We have heard that you can create filters in a Performance Point dashboard then apply them to one or more reports and scorecards. Can you provide some step-by-step instruction on how to do this?
MSAS Architect Bill Pearson leads the hands-on creation of an exploded pie chart based upon an Analysis Service data source.
In this article sponsored by Red Gate, read about a beta tester's experience with new versions of SQL tools.
This post shows you how to download files from a web site whilst really making the most of the SSIS objects that are available. There is no task to do this, so we have to use the Script Task and some simple VB.NET or C# (if you have SQL Server 2008) code
Steve Jones thinks that we often over-engineer software, trying too hard to consider every possibility rather than getting it close.
Steve Jones thinks that we often over-engineer software, trying too hard to consider every possibility rather than getting it close.
Steve Jones thinks that we often over-engineer software, trying too hard to consider every possibility rather than getting it close.
We've all had them. One of those stored procedures that is huge and contains complex business logic which may or may not be executed. These procedures make it an absolute nightmare when it comes to debugging problems because they're so complex and have so many logic offshoots that it's very easy to get lost when you're trying to determine the path that the procedure code took when it ran. Fortunately Profiler lets you define custom events that you can raise in your code and capture in a trace so you get a better window into the sub events occurring in your code.
A report says that most of the data lost in corporations is from employees. What can be done about it? Steve Jones thinks we still have work to do in this area.
Database Mail is an essential part of administering SQL Server for most people. MVP Andy Warren brings us part 2 of how to set up this subsystem.
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In the new VECTOR_DISTANCE() function in SQL Server 2025, the first parameter is the distance_metric. What is this?
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