SQL Server 2012: New Business Intelligence features
SQL Server 2012 has many new Business Intelligence (BI) features and enhancements. Here are my top 12, in order of...
2012-10-30
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James Serra's Blog
Using PerformancePoint against tabular data
PerformancePoint (PPS) is typically used against multidimensional data sources (i.e. Analysis Services), but it does have the ability, albeit limited, to work against...
2012-10-25
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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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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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PostgreSQL: Diagnosing and Fixing a Sequential Scan with No Filter Predicate
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Giving AI Agents Visibility Into SQL Server with MCP
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