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Day 1 at the BI conference
So here we are in Seattle at the BI conference.  Day 1 and it's been great to catch up with some old faces and meet some new ones.  We were promised some big news today and as is being reported by Chris , Mosha , Marco and all, we weren't...
Setting up PerformancePoint Monitoring Design Role Security
There's lot of info out there about setting up the application pool identity so that you can set up data sources for dashboards ( For example ). However there seems to be very little about the various roles that are used in the Dashboard Designer...
Multi-dimensional modeling (ADAPT)
Everybody hates documentation but this is a really neat, free tool for modeling multi-dimensional databases and is particularly suited to MSAS 2005. ADAPTâ„¢ (Application Design for Analytical Processing Technologies) from Symmetry Corporation is a Visio...
SQL User Group BI Evening
Chris Webb has already mentioned this but looks like registration for the next UK SQL BI user group evening is now open (Look for events on the right). Edenbrook's Mark Hill (SQL 2008) and IMG's Suranjan Som (Data mining) are presenting. If that's...
Analysis Services Stored Procedures\Views
Whilst not changing nappies and singing lullabies, Sacha is developing a .Net mdx helper class that behaves very much like an ADOMD command and runs an mdx query that returns a data table. "Why not just use ADOMD?" I hear you ask - as Sacha...
Best BI Blogs
These days if you want to keep up with all the latest news and developments (especially in our small little BI world) you need to follow the blogs of those who are in the know. Here are some of our favourites: An idea or two... SSIS expert Colin Kirkby...