Color Themes for Power BI
Color coordination is important in report and dashboard design. We’ve seen theming and color pallet options in the prior iteration...
2016-03-22
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Annual Business Intelligence Survey
This is a reminder to compete the annual Business Intelligence product survey conducted by BARC Research. I’ve been participating in...
2016-03-15
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Article Series: Power BI Solutions for the Enterprise
I’m working on a series of articles about creating enterprise solutions with Power BI and the first article was published...
2016-02-28
879 reads
Gartner Magic Quadrant for BI/BA and the Lone Three Leaders
History clearly confirms that good things come in threes. As far as I know this is the first time that...
2016-02-05
505 reads
Webcast: Upgrading and Migrating SQL Server 2005 BI Features to SQL Server 2014 and 2016
Please join me on February 3rd at 10 Pacific Time for this presentation brought to you by Microsoft and SolidQ...
2016-01-26
526 reads
Tabular Models, Multiple Data Sources and Unknown Members
Self-service data modeling tools like Power BI Desktop, Power Pivot and SSAS Tabular promote the advantage of using data from...
2015-12-29
1,056 reads
SQL Server 2005 End of Support and Business Intelligence
How does the official end of support for SQL Server 2005 affect companies using Reporting Services, Analysis Services and other...
2015-12-02 (first published: 2015-11-24)
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Complete DAX Function Reference
The DAX function documentation in MSDN can be found on separate pages, organized by function categories and then details for...
2015-11-26
1,030 reads
The Resurrection of Reporting Services & The Maturing of Power BI
Spending the past two weeks at the annual PASS Global Summit and the Microsoft MVP Summit, I’ve consumed a literal...
2015-11-12
479 reads
Oregon SQL Saturday 2015 Keynote
This year we are honored to have a particularly special guest kicking off our SQL Saturday event on October 24th. ...
2015-10-02
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Blogs
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
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Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
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Designing SQL Server Pipelines That Are Ready for AI Before You Actually Need AI
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String Similarity I
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String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers