Tableau - Making the Date dimension ready for Tableau
This is a technical follow up on the previous post on designing and working with cubes in Tableau.
Tableau - Designing and working with cubes in Tableau
In this article we will look at how the cube is structured and how to setup a date dimension what...
Tableau – Working with cubes
This post is the first of a series on designing and working with Microsoft SQL Server Analysis...
A better alternative to long set analysis
When you work with QlikView, you have probably created tons of set analysis expressions, and many...
Yet another possibility with QlikView
I sometimes wonder, haven’t we seen all the possibilities for QlikView?
The answer is simple – NO!
QlikView - Loading images into memory
Images in a QlikView application can be power full in many ways. Most of the time I see solutions...
Using table variables in a SSIS data source
Every now and then standard queries just aren’t sufficient as data sources and therefore it might...
QlikView tape recorder functionality
Try to visualize your old tape recorder. If you are old enough, you might remember the forward...
Special characters in SSAS Name properties
Have you ever got the request to use special characters, like ( ) / & %, in the names of your...
Throw your server off balance
…Balanced Power Plan that is
Caring about nature is most certainly a likable trait. But did you...
Output row values effected by an update
Have you ever thought about logging the before and after value for an update or delete? It’s...
Updateable views
By default view are updateable. It means you can write a TSQL update statement against a view just...
Avoid schema changes corrupting your views
Maybe you are using views as a layer between your tables and your users. If you have a lot of views...
dbcc checkdb
Almost every one of my customers is running a backup of their databases (you would be surprised if...
From PowerPivot to Tabular Part1
In this series of blog posts I will show you how to create PowerPivot model, how to convert it to...