In a previous article I demonstrated how to create a SSRS report that runs against a SSAS Cube. This time I am going to show you how to create a report with a query that you already have created.
Speed up Linked Server Connection To Oracle using OPENQUERY
Last time I showed how to create a connection to an Oracle database by creating a Linked Server in SQL Server. Most of the time this works fine, but when you are pulling a lot of information, it tends to run slow. By using OPENQUERY, the query will run very, very fast.
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SQL Saturday #708 Cleveland 2018
Last week I attended SQL Saturday. In last years posting: SQLSaturday #595 Cleveland 2017 I explained all of the benefits and all of the great FREE training and networking that you can do. This year I will give you a rundown of the sessions I attended in 2018.
Linked Server that connects to Oracle
Sometimes you need to pull data from an Oracle database into your SQL Server database. No magic is required, you just need to use a Linked Server. This article will show you how easy it is.
One Year Anniversary of Blogging!
Today is my one year anniversary of blogging! If you would have told me 14 months ago that I would be writing a technical blog, I would have looked at you like you had two heads! It has gone very well and I have learned/reinforced some valuable skills such as TESTING/TESTING/TESTING, writing comprehensive documentation, and keeping my problem solving skills honed. See below for some stats from the previous year.
Parameterize a SSRS report using SSAS Data.
In a previous posting we created our first SSRS report pulling from our SSAS cube data. It ran fine, but it brought back all of the data in the database. This posting will show you how to add a parameter so only selected information is brought back. You may think of this like a WHERE clause in your SQL statements.
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Create your first SSRS report using wizard
In previous postings we have created a data warehouse, created a SSAS cube, now we are going to write a report using SQL Server Reporting Services to create a report against the cube data that we created.
Adding Time Series Dimension to your SSAS Cube
In the last article, we connected Excel to our SSAS Cube, and did some pivot table analysis. Now we are going to increase our analysis ability by adding a date dimension so the data can be further broken down.
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Connecting Excel to Sql Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
Last week we created a cube using SSAS. Now I am going to show you how your end users will connect to it using Excel and how they can use the data in a meaningful way while using their favorite tool (Excel).
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Your first BI SSAS Cube
Today we are going to create a very simple SSAS cube to show some of the useful things that you can do with Sql Server Analysis Services. In production or a real world scenario, you would do much more planning and analysis, but this article will show you the steps that you will need to complete. This is really the tip of the iceberg of things that you can accomplish with SSAS, so feel free to explore.
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