Excel Rendering In Power BI Report Server: You Are Not Licensed To Use This Feature
I recently migrated an SSRS 2017 instance to a Power BI Report Server environment, as you can read in the...
2018-03-12
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Setting up Telegraf to Startup on Windows
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I’ve noticed on demo machines that sometimes Telegraf doesn’t start on the first try, and this seems to not happen...
2018-03-12
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Data experiments with salary survey – I
As someone who just crossed three decades of working in technology – I have a sudden renewed interest in understanding how...
2018-03-22 (first published: 2018-03-12)
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What if it all grows out?!
The other day I got thinking about what would happen if all databases on a single instance grew out, every...
2018-03-12
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Easily Splatting PowerShell with VS Code
So I always like to show splatting PowerShell commands when I am presenting sessions or workshops and realised that I...
2018-03-11
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 93 – Mapbox Visual)
In this module you will learn how to use the Mapbox Visual. The Mapbox Visual allows you to visualize geographical...
2018-03-20 (first published: 2018-03-09)
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Four Easy Things You Can Do Now To Make Your Power BI Reports More Accessible
Accessibility is often overlooked or ignored when it comes to reporting and data visualization. I think there are two reasons...
2018-03-09
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Extended Events File Initialization Failure
One of the recommended methods to trap payload data in an XE session is via the use of the event_file target. Sending data to a file has numerous benefits...
2018-03-09
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Extended Events File Initialization Failure
It should come as no surprise that I write a lot of articles about Extended Events (XE). This happens to...
2018-03-21 (first published: 2018-03-09)
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Which One is Better? IN or BETWEEN?
I just had an interesting case of performance tuning: a query with multiple predicates on a very large table. Something...
2018-03-21 (first published: 2018-03-09)
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Checking the Error Log II
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