PowerPivot import data from SQL Server
In this tutorial we start creating PowerPivot model in Excel 2013 (very similar in 2010) by importing data from our...
2012-07-22
1,140 reads
Katie and Emil
SQL CREATE TABLE Statement
We have created a simple tutorial for SQL Create Table that may help some of you to prepare for Microsoft...
2012-07-20
675 reads
technorati blog directory 8HBVGY7K4K5E
We found another Blog directory that is willing to accept our RSS feed. And we have been asked to put...
2012-07-20
515 reads
Excel 2013 Power View set up
In this blog post I will share steps I have taken to set up PowerView using Excel 2013. Hopefully tomorrow...
2012-07-19
979 reads
Excel 2013 enable PowerPivot addin
In this blog post we cover instructions on how to enable PowerPivot in Excel 2013 (you can follow them in...
2012-07-19
1,158 reads
Excel 2013 download and install
Office 2013 Preview is not avialable. I'm particularly interested in Excel 2013 and new self-server BI features so I decided...
2012-07-19
779 reads
Scrum what are story points
In this blog post I discuss Scrum (agile development methodology) and method to accurately estimate effort to complete sprint which...
2012-07-18
711 reads
BI Systems Architecture Diagrams
Today I have decided to prepare myself for a meeting with a potential client (tomorrow) and write an article about...
2012-07-16
636 reads
SQL Error 18456
18456 is probably one of the most common errors people come across and in this article we try to cover...
2012-07-13
791 reads
Data Manipulation Language
In this blog post we describe what is Data Manipulation Language (DML) and include this article in our exam guide...
2012-07-07
312 reads
Blogs
Blog a Day – Day 1: History of AI
By Vinay Thakur
it has been a year since i have not written much on the blog...
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
Forums
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers