Fast Guide: SQL Server Reporting Services
Check out this collection of best practices, troubleshooting advice and perfomance tips for working with SSRS in SQL Server 2005.
Finding a Work-Life Balance
Like most everyone who works hard in our industry, I’ve run into more than a few conflicts trying to balance work and life. Personally, the further I progress in my career, the blurrier the lines become between work time, family/me time, and just plain lazy downtime. It’s quite easy to say that you’re going to spend X hours at work, and the rest of the time is mine, but the reality is ...
Integrating Visio 2007 with SQL Server Analysis Services
This article shows how Microsoft Office Visio 2007 can be used to visualize cube data created using SSAS
Centralising Reporting Services Stylesheets
Continuing on with his series on Reporting Services, Adam Aspin takes another look at stylesheets in your reports. This time with custom assemblies and the CLR to enhance the capabilities of your SSRS system.
East Iowa SQL Server Users Group
A new SQL Server user's group in Iowa is having a meeting next week.
Formatting SSAS Measures - SQL School Video
ln this SQL School video, learn how you can format the various measures in your SSAS cubes.
Detecting When a Login Has Implicit Access to a Database
Yesterday I blogged about how to figure out what database principals corresponded to what server principals . The key is to match up the SIDs between sys.server_principals and sys.database_principals. But I also stated there were 3 cases where the logins...
Introduction to SQL Server 2008 Report Builder 2.0
I have heard that there is a new version of Report Builder in SQL Server 2008. Can you provide some details and examples?
The LEVEL_UNIQUE_NAME Intrinsic Member Property
SSAS Architect Bill Pearson examines another intrinsic member property, LEVEL_UNIQUE_NAME, which allows us to exercise a great deal of presentation “sleight of hand” in working with MDX in Analysis Services, as well as within Reporting Services and various other reporting applications that can access an Analysis Services cube.
Blogs
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL The same plan analysis you know from...
A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
By Steve Jones
the kinder surprise – . the point in your early adolescence when you realize...
Crash-Consistent Snapshot Cloning - Hyper-V Edition
If you’ve been following my T-SQL Snapshot Backup series, most of what I’ve covered...
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SSoL Support on the OS
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