Last week, I had a conversation on twitter about dealing with corporate color palettes that don’t work well for data visualization. Usually, this happens because corporate palettes are designed...
2019-06-03 (first published: 2019-05-16)
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There are many great resources out there for data visualization. Some of my favorite data viz people are Storytelling With Data (b|t), Alberto Cairo (b|t), and Andy Kirk (b|t)....
2019-04-23 (first published: 2019-04-11)
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The March 2019 release of Power BI Desktop has brought us keyboard accessible visual interactions. One of Power BI’s natural...
2019-04-10 (first published: 2019-03-21)
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When you start a Power BI project, you need to decide how and where you should store the data in your dataset. There are three “traditional” options: Imported Model:...
2019-03-28
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Data Factory can be a great tool for cloud and hybrid data integration. But since its inception, it was less...
2019-03-21 (first published: 2019-03-07)
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In case you aren’t familiar, I would like to introduce you to the violin plot.
A violin plot is a...
2019-03-05 (first published: 2019-02-14)
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As you build your Power BI reports, you may want to use maps and custom visuals. Have you thought about...
2019-02-28
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It’s not always obvious when you need a data gateway in Azure, and not all gateways are labeled as such....
2019-02-07
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I’m honored to have one of my PASS Summit sessions chosen to be part of the PASS Data Expert Series...
2019-02-06
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When we talk about Azure architectures for data warehousing or analytics, we usually show a diagram that looks like the...
2019-01-18 (first published: 2019-01-11)
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I wanted to figure out how big (or approximately how big) my dump file...
This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...
By Steve Jones
Recently a customer asked if SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used...
I have a table. Structure in script below. I have to compare and see...
I have an application team that is insisting on daily (and for some, weekly)...
i see this in the definition of a linked server on our wh sql...
What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?
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