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Wednesday, April 25, 2007 8:39 AM

MDX Script Performance Analyser on CodePlex

I forgot about this one - Chris "Master Chief of MDX" Webb is among the contributors to the MDX Script Performance Analyzer: "...The MDX Script Performance Analyser allows the user to identify how much each calculated member, named set and scoped assignment
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Friday, April 20, 2007 3:09 PM

SQL Analysis Services Load Simulator released on CodePlex

Just a little while ago ASLoadSim was realeased on CodePlex. It "...contains a set of utilities used to generate a query load and test the scalability of Analysis Services server...". Sounds great to me! Included as part of the distro is an whitepaper
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007 8:11 AM

PPS CTP2 VPC now available, too!

Last week I mentioned that PerformacePoint CTP2 was ready for download ( http://blogs.msdn.com/bimusings/archive/2007/04/04/performancepoint-ctp2-now-available-for-download.aspx ). Well, late last week the fine folks on the PPS team updated the site again,
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007 7:57 AM

First Cumulative Update for SQL Server2 2005 SP2 Released

This doesn't have much to do with BI per se, but is interesting nonetheless - Looks like the SQL team is moving towards a more predictable release cycle for hotfixes. Kudos! http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/935356
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Monday, April 09, 2007 2:13 PM

The curious saga of “(Select All)” and multi-valued parameters in Reporting Services

The back- story: Once upon a time, when Reporting Services 2005 was just barely gold, one was able to use a “Select All” feature with multi-valued parameters. At first glance, it was a handsome, strapping feature. After a time, it became apparent that
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Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:22 PM

PerformancePoint CTP2 now available for download

CTP2 was just released, and can be downloaded at Microsoft Connect ( https://connect.microsoft.com/default.aspx ). Browsing thru the content, I see 32 and 64-bit versions of the product, sample data, and even training material!
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