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Once you've installed SQL Server 2008's SP1 ( download here ), I'm sure you'll want to have Report Builder 2.0's click once feature activitated. By default, SSRS will still call Report Builder 1.0 application. Here are steps needed to enable click once
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If you building an environment with Kerberos Constrained Delegation, and have a named instance of Analysis Services, where your DC is running Windows Server 2003, take note. Having learned the hard way this week, there is a hot fix for Windows Server
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There are three fundamental methods for implementing reports against SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 list data: direct MOSS table query, web service query, and finally third party tools which implement the web service interfaces. Although the direct table
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While working on a proof this past week, I installed PerformancePoint 2007 SP2...wishing to use it with SQL Server 2008's Reporting Services. However, when creating a report which was of Reporting Services type, I recieved the following error - "Could
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Ok...so you are thinking about running a stress test against your Reporting Services 2008 environment, and you've setup your test harness (I'm biased to VS.NET Team Test 2008 with Load Agents) to use a single domain account. When you run your stress tests...you
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Well...if you haven't, don't worry it's on YouTube . Once you see it, you'll know why I love the ad spot...its a fresh, new image for our BI advertising. Hope you enjoy it! Watch the TV ad here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj3MHyXG0ao&e
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Did you attend a SQL Server 2008 Roadshow in your nearest city? If you did, you got to hear about SQL Server 2008 and the new enhanced capabilities of the product. Covered in New York's SS2K8 Roadshow was security and database management, how to best
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For those that attended my session (Designing Effective Dashboards with Msft BI Platform) at the 2nd annual Msft BI Conference in Seattle, and had asked for the demo files/projects, you can download my demo files here . The zip file contains the SQL Server
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Just a friendly reminder that the 2nd Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference is only a week away, starting on October 6th. The conference is being held in Seattle. Come visit my session " Designing Effective Dashboards with the Microsoft Business
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For those that were looking for the latest Report Builder tool (for use with SQL Server 2008 RTM), look no further...its been published as a web released "released candidate" for a short while already. Get the download here . Want to know what's in this
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Well...I came across this Dundas Gauge XML Template while researching an installation issue on a recent proof of concept. In a nutshell, if you are creating "Bullet Charts" for a dashboard type report within Reporting Services, and you're using Dundas
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Expanding upon the previous posts regarding SSAS 2005 functionality and performance testing with TD v12.0, a white paper I co-wrote on the topic has recently been made available up on Microsoft's Global ISV "Connector" site for Teradata ( http://www.microsoft.com/isv/teradata/default.aspx
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I often get asked by organizations how they can leverage their SAP "data" investment against the Microsoft Business Intelligence suite of tools. The set of questions usually falls into one of these four categories: Ability to extract data directly from
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Through conversations with many customers, I’ve been asked either directly or indirectly what makes a dashboard good in terms of design. Put it another way…what are some design best practices to make a dashboard more effective at conveying the “data”
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Here at the NY Microsoft Technology Center (NY MTC), we recently ran a series of SQL Server Upgrade/Application Compatibility Labs with various customers and ISVs. To learn more about the labs, watch this video blog entry shot during one of the actual
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