Templates and teamwork
SQL Server expert David Poole discusses how teams can work together and share templates in Management Studio.
2014-11-27 (first published: 2008-05-20)
10,259 reads
Articles
Explaining The SQL Server 2014 Analysis Services Data Mining Model Lift Chart
In this tip, Dallas Snider explains how to interpret the Lift Chart found on the Mining Accuracy tab of a SQL Server 2014 Analysis Services Data Mining structure.
2014-11-27
7,629 reads
2014-11-26
574 reads
SSIS 2012 Projects: Deployment Configurations and Monitoring
The Project Deployment Model introduced in SSIS 2012 speeds up the deployment of database projects in which there may be hundreds of SSIS packages per project. Not only that, but deployments can be configured differently for each environments such as test and staging, and there are now ways of monitoring the status and performance of packages and of versioning the SSIS Catalog.
2014-11-26
7,422 reads
Using SQL Server Stored Procedures in SSIS Data Flow Sources
A technique to deal with lack of metadata for stored procedures when used with SSIS.
2014-11-25
31,530 reads
Building an Automated Database Deployment Pipeline
Data and databases are historically ignored or given a low priority within the processes of ALM and DevOps. This situation needs to change and the primary point of the changes is within the database professional part of the team.
2014-11-25
7,702 reads
The Salesforce Platform: The Return of the Citizen Programmer
The current popularity of the Salesforce software development platform has taken the industry by surprise. The current IT culture favours the esoteric, yet here is a development platform geared to the idea that anyone can use it: a populist language like BASIC. Does this threaten the careers of professional developers?
2014-11-24
11,320 reads
Generate SSRS reports from a SSIS Package
Learn how to invoke SSRS reports from an SSIS package after the data load is completed.
2014-11-21 (first published: 2012-10-09)
30,228 reads
Questions About Using TSQL to Import Excel Data You Were Too Shy to Ask
It is easy to import Excel data into database tables via TSQL, using OLEDB, either by the OPENROWSET function or linking to the spreadsheet as a server. The problem is that there are certain things that aren't obvious that you need to know about.
2014-11-21
11,773 reads
Distribution Database Migration
This article shows a step-by-step guide to move the distribution database to a new SQL Server instance.
2014-11-20
9,215 reads
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Analysis Services Model w/ Direct Query and (Default Veritpaq)
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Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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