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SQL Server and Business Intelligence
http://www.sidatkinson.com
This blog covers Microsoft SQL Server technology and Business Intelligence implementation and practice. I also go into ETL, data warehousing and dimensional modeling.
Recent Posts
SSAS tools: mdx studio
So many good tools out there, and yet not all of them get noticed….. At the SQL Pass conference the week before, I attended one of the classes by the Microsoft CSS groups on common Analysis Services support issues. While not the best presentatio...
Sharepoint server 2010 Insights
You may or may not have heard by now that the business intelligence capability in SharePoint 2010 now has a platform branding called INSIGHTS. I will blog more about the features in my “down time” at the SQL PASS conference next week,...
SSIS on a cluster
I figured this was worth a quick post: while many of SQL Server’s aspects are cluster aware, SSIS is not. Why? My guess is that there is not a pressing business need for this to be a cluster aware service – while many companies have vital...
Awesome speaker for our next BI User group!!
I am excited to announce that we have secured a great speaker for our next Central Texas Business Intelligence User Group meeting on October 21st at the Microsoft office in Austin. Bryan C. Smith, prolific SSAS author and now of Microsoft fame, wi...
Design Tip - Analysis Services Aggregations
I was cleaning up a cube design for a customer, primarily working with the current implementation to resolve some performance issues and make some minor alterations to the dimensions, when I ran across an aggravation in designing aggregations for the...
Reminder: BI User Group meeting August 13th!
Reminder, we are having our next Central Texas Microsoft Business Intelligence User Group meeting a week from today, August 13th, 2009 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at the Microsoft Austin office. Session Topic: "PerformancePoint Monitoring and Analytic...

