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Data is your biggest asset and today’s currency but the data can be messy. You know it and we’ve seen it. The messier the data, the bigger the headache. At […]
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Presenting at SQL Saturday Atlanta
The next Atlanta SQL Saturday will be on May 3rd. I’m doing a “Deep Dive into the Microsoft BI Semantic Model (BISM)” pre-conference session on May 2nd. You can register […]
Divorce Your Methodology
At the Atlanta BI meeting last night, there was a question from the audience about differences between Inmon and Kimball and which methodology should be followed when implementing a data […]
Is SharePoint Overkill for BI?
As you know, Microsoft BI is tightly interwoven with Excel on the desktop and SharePoint on the server. Most complaints about SharePoint fall in two categories: Complexity – SharePoint is […]
"Bus Matrix – the Foundation of your Dimensional Data Model" Atlanta BI Presentation
Our next Atlanta Microsoft BI meeting will be on Monday, January 27th. The main presentation is “Bus Matrix – the Foundation of your Dimensional Data Model” the speaker is Bill […]
Auto-generating SCHEMA.INI
Power Pivot (and Tabular) uses the Access Connectivity Engine (ACE) provider to import from text files. This provider was originally designed for Microsoft Access databases and it’s limited to import […]
Pick List in SSRS
A customer is moving from Impromptu to SSRS. One of the SSRS missing features that was very important for this customer was the Imprompu pick list that allows users to […]
Teo’s Best and Worst of Microsoft BI in 2013
In the spirit of the last day of 2013, I’m sipping eggnog and contemplating on BI in 2013. BEST Microsoft leads the Gartner’s 2013 Business Intelligence Magic Quadrant. Microsoft leads […]
SharePoint 2010 and Excel 2013 Power Pivot
I’ve start seeing customers moving to or considering Office 2013 for self-service BI. Naturally, the end users would like to share their Excel 2013 self-service data models by deploying to […]
Presenting Visualization Options in Microsoft BI
If you have some time amidst the holiday rush, join me on Monday, December 9th, at the Atlanta BI meeting, where I’ll present Visualization Options in Microsoft BI. “Confused about […]
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