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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James Serra's Blog
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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Master Data Services: Resources
Here are some of my favorite Master Data Services (MDS) resources:
SQL Server Master Data Services Utilities: A set of useful...
2012-09-25
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TechEd Australia 2012 videos online
Microsoft has posted ALL the session videos for TechEd Austrialia 2012 and they are available for free! Get your learning...
2012-09-24
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SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) – September 2012 update
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) has a new update (version 11.1.20905, with the previous version being 11.1.20225). The SSDT team...
2012-09-21
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #204 – Are blogs still relevant?
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
A Front Door for the DBA Team – AgentDBA UI
By Arun Sirpal
AgentDBA began as a command line. That suits one DBA on one server, but...
Cleaning Up Azure MS Defender Billing
By Steve Jones
I have a few Azure subscriptions, which are fairly small and not used that...
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