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  Five SSIS Best Practices you can Take to the Bank
  This article will give you a good start on best practices that you can follow while creating SSIS solutions.
  tags : SSIS Best Practices
  DevinKnight   -  12/16/2009   -  Comments: 6  -  Views: 1953
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  Eight ways of executing SSIS package and passing parameters (T-SQL, VB.net, C#, SQLAgent, DTExec)
  This article will explain how to execute SSIS package using different methods and make package dynamic by passing parameters via commandline or using VB.net/C# API
  tags : SQL Agent Proxy SSIS Scheduling Parameter
  NayanPatel   -  12/15/2009   -  Comments: 13  -  Views: 2849
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  5 Reasons You Should Be Using BI xPress
  Whether you're a rookie or a veteran when it comes to SSIS development, you should be using BI xPress. In this article, I give you 5 good reasons why.
  tags : SSIS, Development, BI xPress
  DustinRyan   -  12/2/2009   -  Comments: 0  -  Views: 1602
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  Deploying Reports to a Report Server
  In this article we follow the series by Dustin Ryan on creating reports by showing you how to deploy reports to your report server. In the final article in the series we will explore security on your report server.
  tags : SSRS, Reporting Services, Report Server, Deploy
  BradSchacht   -  12/2/2009   -  Comments: 1  -  Views: 1533
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  Populating AutoComplete List in outlook with all contacts (Rebuild Outlook NS2 File)
  This article will show you how to populate auto complete list of Outlook so when you send email to someone you always have email address visible in the auto complete list.
  tags : Outlook Tips
  NayanPatel   -  12/2/2009   -  Comments: 0  -  Views: 1345
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  Introduction to SSIS Expressions
  This is an introduction to the basics of SSIS expressions. It covers very simple expressions and creating them in the expression builder.
  tags : SSIS, Expressions
  ShawnHarrison   -  12/1/2009   -  Comments: 4  -  Views: 1821
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  Building a Report from the Ground Up - Part 9: Adding Groups to Total/Average
  In Part 9 of Building a Report from the Ground Up, Dustin touches on the basics of adding groups to your report to total or average your data.
  tags : SSRS, groups
  DustinRyan   -  12/1/2009   -  Comments: 4  -  Views: 885
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  Building a Report from the Ground Up - Part 8: Drill-Through, Hyperlinks, and Bookmarks
  In Part 8 of Building a Report from the Ground Up, Dustin shows you how to add drill through functionality to your report, as well as hyperlinks and bookmarks.
  tags : SSRS, drill through
  DustinRyan   -  12/1/2009   -  Comments: 3  -  Views: 852
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  Building a Report from the Ground Up - Part 7: Using Expressions in your Report
  In Part 7 of Building a Report from the Ground Up, Dustin takes a look at expressions.
  tags : SSRS, Expressions
  DustinRyan   -  12/1/2009   -  Comments: 2  -  Views: 974
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  Building a Report from the Ground Up - Part 6: Cascading and Multivalue Parameters
  In Part 6 of Building a Report from the Ground Up, Dustin shows you how to create cascading and multivalue parameters.
  tags : Parameters, SSRS
  DustinRyan   -  12/1/2009   -  Comments: 3  -  Views: 1384
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  Building a Report from the Ground Up-Part 5: Parameters
  In Part 5 of Building a Report from the Ground Up, Dustin covers how to add a drop down list parameter to your report.
  tags : SSRS, parameters
  DustinRyan   -  12/1/2009   -  Comments: 3  -  Views: 1404
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  Scheduling an SSIS Package with SQL Server Agent
  In this article, Dustin covers how to use SQL Server Agent to schedule an SSIS package's execution.
  tags : SQL, SSIS package, Schedule a package
  DustinRyan   -  12/1/2009   -  Comments: 6  -  Views: 1595
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  BIDN Launch Contest
  Welcome to BIDN. Are you're starting to use the site, please read about this exciting contest to get you some great prizes for participating in BIDN.com.
  tags : bidn, contest
  admin   -  12/1/2009   -  Comments: 22  -  Views: 1155
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  Report from a Cube in Reporting Services 2008
  Learn how to create a report from a cube in Reporting Services 2008.
  tags : Reporting Services 2008 MDX Cube
  MikeDavis   -  12/1/2009   -  Comments: 4  -  Views: 1839
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  Loading a Fact Table with SSIS
  In this article you will learn one of the many ways to Load a Fact table.
  AlbertoMunera   -  11/30/2009   -  Comments: 3  -  Views: 2050
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  SSIS Package Naming Standards
  This article will hopefully help you get started with your project documentation by giving you some hints on SSIS package naming standards.
  kylewalker   -  11/30/2009   -  Comments: 1  -  Views: 1271
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  Loading a Dimension Table using the Slowly Changing Dimension Wizard
  This article shows you step by step how to use the Slowly Changing Dimension Wizard to load a Dimension table.
  AlbertoMunera   -  11/30/2009   -  Comments: 1  -  Views: 1181
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  Kicking the Tires of MDX Rest Stop #2 MDX Journey Location Atlanta Georgia
  This is the second part of a multipart series entitled MDX Rest Stop. This covers slicing by multiple dimension and basic MDX syntax.
  MikeMollenhour   -  11/30/2009   -  Comments: 3  -  Views: 700
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  Education as Part of BI Implementation
  This article will give you a good idea about the importance of education to use Business Intelligence.
  AlbertoMunera   -  11/30/2009   -  Comments: 0  -  Views: 579
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  Using Data Source to Connect with IBM-AS400
  At the moment of define a DataSource to Connect with IBM AS400 it is important to have in mind some features of the connection such as: Default Schema, Network Address, and Package Collection, you can see these in the follow article.
  AlbertoMunera   -  11/30/2009   -  Comments: 0  -  Views: 1043
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  Using Indexed views in SQL Server 2008
  An overview of Indexed Views
  kylewalker   -  11/29/2009   -  Comments: 2  -  Views: 1090
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  Using Configuration Tables in SSIS
  Learn how to use configuration tables in multiple packages in SSIS.
  tags : SSIS Configuration tables connection
  MikeDavis   -  11/28/2009   -  Comments: 3  -  Views: 1322
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  Custom Coding in SQL Reporting Services 2008
  Learn how to use custom code in reporting services 2008.
  tags : SSRS Reporting Services 2008 Custom Code Colors
  MikeDavis   -  11/28/2009   -  Comments: 1  -  Views: 1511
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  SSIS Interview Questions and Tips
  Preparing to interview for a SSIS job? Read this article to help you get ready for what could be some unexpected questions.
  tags : SSIS
  DevinKnight   -  11/27/2009   -  Comments: 1  -  Views: 1126
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  Calculating Percentile in SQL Server Analysis Services MDX
  In this article, you'll learn how to use MDX to calculate percentile easily. See how to condense tons of T-SQL code to simple MDX calculations.
  tags : mdx, calculations, percentile
  BrianKnight   -  11/26/2009   -  Comments: 5  -  Views: 2993