Conditional Coloured Bar Charts in Excel with Upper and Lower Targets
I was just trying to gauge my BI knowledge level the other day and decided to chart it for visibility....
2014-03-26
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What is Microsoft Management Reporter for Dynamics AX?
It is a collaborative and interactive reporting solution from Microsoft for finance data. View more here: Management Reporter 2012 Overview...
2014-03-25
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Introducing Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 with SSRS Reports
Hi all, I’ve started a new job with eBECS which is a Microsoft Gold Partner in the ERP Business. Since...
2014-03-25
787 reads
First take on PowerPivot
What is PowerPivot for Excel? PowerPivot brings the power of Data Modelling into your PC. Traditionally, the DataWarehouse is built...
2013-10-30
1,655 reads
Understanding the PIVOT function
The PIVOT function is very useful but not easily understood at first. I thank Itzik Ben-Gan, Dejan Sarka and Ron...
2013-10-25
3,103 reads
Get list of dates using recursive Common Table Expression (CTE)
Many times we need a list of consecutive dates or time at runtime mainly for a recursive ETL process. This...
2013-10-23
1,115 reads
Top 10 Tips when synchronising your database and Mailchimp
Okay, sooner or later someone is going to need to synchronise all those people who registered on your company website...
2013-10-17
585 reads
MailChimp Database Synchronisation Process
After giving you the Top 10 Tips when synchronising your database with MailChimp, I thought why not write up the...
2013-10-17
1,157 reads
Top 11 Qualities of a DataWarehouse Implementer
Top 11th Quality: Curious to explore different designs There are many ways to achieve the same thing. Before actually getting...
2013-10-14
534 reads
Building a simple forecast solution on SQL Server
Pricing Forecast is a marketing function that requires a lot of data crunching. Normally there are some factors that the...
2013-08-30
1,530 reads
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Question of the Day
The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers