SSRS and MDX: Think about Cell Properties
I stumbled across a small MDX performance tuning trick when using SSRS reports (or any other client tool where you...
2016-05-04
569 reads
Koen Verbeeck
Dynamic Security in Power BI
UPDATE: the feature has changed since its introduction. For more information, see the update at the bottom of the post.
In...
2016-04-28
2,810 reads
Power BI Service error: “This visual has unrecognized fields”
Recently I stumbled across a quite annoying error in the Power BI service. I uploaded two working reports from Power...
2016-05-03 (first published: 2016-04-22)
2,546 reads
Loading Data into Clustered Columnstore Index with SSIS
I’m using a clustered columnstore index (CCI) on one of my fact tables at a client. The row size is...
2016-04-21
1,836 reads
Overview of Published Articles – 2016Q1
Here is an overview of the articles I published in the first quarter of 2016.
R Services series:
SQL Server 2016 R Services:...
2016-04-19
431 reads
SSIS Trick: Adding Multiple Packages to a Project
A little SSIS trick today. Sometimes you start a new Integration Services project and you want to add some existing...
2016-04-06
16,854 reads
SQLSaturday Belgium: slidedeck
The very first SQLSaturday in Belgium is over and it was a great event. I saw some interesting sessions, especially...
2016-03-24
498 reads
Nested Display Folders in SSAS
Recently it was announced that Power BI would now support the SSAS display folders in “exploration mode”. Exploration mode is...
2016-03-16
1,108 reads
Reblog: MDS – A Database Error Has Occurred
I recently came across the following error message when I tried to look at the batches in the Integration Management...
2016-03-11
819 reads
Webinar – SQL Server BI Best Practices
I’ll be giving a webinar for MSSQLTips.com on Thursday March 10, 2016.
The title is SQL Server BI Best Practices and its...
2016-02-24
693 reads
Blogs
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server 2025 Unleashed Training Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, Marchg 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server 2025 Unleashed:...
What is ALM in Fabric?
By HeyMo0sh
As someone who’s worked with data for over 20 years and with many cloud...
The Most Successful Startups in 2025 — And What They Have in Common
By HeyMo0sh
2025 belongs to the AI startups. If you peek into the tech headlines, you’ll...
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A Quick Restore
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Guarding Against SQL Injection at the Database Layer (SQL Server)
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Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
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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