Why Do All Funnel Charts Look The Same?
Something recently occurred to me. I’ve been researching chart and dashboard
design standards for an article I’m working on, and the...
2011-01-12
661 reads
SQL Server BI Blog
What’s Going On at Microsoft?
Last week Donald
Farmer announced that he was leaving his long-time position as Microsoft’s lead
BI technology evangelist for QlikTech, a small...
2011-01-11
700 reads
Rich Embedded Text Formatting in Reports
I’ve recently come to realize what a truly remarkable feature it is to be able to
format report text using simple...
2011-01-11
760 reads
Building Reports and Analytics on Dynamics CRM – Lessons (Being) Learned
In concept, designing reports is such a simple thing… you connect to a data source,
write a SQL query, optimize the...
2011-01-05
942 reads
Blogging on Blogging
So I must confess that my blogging efforts to date have been on the impersonal side
– perhaps even a bit...
2010-12-31
1,445 reads
Happy Holidays
I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays. To everyone in the SQL Server community,
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Spend...
2010-12-27
963 reads
Dashboard and KPI Design–the Definitive Industry Standard
First of all, the title is intended to be
a little tongue-in-cheek – just a little bit. I’ll explain. Last week
while I...
2010-12-15
427 reads
Preventing Subscriptions from Blocking Interactive Report Executions
A consulting client recently asked how they could resolve a capacity-planning issue
on their production report server. They manage a busy...
2010-12-15
644 reads
Are You Ready to Move to SharePoint for Microsoft BI?
I’m interested in hearing your response to this question. Microsoft is investing
aggressively in delivering Business Intelligence as a holistic platform...
2010-11-24
528 reads
Self-service Reporting in SQL Server “Denali”
Project “Crescent” is the name currently used to describe the new self-service reporting
capability to be released in the next version...
2010-11-14
609 reads
Blogs
SQL Bits 2025 Wrap
By Steve Jones
SQL Bits 2025 was amazing, as always. It’s been my favorite conference to attend,...
Get Certified in Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900) FAST with NO Experience Needed
By Rohit Garg
As data becomes the backbone of modern business, understanding how to manage and analyze...
Simplify Kubernetes Security With Kyverno and OPA Gatekeeper
Here’s how these tools can make Kubernetes security easier and help you avoid common...
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Using Heaps
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