T-SQL Tuesday: A Day in the Life of a BI Developer
My name is Jennifer and I am a Business Intelligence developer at Trek Bicycles. I’ve been a BI developer for...
2012-07-17
643 reads
Salvo(z) SQL
MDX ClosingPeriod and PeriodsToDate
I’ve decided that the best way to spend a day of 104 degree weather is to sit inside and write...
2012-07-07
1,277 reads
MDX ‘Is’ Operator
I recently encountered a business scenario involving calculated members in a cube that I thought is worth sharing.
We have a...
2012-07-04
824 reads
SSAS: Duplicate Attribute Key Error
One type of error that arises occasionally during SSAS cube processing is the ‘duplicate attribute key’ error. The error message...
2012-05-07
1,341 reads
SSAS: Processing Cube Dimensions and Measures in SSMS
My co-worker showed me an easy way to process all SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)cube dimensions (or measures) from the...
2012-04-02
4,332 reads
SSIS: Script Component Asynchronous Transformation
The SSIS script component can be configured to use synchronous or asynchronous outputs. If the script component is configured for...
2012-03-20
8,130 reads
SSAS: Currency Conversion in MDX Script
In my prior blog post, I provided some details regarding currency conversion via measure expressions in SSAS. I recently attempted...
2012-02-09
1,004 reads
SSAS: Currency Conversion Using Measure Expressions
Currency conversions can be implemented several ways as part of a business intelligence solution. In some scenarios it may be...
2012-02-01
5,119 reads
Blogs
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...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
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...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
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