ADOMD.NET Connection Pooling
I helped a customer to implement ADOMD.NET connection pooling with the goal to increase significantly the query throughput. Their predictive service platform had to scale to thousands of queries per […]
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Applied MDS and DQS Training Class Available
In my opinion, every mid-size to large organization should have a solution for master data management. Based on my observations, data quality issues have reached a pandemic level. Ironically, putting a […]
Power BI Enterprise Content Sharing
I taught Power BI to a large organization this week. Naturally, they were interested in sharing content across multiple departments and even entire organization. Let’s revisit the sharing options available […]
Atlanta MS BI Group Meeting on May 23th
MS BI fans, join me for the next Atlanta MS BI Group meeting on May 23th and 6:30 PM. I’ll present the self-service data shaping and transformation capabilities in Power […]
Presentation for SQL Saturday Atlanta
SQL Saturday Atlanta will take place on May 21st. Your humble correspondent will present “What’s New for BI in SQL Server 2016” scheduled to start at 8:15 AM. Join me […]
Power BI vs. Tableau (Part 2)
In a previous blog, I reviewed the claims that Tableau made in their “10 Ways Power BI Falls Short” presentation. To be fair to Power BI, in this blog I’ll list […]
Implementing Lookups in Power Query
Scenario: Suppose you have two source tables coming from different data sources, such as Excel or text files, as shown in in the screenshot below. The Master table has a […]
Rule-based User Names for Power BI Hybrid Solutions
We have a great new enhancement to the Power BI Gateway – Enterprise that just came out! Many organizations are planning hybrid Power BI solutions where report and dashboard definitions […]
Power BI vs. Tableau (Part 1)
As I mentioned in my blog “Why Business Like Yours Choose Power BI Over SiSense”, expect attack from other vendors to intensify as they find themselves fighting an increasingly uphill […]
SQL Server 2016 To Become GA on June 1st
Microsoft announced that SQL Server 2016 will become generally available on June 1st. The BI edition is gone and I don’t think that many people would miss it because of […]
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