Entries by Prologika - Teo Lachev

Where is SSDT?

Now that Microsoft has decoupled SQL Server Data Tools from the SQL Server 2014 setup, the quest to find SSDT has started. You can download SSDT from the Microsoft SQL Server […]

SSRS Style Templates

As you probably know, the SSRS Report Wizard allows users to select predefined report styles. These styles are basic “skins” that apply to report foreground and background colors. A question […]

Absolute Tabular KPIs

An interesting requirement popped up during an Analysis Services class I’m teaching this week. The customer wants to implement a Tabular/PowerPivot KPI that has this pseudo logic: CASE WHEN Actual […]

Excel Timeline Slicers

In an attempt to improve visualizations of Excel-based dashboards, Excel 2013 introduced a Timeline filter. Specifically designed to visualize dates, the Timeline filter works similarly to regular slicers which were […]