Data Warehouse to OData to Excel and R
How do you make data available to analysts who want to blend data with R or Power Query tools? Why with OData services.
2015-03-03
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Benjamin Seidle
It's OK to be an Outfitter, not a Prospector
As data professional I have played with Analytics and found I'm better suited to development and administration, and that's ok.
2015-02-03
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Pairing Data Vault and Biml for DW Agility
Agile data warehousing can be challenging. Pairing the right methodologies and tools can help. Here is how my team met the challenge by using Data Vault methodology and BIML scripting.
2014-09-04
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A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers