Category Archives: Analysis Services
To the Cloud…and Beyond!
After all the years of working on enterprise Analysis Services implementations, there were definitely some raised eyebrows when I had started running around with my MacBook Air on the merits … Continue reading
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Multidimensional Performance and Operations Guide
A while back, Thomas Kejser (@thomaskejser | http://blog.kejser.org/) and I had written a couple cool guides on Analysis Services Multidimensional: SQL Server 2008R2 Analysis Services Operations Guide Analysis Services 2008 … Continue reading
Hadoop Summit and all hail screen sharing!
Presenting for the first time at Hadoop Summit was a serious thrill and this was just Day 1! Just as a refresher, Dave Mariani (@dmarini) from Klout and I got … Continue reading
SQL BI at Hadoop Summit = Awesomesauce!
For the 2012 Hadoop Summit, I will have the honor to co-present with Dave Mariani (@dmariani) from Klout in our session How Klout is changing the landscape of social media … Continue reading
How to Connect Report Builder 3.0 to a SQL Server 2012 PowerPivot workbook
With the upcoming release of SQL Server 2012, the new and cooler way to connect to a PowerPivot workbook within SharePoint is to use Power View which addresses the concept … Continue reading
BI and Big Data–the best of both worlds!
As part of the excitement of the Strata Conference this week, Microsoft has been talking about Big Data and Hadoop. It started off with Dave Campbell’s question: Do we have … Continue reading
Reminder SQLPASS breakout–SQLCAT: Tier-1 BI in the world of Big Data
Okay kid, this is where it gets complicated. – Amy Pond from Doctor Who’s “The Big Bang” The SQL PASS Summit 2011 starts tomorrow and lots of craziness and technical … Continue reading
Are you an Analysis Services rock star? Yahoo! is looking for you!
While I do not normally blog about job postings, this is definitely the exception to the rule. And this is a pretty big exception as I’m talking about a Yahoo! … Continue reading
At a Crossroads … from SSAS to BigData!
“There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief / There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief” – Bob Dylan’s ‘All Along the … Continue reading
Announcing SSAS Maestros v1.2
In homage to the maestro, the Battlestar Galactica image links to Bear McCreary’s All Along The Watch Tower. Note, This is a re-post of Announcing SSAS Maestros v1.2 on the … Continue reading
Why the obsession with random I/O within the context of SSAS?
As many of you know from the various blogs, whitepapers, and conferences from SQLCAT, there is a big obsession or compulsion toward I/O by various members of SQLCAT. If you’re … Continue reading
Using SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel to Analyze SAP Data
Sorry! I’ve been offline and haven’t blogged or responded to comments for quite some time and frankly I don’t have any good excuses: I fell asleep My dog ate my … Continue reading
Getting ready for enterprise SSAS and PowerPivot at PASS with SQLCAT!
If you’re online this week, and admittedly the last few weeks I have been extremely dormant, you may know that next week is the 2010 SQL Server PASS Summit! It’s … Continue reading
Analysis Services ROLAP for SQL Server Data Warehouses
You’re sh*&ting me. No way. Man, that sucks. rocks! – Toby Lee Shavers, from XXX (2002), altered of course! And before you start, yes, I’m starting to follow the schtick … Continue reading
