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  Developing an End to End Data Mining Report
  In this article you will learn how to develop an End to End Reporting Services report using a Data Mining dataset. The article assumes you already have a data mining model created but if you do not a sample is provided.
  tags : SSRS, Data Mining, SSAS
  DevinKnight   -  1/24/2010   -  Comments: 1  -  Views: 1262
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  MetaData Driven ETL (MDDE) System
  Interesting approach to tedious ETL development for systems with large amounts of source data - only accessible via ODBC
  tags : MDDE ETL MERGE
  howarddiesel   -  1/16/2010   -  Comments: 2  -  Views: 1570
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  Normalization vs. Dimensional Modeling
  This article is a basic overview and comparison between normalization and dimensional modeling.
  tags : normalization, dimensional, fact, star, snowflake
  ShawnHarrison   -  1/11/2010   -  Comments: 3  -  Views: 2847
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  Don’t let the Fear Factor hold up approval of your Data Warehouse Project
  Adopting a Data Warehouse project methodology that shows results early in the investment cycle and delivers incremental results at short intervals can facilitate the approval process and improve outcomes significantly
  tags : Managment Approval, BI Project methodology
  samvnw51   -  1/8/2010   -  Comments: 8  -  Views: 894
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  Using Configuration Files in SSIS
  Learn how to use configuration files in SSIS.
  tags : SSIS Configuration Files XML
  MikeDavis   -  1/7/2010   -  Comments: 3  -  Views: 1749
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  Variables and Expressions with Connections in SSIS
  Learn how to use variable and expression to make your SSIS connection dynamic.
  tags : SSIS Variables Expressions Connection manager
  MikeDavis   -  1/6/2010   -  Comments: 4  -  Views: 1287
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  Showing Total in some Cells (and hinding in some) in Matrix reports
  This article is about showing/hiding total in cells in Matrix report in SSRS 2005.
  ashishnaik1   -  1/5/2010   -  Comments: 1  -  Views: 870
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  Variable Best Practices in SSIS
  Learn some of the best practices when using variables in SSIS.
  tags : SSIS Variables Best Practices SQL
  MikeDavis   -  1/5/2010   -  Comments: 1  -  Views: 1148
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  Creating a Reporting Services Data Driven Subscription
  In this article you will learn how to create a Data Driven Subscription so your reports will run unattended on a schedule dynamically.
  tags : SSRS
  DevinKnight   -  1/4/2010   -  Comments: 5  -  Views: 1856
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  Vote for new Service Packs for SQL 2005 and 2008
  We need new Service Packs for Sql 2005 and 2008.
  sqlscottgleason   -  12/31/2009   -  Comments: 2  -  Views: 530
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  Incremental Loads with Change Data Capture – Part 1: Enabling Change Data Capture
  In this series I will explain how to enable Change Data Capture to do Incremental Data loads.
  PatrickLeBlanc   -  12/31/2009   -  Comments: 3  -  Views: 2248
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  Road Trip with MDX Series (Intro to MDX Structures)
  In this intro to MDX we will cover Dimensions, grains, measures and tuples
  MikeMollenhour   -  12/30/2009   -  Comments: 0  -  Views: 982
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  Road Trip with MDX Series (Trip Plan Intro)
  This is a several part Series of MDX. I will take through definitions and examples starting from a beginers percpective ending in advanced calculations.
  tags : MDX AS
  MikeMollenhour   -  12/29/2009   -  Comments: 0  -  Views: 727
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  Analysis Services Usage-Based Optimization (UBO)
  Devin continues to show how performance optimization in SSAS can be done in a few short steps. This article details a feature called Usage-Based Optimization (UBO) that allows you to use user queries to tune query performance.
  tags : SSRS, Partitions, Aggregations
  DevinKnight   -  12/28/2009   -  Comments: 2  -  Views: 1812
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  Building a Report from the Ground Up - Part 4: Creating a Template & Displaying Data in a Matrix
  In Part 4 of Building a Report from the Ground Up, Dustin covers how to create a template to give your reports a consistent look and feel as well as how to use a Matrix to display data.
  tags : SSRS 2008, Report Development, Matrix
  DustinRyan   -  12/28/2009   -  Comments: 2  -  Views: 1626
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  Analysis Services Aggregations
  In a previous article Devin showed how creating partitions can help performance optimization in SSAS. Now you are ready for the next performance tuning phase where you will design aggregations on your partitions.
  tags : SSAS, Partitions, Aggregations
  DevinKnight   -  12/25/2009   -  Comments: 2  -  Views: 2203
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  Analysis Services 200x Then and Now ...
  In this article, Adam takes us through the major changes from SQL Server Analysis Services 2000 through Analysis Services 2008.
  tags : Upgrading SSAS, SSAS 2000, SSAS 2005, SSAS 2008
  AdamJorgensen   -  12/23/2009   -  Comments: 0  -  Views: 876
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  Don't be too quick to use a cursor
  A quick explanation and example of using the OUTPUT clause of a T-SQL Insert statement to capture an Identity column value for further processing
  tags : Cursor, Output clause, identity
  jtarnott   -  12/22/2009   -  Comments: 1  -  Views: 503
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  Creating a Reporting Services Subscription
  This article gives you step by step instructions on how to enable Subscriptions on a report so users will have a report automatically delivered to them to a Windows File Share.
  tags : SSRS
  DevinKnight   -  12/22/2009   -  Comments: 6  -  Views: 1384
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  SSRS - SMTP Configuration
  Contact me on ashishkhade@gmail.com for more info.
  tags : Config SMTP for SSRS
  ashishkhade   -  12/22/2009   -  Comments: 0  -  Views: 839
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  Making SSIS Lookups Dynamic and Parameterized
  In this article by Brian Knight, you'll learn how to make the Lookup Transform dynamic in SQL Server 2008. He shows you also in SQL Server 2008 how to use the Cache Transform.
  tags : ssis, expressions, lookup transform
  BrianKnight   -  12/21/2009   -  Comments: 3  -  Views: 2228
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  Analysis Services Partitions
  Dealing with large amounts of data in a cube can drag down performance on two levels (query performance and processing performance). In this part one article learn how you can performance tune Analysis Services to increase both query and processing perfor...
  tags : SSAS, Partitions
  DevinKnight   -  12/21/2009   -  Comments: 6  -  Views: 1774
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  Prepare To Install Reporting Services
  This article discusses the steps needed to prepare for Reporting Services to be installed. We look at the subtle differences in this requirement in SQ 2005 and 2008, then go into detail about the steps necessary to configure IIS properly.
  tags : SSRS, Reporting Services, IIS
  BradSchacht   -  12/21/2009   -  Comments: 3  -  Views: 1150
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  Building a Report from the Ground Up - Part 3: Displaying the Data in a Table
  In Part 3 of Building a Report From the Ground Up, Dustin covers how to add a table to your report and display data. Dustin also briefly covers formatting your header and text boxes.
  tags : SSRS 2008, Reporting Services
  DustinRyan   -  12/18/2009   -  Comments: 1  -  Views: 1795
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  Tutorial: Creating Your First SSIS Package
  In this tutorial, Brian shows you how to create your first basic SSIS package.
  BrianKnight   -  12/17/2009   -  Comments: 4  -  Views: 1668