Russell Christopher's Semi-Useful BI Musings

This blog contains random one-off solutions to various problems I've encountered while using Microsoft's Business Intelligence tools SQL Server 2005 / Katmai

Hanging up my blue badge and moving to Tableau Software. You can read about my adventures at the...

Date: 07/20/2011

My Personal site is here https://russellchristopher.me The Business Intelligence site for Russell...

Date: 01/16/2011

https://performancepointblog.com/2009/08/omg-sql-server-2008-r2-ctp2-hits-the-streets/

Date: 08/11/2009

https://performancepointblog.com/2008/08/where-did-the-reporting-services-2008-add-in-for-sharepoint-...

Date: 08/07/2008

Cross posting again!...

Date: 07/09/2008

Cross-posting:...

Date: 06/17/2008

Here’s an interesting behavior I saw being discussed that you may run into when launching the PPS...

Date: 05/18/2008

Today I needed to write a bit of code to create a model on a SQL 2005 Report server which was...

Date: 05/15/2008

Today I was playing around with stacking SSAS on top of Teradata. Essentially I have AdventureWorks...

Date: 05/12/2008

While working on a KPI in PPS, I found that after binding an Actual and Target to my cube I couldn’t...

Date: 05/08/2008

File this under "reclaim a few second of your life". If you build semi-complex pivots in the SSAS...

Date: 05/06/2008

Just a quick update on my status – as of 1-May, I’ll be changing my focus a bit. For the last 7-8...

Date: 04/29/2008

Disclaimer: the post below was written after 24+ hours traveling to India - I was pretty much (very...

Date: 03/02/2008

I’ve been slacking a little bit in terms of blogging, but now that CTP6 is out with a bunch of new...

Date: 02/28/2008

Today I was a lurker in a "news to me" conversation about the SSRS file share delivery provider –...

Date: 02/27/2008

If you need to build a very complex query that returns a matrix with dynamic columns and rows from...

Date: 02/16/2008

For those who play around with custom assemblies in SQL Reporting Services, it’s pretty common...

Date: 01/31/2008

I was curious what would happen when I opened an RDL file created by PerformancePoint in Report...

Date: 11/28/2007

Today I started playing around with the ability to export/deploy PPS scorecards to SSRS: It’s...

Date: 11/28/2007

The Microsoft Knowledge Base article 941749 explains (among other things) how to remove...

Date: 11/27/2007

A new version of the ReportViewer controls has been dropped for use w/ Orcas-created applications....

Date: 11/26/2007

Just got an invite from Microsoft Connect to download the November CTP of SQL 2008....you can, too!...

Date: 11/19/2007

Last week I worked with a customer who wanted to give users the ability to create and subscribe to...

Date: 10/24/2007

Shout-out to my homies Chris and Thanh. Depending on how you set up the impersonation settings on...

Date: 10/19/2007

https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21182779/

Date: 10/08/2007

Last week I got all excited when I saw that PPS had launched - only to discover "launch" was really...

Date: 09/26/2007

Today at SQL PASS, Dell and Microsoft announced a new set of Business Intelligence and Data...

Date: 09/20/2007

Mosha just announced the availability of a new tool he wrote called MDX Studio: MDX Studio is tool...

Date: 09/19/2007

Right now I'm in Ocean Shores, WA for team meetings, so I won't be attending SQL PASS. However, if I...

Date: 09/18/2007

It's been, what - 3 years? 4 years? since Reporting Services was released and I JUST stumbled upon...

Date: 09/05/2007

Carl Rabler et al have just released a really nice looking best practives article on how to resolve...

Date: 08/29/2007

Today’s tale from the front: I needed to write some POC code and kept on running into the error...

Date: 06/14/2007

This morning @ TechEd, Microsoft announced that we’ve purchased Dundas’s data visualization...

Date: 06/04/2007

Looking for different ways to allow users to browse your cubes? Dundas has an online demo of their...

Date: 05/31/2007

It's time for our own press release now, thank you! In the link below, you'll see that today Jeff...

Date: 05/09/2007

What's up with that?! This week is supposed to be all about Microsoft and our BI conference. This is...

Date: 05/09/2007

The short answer is that you can’t, although there is a workaround. Essentially, “(Select All)” as...

Date: 05/07/2007

I forgot about this one - Chris "Master Chief of MDX" Webb is among the contributors to the MDX...

Date: 04/25/2007

Just a little while ago ASLoadSim was realeased on CodePlex. It "...contains a set of utilities used...

Date: 04/20/2007

Last week I mentioned that PerformacePoint CTP2 was ready for download...

Date: 04/17/2007

This doesn't have much to do with BI per se, but is interesting nonetheless - Looks like the SQL...

Date: 04/17/2007

The back- story: Once upon a time, when Reporting Services 2005 was just barely gold, one was able...

Date: 04/09/2007

CTP2 was just released, and can be downloaded at Microsoft Connect...

Date: 04/04/2007

A set of 5 guided tours around Reporting Services have recently been created and are available...

Date: 03/30/2007

URL Access still works if you’ve put your SSRS instance into MOSS integration mode, it just takes a...

Date: 02/24/2007

I saw an interesting thread on this topic earlier last night, and I thought I’d pass along the...

Date: 02/22/2007

(Thanks to Carolyn Chau) If necessary, you can use the old SSRS web parts we provide in Reporting...

Date: 02/20/2007

Get ready to download, because SP 2 was declared "ready to ship" last night. The SQL team is hoping...

Date: 02/16/2007

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