: Copy Versions
In Master Data Services (MDS), you can use the Master Data Manager Web User Interface “UI” to copy a version of...
2012-10-02
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MDS Error: “The status of the specified batch is not valid”
In Master Data Services (MDS), I received a strange error when I was calling a stored procedure (stg.upd_name_Leaf) to batch...
2012-09-27
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What is Page Density
In SQL Server, there is a concept of page density. This is determined by how much data is stored on each page. What is a page density of 90%?
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