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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Parent-child dimensions are a very useful feature of Analysis Services to model recursive hierarchies, such as an organizational hierarchy. Recently, I had to apply dimension data security to a parent-child […]
If you have worked with Analysis Services dimension data security for a while, you know that MDX allowed/denied set expressions can become rather complex. You might be tempted to externalize […]
All TechEd 2011 breakout sessions are available online on MSDN Channel9 website. Here the links to mine: Top 10 Reasons to Upgrade to Microsoft SQL Server 2008/R2 Reporting Services Can […]
While I’ve been busy at TechEd talking to BI enthusiasts, professionals and wannabes and delivering sessions, the news is out about the new BI roadmap and BISM positioning. See: T.K. […]
The slides and source code for my TechEd 2011 North America session are available for download on the Prologika website (requires registration). If you haven’t registered, please click the Join […]
Watching the TechEd keynote during which it was announced that we have some 10,000 people attending TechEd this year. On the BI side of things, Amir Netz, Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft, came on […]
