Using XPerf to Test Analysis Services
I have to admit that I am a performance buff. In a previous blog, I mentioned that the Xperf utility can help you gain additional understanding about the Analysis Services […]
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Speaking at Atlanta.MDF
I will be speaking at the Atlanta Microsoft Database Forum group (Atlanta.MDF) on May 10th in Atlanta, GA . The topic will be What’s New in Reporting Services 2008 R2. […]
Analysis Services I/O Time
A couple of years ago I was working on a KPI dashboard project where we had to display a bunch of KPIs produced by counting (distinct count) number of customers, […]
Feeding Reports by Code
In a previous blog, I introduced one of the new SSRS 2008 R2 feature: reports as data feeds. As I said, the R2 release will include a new Atom Data […]
Remembering Report Parameters
Scenario: You want to let end users view a report in Report Manager or SharePoint and “remember” the report parameter selection. You find that you cannot just tell the users […]
Product Release Galore
Microsoft announced release dates for SQL Server R2, SharePoint 2010, Office 2010, and Visual Studio 2010. According to the Microsoft SQL Server Team Blog: SQL Server 2008 R2 (aka SQL […]
Chasing Parameters
Scenario: You use the Visual Studio ASP.NET ReportViewer and you can’t figure out how to get the parameter values when the page posts back. I couldn’t find a straightforward answer […]
BIDS Integration Story in R2 – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
There was a huge discussion thread about the BIDS-Visual Studio integration story in the SQL Server 2008 timeframe where customers complained that BIDS got married with Visual Studio. This required […]
Where is RDLOM in R2?
After covering the cool new stuff in R2, it’s time to talk about the uncool. One R2 change that really vexes me is RDLOM. RDLOM, short for Report Definition Language […]
How Windows UAC Got Me Again
User Access Control (UAC) is a feature of Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 that prevents you from running applications with administrator rights even if you are a […]
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