Power BI Tip: Use a Scatter Chart to Create a Calendar Report
The Scatter Chart in Power BI and Excel is very useful chart for visualizing three different metrics in tandem. But...
2015-08-28 (first published: 2015-08-19)
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Time to Change
I recently spent two days consulting with a company on their database development and deployment processes. They are a small, capable, team...
2015-08-19
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Getting Started With Power BI Desktop: Getting Data
Now that the Power BI Desktop is installed, let’s get some data. As of this writing, Power BI can get...
2015-09-01 (first published: 2015-08-19)
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SSMS’s Clipboard Manager
The other day Richie Rump (b/t) mentioned something called a clipboard manager on twitter. I’ll admit I had to ask...
2015-08-28 (first published: 2015-08-19)
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Live Query Statistics
The objective of this post is to introduce the new feature in SQL Server 2016 called Live Query Statistics. This option...
2015-08-27 (first published: 2015-08-19)
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Why You Should Care About Microsoft APS and Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Last week, I gave a presentation about SQL Server’s data warehouse capabilities, and specifically about APS (Analytics Platform System) and...
2015-08-19
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I don't use the Visual Studio SSDT Publish
I see questions pretty regularly on stack overflow and the ssdt msdn forum that is some variation on "I am...
2015-08-19
878 reads
I dont use the Visual Studio SSDT Publish
I see questions pretty regularly on stack overflow and the ssdt msdn forum that is some variation on “I am...
2015-08-19
44 reads
I dont use the Visual Studio SSDT Publish
I see questions pretty regularly on stack overflow and the ssdt msdn forum that is some variation on “I am...
2015-08-19
40 reads
I dont use the Visual Studio SSDT Publish
I see questions pretty regularly on stack overflow and the ssdt msdn forum that is some variation on “I am doing a publish through visual studio and it doesn't...
2015-08-19
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Blogs
Measuring RAG Solutions: Are We Retrieving the Right Information?
A RAG pipeline that answers questions in the demo is not the same thing...
Advice I Like: Lots of Ideas
By Steve Jones
“A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea” – from Excellent...
Building a DBA Agent for Your SQL Server Estate with MCP
Yesterday I gave a talk for MSSQLTips called “Building a DBA Agent for Your...
Forums
Server-Level Row Counts for Tables and Views
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Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization vs. Parameter Sniffing: What SQL Server Fixes and What It Doesn't
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Hyperscale Replicas I
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Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas I
What types of secondary replicas are available for the Azure SQL Database Hyperscale edition?
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