All about using Microsoft products to deliver end to end BI

The Microsoft Data Warehouse Toolkit.. Theory meets practice

I had been waiting for Amazon to send my copy of Joy Mundy's, Warren Thorntwaite and Ralph Kimball's new book and let me tell you after going through it for the past few days, I am extremely excited of the potential all customers that I work with will Read More...

Posted Saturday, March 25, 2006 2:04 PM by raheelr | 0 Comments

Managing Metadata : SQL Server 2005 Meta Data Samples Toolkit

Meta Data is an area where a lot of customers are looking for a solution. SQL Server 2005 components specifically Integration Services, Analysis Services and Report Model capabilities in Reporting Services provide a mechanism to bridge multiple backend Read More...

Posted Sunday, January 01, 2006 2:59 PM by raheelr | 0 Comments

Working on a project to deliver BI on Oracle sources

So I just came off a mini project working with a customer who is trying to solve a common problem. Integrating data across multiple sources for better insight to the business user. The difference: the customer prefers Oracle as their underlying database Read More...

Posted Sunday, January 01, 2006 2:53 PM by raheelr | 149 Comments