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One of the new SQL Server 2012 data warehouse features is the Columnstore index. It stores data by columns instead of by rows, similar to a column-oriented DBMS like the Vertica Analytic Database and claims to increase query performance by hundreds to...
Today saw the announcement of how SQL Server 2012 will be carved up and licensed, and it's changed quite a bit. There are three key changes: 1) There's a new Business Intelligence Edition that sits between Standard and Enterprise 2) No more processor...
Day 2 and the BI Keynote. Announcements? Only two, although actually, old news: - They announced the availability of the MS BI Indexing Connector . Originally announced back in May - They got their story straight(er) with regard to the release of what...
The Tech-Ed 2010 Conference kicked off today with the Keynote session. The BI Keynote session is tomorrow but today's keynote did incorporate a small BI Element. No huge announcements, but some announcements all the same. - Unsuprisingly, Cloud computing...
New Orleans 'Brits Abroad' Checklist Bourbon Street - Check Yo Mammas Burger - Check Pat O'Brian's " Hurricane " - Check Absenth Frappe - Chickened out Irish Car Bomb - Wish I'd Chickened Out Alligator 'Hunting' ...
There are already a few good Gemini/PowerPivot blogs that provide an introduction into what it is and does so there is no need for repetition. What I haven’t seen are examples of how existing investments can be harnessed for Gemini/PowerPivot based...
First post for months; the PerformancePoint Planning announcement forced some redirection and rebuilding. We’ve grieved, we’ve moaned, but at some point, you just have to move on. ----------------- I’m not a fan of hacks – it normally means you...
It's nearly a week since the announcement that shook the (PPS) world ! It's been a bit difficult to report on; generally the Adatis blogs try and offer solutions to problems we have encountered out in the real-world. Now I could say...
Jeremy has already announced the release of PerformancePoint Server SP2 and it's great to see that the PPS dev team hit their target release date ! I've spent a little commute time this morning checking out the documentation, admittedly...
Word on the street is that next Monday, 8th December 2008, the second Service Pack for PerformancePoint Server 2007 will be released. Less than a week !
I had a bit of a rant yesterday about the fact I have had to compromise naming member properties when I've inadvertently created them with the wrong data type. As I mentioned, I found a Dimension attribute collection method in the Planning client...
Update: I've posted a solution to Deleting a Custom Member Property here I've done this countless times; I've created my perfectly named Custom Member Property when it suddenly dawns on me that I've forgotten to give it the right...
Amidst my write up of the first day of the Microsoft BI Conference , I mentioned a new planning demo suite was imminent, and I would post more information about the demos soon. Well, as it has now been officially released (27th October) I can spill...
The last day of the conference came round quickly and due to my relatively early flight I only attended a couple of sessions and spent most of the day meeting more people in and around the BI community. Shout out to Peter Eberhardy (PeterEb), a...
Day 2 kicked off with some good key notes and still full of steak from day 1 I hauled myself to TK Anand and Akshai Mirchandani's session on Optimising Query Performance in AS 2008. For me this was one of the best sessions of the conference...
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