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  Rock Your Reports Series 3 of 3
  In this series finale, Sherri McDonald will show you to create a drill through from 1 map report into a detailed report for the state as well as include a map of the state.
  tags : Sherri McDonald, SSRS R2, Reporting Services R2, Maps, Spatial data, Pragmatic Works
  SMcDonald   -  3/30/2011   -  Comments: 1  -  Views: 3132
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  Rock Your Reports Series 2 of 3
  In the 2nd of a 3 part series, Sherri McDonald will show you how to utilize an R2 feature into a report to give the end user information based on the U.S. Map as well as a comparison that has been done in a table using a data bar.
  tags : Sherri McDonald, Pragmatic Works, SSRS Map reports, SSRS R2 Map, Webinar, Free Training
  SMcDonald   -  3/30/2011   -  Comments: 1  -  Views: 3168
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  Rock Your Reports Series 1 of 3
  In this article, Sherri will show you how create a report that will utilize a your toolbox items from SSRS 2008 and SSRS 2008R2. Learn how to build the report with step by step instructions, including the query to pull the back the data. This is part 1 of...
  tags : Sherri McDonald, Rock your reports, Charts, Indicators, Pragmatic Works, Webinars, SSRS, Reporting S
  SMcDonald   -  3/30/2011   -  Comments: 4  -  Views: 3965
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  Understanding Analysis Services Relationships using Dimension Usage
  In this article Devin examples how each relationship type works inside Analysis Services. After reading this you should be able to translate your data warehouse design into a cube design that can be used by your end users.
  tags : SSAS
  DevinKnight   -  3/29/2011   -  Comments: 8  -  Views: 3703
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  Building a Report from the Ground Up - Part 1: Creating a Stored Procedure
  In this article, Dustin covers the basics of how to create a stored procedure and save it for future use within your database using SQL Server Management Studio.
  tags : SSRS, Stored Procedure, Parameter, SQL
  DustinRyan   -  3/9/2011   -  Comments: 4  -  Views: 1420
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  Group Level Page Numbering using Reporting Services 2008 R2
  In this article, Brian will show you how to include group level page numbering along with total report page numbering. This comes in handy when you have a large report with sets of grouped data.
  tags : Reporting Services, SSRS, Page Numbering, Group Page Numbering, ResetPageNumber, Brian K McDonald
  briankmcdonald   -  3/8/2011   -  Comments: 4  -  Views: 1854
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  Deploying and Configuring SQL Server Integration Services Packages Without the Wizard
  Conclusion Although a deployment wizard is provided by the Business Intelligence Development Studio, there are other methods to deploy the SQL Server Integration Services package more intuitively as described in this article. Packages can be loaded, confi...
  maloveacharya   -  2/18/2011   -  Comments: 0  -  Views: 1208
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  SSAS Data Security (Dimension and Cell Security)
  SSAS provides the way to secure analysis services database/cube data from unauthorized access. Analysis services provides secure access by creating object called "roles". This article will talk in detail about dimension and cell level security.
  tags : Advanced Feature, SSAS, SSAS Tutorial, Tutorial
  sirfnet   -  1/14/2011   -  Comments: 0  -  Views: 1752
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  SSAS - Setting Attributes as Properties for Excel
  Learn how to stop your end users from slicing your cube by items like First name, or email address, and still give them the ability to see this information with a couple of clicks. These techniques will improve your cube performance and enhance your user'...
  MikeDavis   -  1/10/2011   -  Comments: 13  -  Views: 3286
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  SSAS Data Security (Dimension and Cell Security)
  SSAS provides the way to secure analysis services database/cube data from unauthorized access. Analysis services provides secure access by creating object called "roles". This article will talk in detail about dimension and cell level security.
  tags : Advanced Feature, SSAS, SSAS Tutorial, Tutorial
  sirfnet   -  1/10/2011   -  Comments: 4  -  Views: 1669
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  Handling Headers in Flat Files With SSIS
  Learn how to Handle Headers in Flat Files With SSIS
  tags : Handling Headers in Flat Files With SSIS
  MikeDavis   -  1/7/2011   -  Comments: 15  -  Views: 4884
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  SSIS Solution Framework Part 3 : Parent Child
  SSIS Solution Framework
  MarkGStacey   -  12/27/2010   -  Comments: 0  -  Views: 1521
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  Intro to SSRS Basic Report Writing Part 1
  In this article, Sherri will show you how to put together a very basic report and then eventually we will build on that same report in my next post.
