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Explore the latest articlesHere is something that has recently bit me really bad. Customer requirements called for implementing an in-house report designer to create report definitions. Expired by the VS.NET 2005 Report Designer, we decided to implement a part of the tool as a WYSWYG designer using the design-time infrastructure (IDesignerHost) in .NET 2.0. If you don’t know what I am talking about, read the excellent Dinesh Chandnani's…
Read articleAn interesting article on TDWI about PerformancePoint Server.
Read articleAs a follow-up to previous post, during the webcast Microsoft announced a new product called PerformancePoint Server due to be released in mid-2007 alongside Office 2007. PerformancePoint will be a convergent product of Scorecard Manager, ProClarity, and Biz# (yes, Microsoft finally let the cat out of the bag about the strictly confidential so far Biz# initiative). The product will be designed as a web-based portal and…
Read articleJeff Raikes, President of Microsoft's Business Division and Lewis Levin, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft's Office Business Applications Group, will present a Live Meeting webcast at 11 am (PDT) regarding Microsoft's Business Intelligence product roadmap. Click here to register.
Read articleI found a short but very useful MDX Performance article on sqlserveranalysisservices.com. I know I am guilty of breaking not once the first rule (Don’t Filter on Member Property Values). Maintained by Richard Tkachuk (Lead Program Manager on the SSAS team), this site offers other interesting tips and insights.
Read articleChris Webb, whose latest book “MDX Solutions” is a must-read for everyone who’s serious about Analysis Services 2005 and MDX, has written a review for my book “Applied Microsoft Analysis Services 2005”. Thank you, Chris!
Read articleMicrosoft has released a post-SP1 hotfix which addresses various bugs and issues in SQL Server 2005 and its add-on services.
Read articleDevX published my article "Create Reports from Any Data Source Using SQL Server Reporting Services Custom Data Extensions". Learn how to develop a custom data extension to bind server reports to ADO.NET datasets.
Read articleOne of the most exciting (but not well known and documented) extensibility areas of SSRS 2005 is custom report items (CRI). As its name suggests, custom report items allow you to implement your own reporting controls when the standard SSRS report items (textbox, chart, table, matrix, etc.) are not enough. For example, the attached screenshot shows a report that uses a CRI I wrote to…
Read articleDownload the April 2006 refresh of the SQL Server 2005 samples and databases.
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