CTP3 Issues with PowerPivot Management Dashboard
I ran into a couple of snags with the PowerPivot Management Dashboard and CTP3 of Denali. In this case, I’ve installed PowerPivot for SharePoint on a standalone domain controller. The […]
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Reporting Services "Denali" Brings Export to Excel 2007
One welcome improvement in the forthcoming “Denali” release of Reporting Services is exporting to Excel 2007 (*.xlsx) file formats. I bet many companies will upgrade just to get this feature. […]
Reporting Services SharePoint Integration in SQL Server Denali
A week ago, I raved about how the new PowerPivot Configuration Tool would simplify configuring PowerPivot for SharePoint. Guess what? Setting up Reporting Services for SharePoint integrated mode got simplified […]
PowerPivot Configuration Tool
One great enhancement in SQL Server 11 (Denali) is the PowerPivot for SharePoint setup refactoring. Previously, the PowerPivot for SharePoint setup and configuration was included and performed at the end […]
Cube vs. VertiPaq Query Performance
This is a big topic and frankly it’s too ambitious on my part to tackle it. Assuming equivalent multidimensional (BISM Multidimensional) and tabular (BISM Tabular) models, I was curious how […]
The Load Balancing Act
I had some fun lately setting up a Reporting Services farm of two SSRS 2008 R2 nodes and a hardware load balancer. We followed the steps in BOL only to […]
PowerPivot and SQL Server Denali CTP3 Release Notes Available
Microsoft published release notes for PowerPivot and SQL Server Denali Community Technology Preview (CTP) 3 Release Notes. This means that the CTP3 release is imminent although the download link is not […]
Applied Analysis Services 2008 and PowerPivot Onsite Class
I am partnering with Data Education to deliver an intensive five-day onsite class on Analysis Services and PowerPivot. The class will be held September 19-23 at the Microsoft Technology Center […]
Using the IF Operator in Scope Assignments
UDM scope assignments are incredible useful because they let you write to the cube space, such as to implement custom aggregation, allocations, currency conversion, data calculations, and so on. Unfortunately, […]
Atlanta BI Record Attendance Last Night
We had a blast light night at Atlanta BI and ran out of space with a record attendance of some 60+ people. This is phenomenal given that we are amidst […]
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