A quick link to a blog I read today on the default trace and determining what is in it. It's cool that we can get to all of this information in SS2005
Month: March 2007
IIF(IsEasier(Many-to-Many Dimensional Modeling) = TRUE, JOYFUL, CRY)
In a former life on a SQL Server 2000 project with I had the immense joy of building a few cubes in Analysis Services that took advantage of many-to-many relationships. At the start I was thrilled to be trying something new and by the end I was cross-eyed trying to keep all of the calculations … Continue reading IIF(IsEasier(Many-to-Many Dimensional Modeling) = TRUE, JOYFUL, CRY)
SSIS Naming Conventions
Jamie Thompson posted some best practices and naming conventions for SQL Server Integration Services a bit back. Interesting ideas and for some reason I hadn't ever really thought about naming conventions within SSIS until I read these articles.
SQL Server 2005 Performance Dashboard Reports
There's a new download from Microsoft that I am a little excited to take a look at... <begin fanfar> <queue flashy lights> The... SQL Server 2005 Performance Dashboard Reports I've downloaded them but haven't had a chance to really look at them. From the download page overview though: The SQL Server 2005 Performance Dashboard Reports … Continue reading SQL Server 2005 Performance Dashboard Reports
Monitoring Report Performance
Nothing really new with the link I am posting today. If you've looked at the samples included with SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services you've likely seen the Execution Log Reports. And for those that weren't aware, these reports are a nice little addition to SSRS that can help monitor reports begin run on the server … Continue reading Monitoring Report Performance
XML Datasources
A "neato' technical article from last fall on using XML and Web Services as data sources in SQL Server Reporting Services. Not sure how I feel about the XML but I had been wondering how to access certain values in SSRS in a web.config type fashion. For generic things like the name of the client … Continue reading XML Datasources
The 2-for-1 Special in Excel
It inevitably happens when building SQL Server Reporting Services reports that someone will have desire to export the beautifully created report out of SSRS and into some other format. And sometimes that format just happens to be Excel. *Presto Change-O* And quite suddenly the beauty of the report is destroyed by the earth-shattering disease of … Continue reading The 2-for-1 Special in Excel
Parameter Feature… Not A Bug
Often times I’ve placed default values into my reports when designing them to aid in developing the report without having to constantly fill out the parameters while testing them. To my chagrin I’ve run into a number of problems when I update deploy these reports to the reporting services server. And it seems that when … Continue reading Parameter Feature… Not A Bug
Reporting Services & SharePoint
I've been working a side-project that involves tying in SharePoint with Reporting Services. One of my wise co-workers managed to point some of the benefits and constraints that Microsoft has found in using the Reporting Services add-in for SharePoint. Configuring a report server to run in SharePoint integrated mode provides the following additional functionality that … Continue reading Reporting Services & SharePoint
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