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Microsoft SQL Server reporting database configuration

A check-list for using Microsoft SQL Server as a reporting database. This is a ‘be aware’ list for myself in first place, since I forget some details as time passes. Table of contents Overall database settings Table configuration ETL Query tuning Books to read Overall database settings Use simple recovery mode Set up simple recovery [...]

Posted 23 September 2010 † ykud § ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Mcirosoft PerformancePoint is out

Official release Launch site. Lets fasten our belts, BI market will never be the same )

Posted 21 September 2007 † ykud § BI&CPM ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Signed &downloaded PerformancePoint CTP

Going to install/toy with it in free time. And just before I’ll be more informed, the current view is:I think the strong points of Ms BI(CPM\EPM, call it whether you like) are:1 None (or little) integration problems. All niche-BI vendors spend a lot of effort integrating acquired  products (for ex, Cognos with Adaytum&Frango, BO with [...]

Posted 26 November 2006 † ykud § BI&CPM ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Firefox

I like FireFox a lot, and was allways disappointed when changing to IE to view Contributor applications. Recent versions of IETab addon allow to open tabs, using IE as renderer, and, moreover, start contrib apps in FireFox tabs. So I don’t have to switch browser anymore. Hoooray?

Posted 02 October 2006 † ykud § BI&CPM § open source ‡ Comments (0) °

Windows Utils

While ASP permission-fighting, discovered a couple of usefull utils from SysInternals. Filemon –shows File System activity RegMon — shows registry activity This is win vs lin to me. In linux it’s all built-in, already there, you can ask kernel, monitor everything, w/o installing anything.

Posted 10 September 2006 † ykud § BI&CPM ‡ Comments (0) °