On Friday, Microsoft released chart controls for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5. These are re-tooled Dundas .NET chart controls which are now baked in the .NET framework. This is important because you can add the same stunning Dundas chart features to your Windows Forms and ASP.NET applications without external dependencies or licensing fees. It also minimizes your learning curve, as the Dundas controls share the same…
Read articleI've been involved recently in a quest to optimize an SSAS 2008 long-running query that would return the 12-month history of a KPI. Since the KPI was displayed on a dashboard page alongside other KPIs and charts, it was important to optimize the query as much possible. Rephrased to Adventure Works, the query went something like this: WITH MEMBER increaser AS Iif([Measures].[Internet Sales Amount]>([Measures].[Internet Sales…
Read articleToday, Microsoft released Report Builder 2.0 (build 10.00.1600.60) , as Robert Bruckner announced in his blog. This is a major milestone in the Reporting Services roadmap. In my opinion, Report Builder 2.0 is one of the most important and exciting features of Reporting Services 2008 as it bridges the gap between standard and end-user (ad hoc) reporting. You should definitely consider Report Builder and Analysis Services…
Read articleAt the BI Conference in Seattle, Microsoft announced the future roadmap for next BI-oriented SQL Server release, nee Kilimanjaro, that will focus on three major teams: • Self Service Analytics • Self Service Reporting • Sharing, Collaboration & Management The Self Service Analytics will encompass projects Madison (a share-nothing MPP scale-out version of SQL Server, powered by DATAllegro technology) and Gemini, which I mentioned before.…
Read articleAs the news arrived today (see Mosha Pasumansky blog, Chris Webb blog, and Marco Russo blog) , the BI Conference revealed what has been brewing for a while in the Microsoft BI nest. Project Gemini, which one may call Memory-based Dimensional Model (MDM) to draw a comparison with the Unified Dimension Model (UDM), will let business users create ad-hoc cubes that are stored in memory.…
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