Reblog: Unexpected result with the File System Task
SQLKover update: nowadays you would probably use package parameters to pass the directory value. However, they still have a default...
2016-06-03 (first published: 2016-05-24)
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Koen Verbeeck
Speaking about Power BI @ ITPROceed 2016
I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be giving a session at this year’s ITPROceed. For those who don’t know this...
2016-05-19
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SSRS and MDX: Think about Cell Properties
I stumbled across a small MDX performance tuning trick when using SSRS reports (or any other client tool where you...
2016-05-04
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Dynamic Security in Power BI
UPDATE: the feature has changed since its introduction. For more information, see the update at the bottom of the post.
In...
2016-04-28
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Power BI Service error: “This visual has unrecognized fields”
Recently I stumbled across a quite annoying error in the Power BI service. I uploaded two working reports from Power...
2016-05-03 (first published: 2016-04-22)
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Loading Data into Clustered Columnstore Index with SSIS
I’m using a clustered columnstore index (CCI) on one of my fact tables at a client. The row size is...
2016-04-21
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Overview of Published Articles – 2016Q1
Here is an overview of the articles I published in the first quarter of 2016.
R Services series:
SQL Server 2016 R Services:...
2016-04-19
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SSIS Trick: Adding Multiple Packages to a Project
A little SSIS trick today. Sometimes you start a new Integration Services project and you want to add some existing...
2016-04-06
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SQLSaturday Belgium: slidedeck
The very first SQLSaturday in Belgium is over and it was a great event. I saw some interesting sessions, especially...
2016-03-24
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Nested Display Folders in SSAS
Recently it was announced that Power BI would now support the SSAS display folders in “exploration mode”. Exploration mode is...
2016-03-16
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find...
Forums
would it be so terrible to install ssms on a few user desktops?
Hi, ssms is free here. I can think of other reasons to do this...
I'm thinking about submitting some articles
I've written some documentation on using different Markdown types of files on GitHub. It's...
Not Just an Upgrade
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Question of the Day
Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers