Building a Report from the Ground Up - Part 2: Report Project, Data Sources,...
In Part 1 of my Building a Report from the Ground Up series, we covered how to create a stored procedure, store it in the database, as well as some of the reasons why you should use a stored ...
View ArticleUsing Indexed views in SQL Server 2008
Ever since SQL Server 2000, views have been an option as a performance enhancing querying tool. When adding a clustered or a non-clustered index to a view, especially a particularly large one, ...
View ArticleEducation as Part of BI Implementation
Education as Part of BI Implementation Many companies usually are not comfortable when they are trying to implement any change in their process and the technologies ...
View ArticlePragmatic Works Foundation class - The Finished Product!
First, I want to thank Tony at pragmaticworks for his help and for sharing his story with me. Very encouraging words and good advice. Instead of writing a long blog detailing what I learned ...
View ArticleData Migration - For BI applications
INTRODUCTION “ Knowledge is Power ” - something I heard back in my school days. But today's version of this saying in the real world is - “ Information is Power; provided it is ...
View ArticleWhen the Problem is Not Them. It’s You.
Hello Dear Reader! I’ve been the Data Platform Management Lead at Pragmatic Works for almost two years now. It’s been an interesting journey that I’m enjoying. I’m ...
View ArticleMy Top Four Books for the MS Business Intelligence Professional
As a Business Intelligence Consultant, I do a decent amount of speaking, interacting with the community, and have written and contributed on a few SQL Server books. A question I’m often asked is if ...
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