Just Moved the Blog to WordPress
I’ve just moved my blog from a site I hosted myself using the dasBlog ASP.NET application to WordPress.com. Please let…
Can I Add Controls to a Reporting Services Report?
I see this question on the forums all the time and thought it was worth a repost here. Just this…
StreamInsight: A new way to think about analyzing data
Last night’s Oregon SQL user group meeting was very enlightening. Mark Simms from the SQL Server Customer Advisory Team (SQLCAT)…
Why Do All Funnel Charts Look The Same?
Something recently occurred to me. I’ve been researching chart and dashboard design standards for an article I’m working on, and…
What’s Going On at Microsoft?
Last week Donald Farmer announced that he was leaving his long-time position as Microsoft’s lead BI technology evangelist for QlikTech,…
Rich Embedded Text Formatting in Reports
I’ve recently come to realize what a truly remarkable feature it is to be able to format report text using…
Building Reports and Analytics on Dynamics CRM – Lessons (Being) Learned
In concept, designing reports is such a simple thing… you connect to a data source, write a SQL query, optimize…
Preventing Subscriptions from Blocking Interactive Report Executions
A consulting client recently asked how they could resolve a capacity-planning issue on their production report server. They manage a…
Happy Holidays
I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays. To everyone in the SQL Server community, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. …
Dashboard and KPI Design–the Definitive Industry Standard
First of all, the title is intended to be a little tongue-in-cheek – just a little bit. I’ll explain. Last…
Blogging on Blogging
So I must confess that my blogging efforts to date have been on the impersonal side – perhaps even a…
Are You Ready to Move to SharePoint for Microsoft BI?
I’m interested in hearing your response to this question. Microsoft is investing aggressively in delivering Business Intelligence as a holistic…
PASS 2010 Summit Announcements and New SQL Server Developments
To say that this was a very full conference would be an understatement. The SQL Server platform has grown to…
Cloudy Days Ahead
Microsoft is investing heavily in cloud computing with several online services available under the Azure Platform. SQL Azure The SQL…
Self-service Reporting in SQL Server “Denali”
Project Crescent is a fully-interactive, browser-based data visualization surfaced using Silverlight interactive and animated controls. It’s Reporting Services, only sexier. …