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• Intelligencia Query

  Chris Webb, a fellow MVP and MDX guru, who's blog is a must-read for all SSAS junkies, was kind enough to let me take a look at the Intelligencia Query product he's been working on for a while with Andrew Wiles. Chris announced the product back... Posted May 14 2008, 10:37 PM by tlachev with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Reporting Services, Analysis Services, Business Intelligence

• Applied Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

  This is not an April's fool joke. I am excited to make an early announcement about my next book , Applied Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services, which has been keeping me busy lately. There are many exciting features coming up the next (third... Posted Apr 01 2008, 10:48 PM by tlachev with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Reporting Services, Business Intelligence

• Applied Microsoft Analysis Services 2005 Goes E-Book

  I happy to announce my book "Applied Microsoft Analysis Services 2005" is now available as an Adobe PDF e-book. The first retailer that Google Alerts reported to sell it is Diesel Ebooks . It should soon pop up on all popular ebook retailer... Posted Mar 27 2008, 08:16 AM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: Writing, Analysis Services, Business Intelligence

• The Rational Guide To Planning with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007

  I have to admit that my preoccupation with Reporting Services and Analysis Services don't leave me much bandwidth nowadays to tackle other Microsoft BI (far less third-party) offerings. One of the products I know I need to catch up is the planning... Posted Mar 15 2008, 06:46 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: Business Intelligence

• Relational Guide to Monitoring and Analyzing with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007

  As you know, business scorecards are the latest BI craze. Nick Barclay was kind enough to send me a copy of his new book Monitoring and Analyzing with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 by Rational Press which he co-authored with a co-worker... Posted Dec 15 2007, 10:59 PM by tlachev with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Business Intelligence, Microsoft Office

• Radius Producer "Produces" No-nonsense SSAS Support

  In my opinion, the biggest challenge the Microsoft BI initiative faces today is the inadequate support for Analysis Services. The premimum Microsoft reporting tools claim to support SSAS but they all take an idependent view about what features they should... Posted Nov 20 2007, 10:04 PM by tlachev with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Business Intelligence

• SQL Server 2008 November CTP Is Out

  The November CTP (CTP5) of SQL Server 2008 is out . Here are the most significant BI-related highlights that caught my attention. Reporting Services The standalone Report Designer has undergone a major facelift. It now sponsors a shiny Office 2007 ribbon... Posted Nov 19 2007, 01:14 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: Business Intelligence, SQL Server 2008

• July CTP of SQL Server 2008 Is Out

  July CTP of SQL Server 2008 (Katmai) is out . On the BI side of things: New SSRS Report Engine "Improvements represent the two major infrastructure changes for Reporting Services. Reporting Services enhances the processing engine and rendering extensions... Posted Jul 31 2007, 10:35 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: Business Intelligence

• TechEd 2007 US Memoirs

  I am back from an one-week vacation to Clearwater, Florida followed by TechEd 2007 US in Orlando. Overall, nothing earth – shattering on the BI arena from TechEd 2007. Product groups are between releases so most of the content was SQL Server 2005-based... Posted Jun 09 2007, 11:30 PM by tlachev with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Reporting Services, Analysis Services, Business Intelligence

• The Rational Guide to Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005

  Nick Barclay is telling us that the book The Rational Guide to Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005 that he co-wrote with Adrian Downes is out ! You can use BSM to design scorecards that can be published to SharePoint dashboards or SSRS reports... Posted Apr 17 2007, 09:08 AM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: Business Intelligence

• Designing SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Cubes for Excel 2007 PivotTables Whitepaper

  A bit outdated announcement perhaps but the Office team has released a Designing SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Cubes for Excel 2007 PivotTables whitepaper. Instead of pestering you with how-to PivotTable questions, now your users can have proper documentation... Posted Apr 17 2007, 08:59 AM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: Business Intelligence

• Excel Web Access Drill-through to SSRS Report

  I've been having fun lately with a dashboard page which has an Excel Web Access (EWA) web part connected to a PivotTable report. The PivotTable report is nothing to brag about. It displays a few KPI-related measures coming from an SSAS cube. PivotTable... Posted Apr 02 2007, 03:24 PM by tlachev with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Reporting Services, Business Intelligence

• Dundas Chart for SharePoint

  Dundas is currently developing a Dundas Chart for SharePoint 3.0/MOSS 2007 (currently in Beta). The chart is designed to work in ASP.NET and supports binding to ADO.NET datasets. A step-by-step tutorial for configuring the chart can be found here . Posted Feb 26 2007, 06:57 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: Business Intelligence, SharePoint

• SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 is Born

  As an update to my previous post , SQL Server 2005 SP2 is now officially available . The SP2 build is 9.00.3042. A SP2 landing page is available too that includes links to the SP2 release, KB articles, marketing information about the benefits of SP2.... Posted Feb 19 2007, 12:04 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: General, Reporting Services, Analysis Services, Business Intelligence, SharePoint

• SharePoint Services 3.0 Released

  Download location: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/sharepoint/download.mspx Demo: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/HA102055631033.aspx Posted Nov 22 2006, 02:22 PM by tlachev with | with no comments Filed under: Business Intelligence