Hello (BI) World!
For those who are not already aware, I’ve recently switched to the Business Intelligence team as an OLAP developer. I’m pretty excited about the opportunity to learn more about cubes and data mining,...
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Max Parallelism on Cube Processing
The default behavior for processing cubes is to let the server determine how much parallelism to use. Let’s face it, the server must’ve not learned to play nice with others as a kid; as such, it...
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Getting Started with Variables in SSIS
I recently had to create an SSIS package that used variables to pass data between procs, and I thought it would make a good topic for a blog post. There are many scenarios as to the how and why to use...
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Yet Another PASS Summit Recap & Thoughts on PDW
The SQL blogosphere has been lit up with PASS Summit recaps. I debated about whether or not to write my own post, until I remembered that this blog serves as a mini-journal for me too. I have a...
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SSIS Design Patterns
Have you ever been tasked with a project that you know has been done before, probably thousands of times, but you didn’t know where to start because it was new to you? If you’re nodding your head yes,...
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Accelerating ETL Data Retrieval
As I’ve mentioned previously, SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns is now available on Amazon. PASS has invited the ENTIRE author team to give a pre-conference training session at...
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