Recently I’ve been flying around Australia delivering a 90 min seminar called Boost your BottomLine with SQL Server BI. This post is purely to make the Slides available for the audience. The audience was predominantly technical managers & architects in companies who owned SQL Server. The goal was...

This "How to" guide provides ideas & code samples on using color to improve your users understanding of the data in your reports. It includes using gradients of color in your tables & charts. It also covers using color to represent a second dimension &/or multiple levels of data...

This "How to" guide provides ideas & code samples on using color to improve your users understanding of the data in your reports. It includes using gradients of color in your tables & charts. It also covers using color to represent a second dimension &/or multiple levels of data...

This "How to" guide provides ideas & code samples on using color to improve your users understanding of the data in your reports. It includes using gradients of color in your tables & charts. It also covers using color to represent a second dimension &/or multiple levels of data in a hierarchy...

Part 4 of 4: Continuous Color functions for Multi-Dimensional analysis (in charts) This "How to" guide provides ideas & code samples on using color to improve your users understanding of the data in your reports. It includes using gradients of color in your tables & charts. It also covers using...

Remembering the exact syntax of a connection string is a pain. The following are links to my favourite articles on making a connection string.   Connection Strings.Com   Another great site for developers is The Code Project: ADO Connection Strings & of course RTFM is also a great idea,...