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2015-02-23
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Implementing Tabular Data Models: Microsoft Virtual Academy
Implementing Tabular Data Models
Date: November 11, 2014
Time: 9am?5pm PST
Where: Live, online virtual classroom:
http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/liveevents/implementing-tabular-data-models
Cost: Free!
Register today! (linkto: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/liveevents/implementing-tabular-data-models)
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2014-11-03
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Parameterizing an Excel Spreadsheet
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2013-05-16
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The Tale of One Tabular Model and Excel 2013 with Multiple Power View Reports
SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services introduced Power View, which was initially available only in SharePoint. This limited the use of...
2013-05-16 (first published: 2013-05-13)
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SSRS 101 – Your First Report
I know that it has been a while, and I apologize. I have been traveling around the U.S. evangelizing SQL...
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Configuring PerformancePoint in SharePoint 2013
Last week while assisting a customer configure SharePoint BI I ran into an interesting problem when configuring PerformancePoint. After following...
2013-04-29
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Creating a Shared Dataset with Report Builder
I was recently asked by a customer if you could build a Shared Dataset using Report Builder 3.0. More specifically,...
2013-04-29
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SQL Lunch – GeoFlow: 3D Geospatial Visualization
Join me next month to learn about a new Geospatial visualization feature of Excel 2013 on the SQL Lunch.
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2013-04-25
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Adding Defaults
I have a table, called dbo.logger, in SQL Server 2022. I decide to add two new columns to this table with this code.
ALTER TABLE dbo.logger ADD CreateDate DATETIME CONSTRAINT dfGetDate DEFAULT GETDATE() GO ALTER TABLE dbo.logger ADD ModifyDate DATETIME DEFAULT dfGetDate GOWhat happens when I run these two batches? See possible answers