  tags : Sherri McDonald, SSRS, Reporting Services
  SMcDonald   -  12/18/2010   -  Comments: 3  -  Views: 1688
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  SSIS 2008 Using Excel in a Lookup Tansform
  Learn how to use Excel in a lookup transform in a data flow in a data flow.
  tags : SSIS, Excel, Lookup
  MikeDavis   -  12/8/2010   -  Comments: 2  -  Views: 2424
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  SSIS For Each Loop over file with Date in Name
  Learn how to loop over files with a date in the file name and filter based on this date. This is done with no script task.
  tags : SSIS, For Each Loop, date
  MikeDavis   -  11/29/2010   -  Comments: 1  -  Views: 2647
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  Joins From A Common Sense Perspective
  In this article, Sherri McDonald gives an overview of the common Join commands and has also included examples and diagrams.
  tags : Sherri McDonald, Pragmatic Works, SQL Joins
  SMcDonald   -  11/28/2010   -  Comments: 1  -  Views: 2078
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  Where Are My Records: Using the NoRowsMessage Property
  In this article, Brian will show you how to use the No Rows property group of data regions to inform the user that no records met their criteria.
  tags : SSRS, NoRowsMessage, No Results For Data Region, Brian K. McDonald
  briankmcdonald   -  10/22/2010   -  Comments: 12  -  Views: 2577
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  Disecting the Self Referencing Hierarchy
  In this article Brad will discuss how to flatten a table that is built on a self referencing hierarchy using DimEmployee as an example from the AdventureWorksDW database.
  tags : SQL, Hierarchy
  BradSchacht   -  10/21/2010   -  Comments: 1  -  Views: 1453
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  Monitoring Reporting Services Subscriptions
  In this article Devin shows a method for monitoring Reporting Services subscriptions by designing a set of reports. The first report displays subscription executions while the second will rerun subscriptions on demand.
  tags : SSRS
  DevinKnight   -  10/20/2010   -  Comments: 11  -  Views: 3321
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  Getting Started With DAX in PowerPivot
  In this article you will get a quick introduction the DAX, the formula language used in PowerPivot. With this tutorial you will get a start on modifying PowerPivot data.
  tags : PowerPivot, DAX
  DevinKnight   -  10/20/2010   -  Comments: 2  -  Views: 2570
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  User Preferences and Styling
  In this article, Brian will show you how to create themes and use them withing SQL Server Reporting Services. These examples were created in SSRS 2005, but could easily be used in 2008 and R2 as well.
  tags : SSRS, Themes
  briankmcdonald   -  10/6/2010   -  Comments: 10  -  Views: 1469
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  Writing Parametrized MDX for Reporting Services
  In this article, you will learn how to write your own MDX inside of Reporting Services and actually add parameters to the your query. No longer will you be forced to use the Query Designer!
  tags : SSRS, MDX
  DevinKnight   -  9/30/2010   -  Comments: 7  -  Views: 2023
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  Reporting on an SSAS Cube with SSRS 2008
  In this article, Dustin gives you an introduction on building a report on a cube using the MDX Query Designer.
  tags : SSRS 2008, MDX query, MDX query designer, SSRS cube report
  DustinRyan   -  9/30/2010   -  Comments: 7  -  Views: 6461
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  Remove Duplicates from Tablix by Grouping
  In this article, Brian will show you one way that you can get a distinct listing of values in a Tablix. Although it is rare to have to use this method, I have had to resort to this to solve a unique problem.
  tags : SSRS, Remove Duplicates, Groups
  briankmcdonald   -  9/29/2010   -  Comments: 2  -  Views: 2432
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  MDX 101: Introduction to MDX
  In this article, Dustin will cover the basics of the Multi Dimensional Expression (MDX) Language and introduce you to writing your first MDX statement.
  tags : MDX, Introduction to MDX, Learn MDX, MDX query syntax
  DustinRyan   -  9/14/2010   -  Comments: 11  -  Views: 2890