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Here’s an example of using T-SQL to process a Slowly Changing Type 1&2 Dimension . Note: SSIS has an SCD transform...

2013-09-11

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Data Warehousing Tip: Using T-SQL vs SSIS for Slowly Changing Dimension (SCD) Types 1 and 2

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Here’s an example of using T-SQL to process a Slowly Changing Type 1&2 Dimension . Note: SSIS has an SCD transform ,however, it does not process large dimensional datasets...

2013-09-11

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Data Warehousing Tip: T-SQL Script to Create DEFAULT Constraints by Data Type

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There is an ongoing discussion/debate regarding the handling of NULLS in a data warehouse, however, the following article by Michelle...

2013-09-11

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Data Warehousing Tip: T-SQL Script to Create DEFAULT Constraints by Data Type

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There is an ongoing discussion/debate regarding the handling of NULLS in a data warehouse, however, the following article by Michelle Poolet summarizes it beautifully – “consider the data warehouse...

2013-09-11

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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) Tip: Useful Appliance Queries

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This post contains the following queries that support development and operational tasks within a Microsoft Parallel Data Warehousing (PDW) Appliance...

2013-04-20

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Data Warehousing Tip: Surrogate Key Generation

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If IDENTITY insert is disabled or simply not available in a particular database or a database architecture, you’ll want to...

2013-04-12

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Data Warehousing Tip: Surrogate Key Generation

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If IDENTITY insert is disabled or simply not available in a particular database or a database architecture, you’ll want to do a table based surrogate key assignment or use...

2013-04-12

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SSAS How-To: Create Dynamic Time Calculations To Reuse Over Any Measure

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Rather than making individual time calculations for each measure in an SSAS cube (i.e. YTD, Prior YTD, YTD Variances, etc), one can...

2013-02-07

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SSAS How-To: Create Dynamic Time Calculations To Reuse Over Any Measure

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Rather than making individual time calculations for each measure in an SSAS cube (i.e. YTD, Prior YTD, YTD Variances, etc), one can use a more dynamic approach to time calcs applicable to all...

2013-02-07

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SSRS How-To: Simple Method to Pass MDX Multi-Select Parameters to MDX Datasets

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SSRS Tip: Simplest Method to Pass MDX Multi-Select Parameters to MDX Datasets
I recently ran across a poorly covered topic in regards...

2013-02-07

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Useful information and case studies covering Data Warehousing, Data Modeling, and Business Intelligence

Data Warehousing Tip: Using T-SQL vs SSIS for Slowly Changing Dimension (SCD) Types 1 and 2

Data Warehousing Tip: Using T-SQL vs SSIS for Slowly Changing Dimension (SCD) Types 1 and 2

Data Warehousing Tip: T-SQL Script to Create DEFAULT Constraints by Data Type

Data Warehousing Tip: T-SQL Script to Create DEFAULT Constraints by Data Type

Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) Tip: Useful Appliance Queries

Data Warehousing Tip: Surrogate Key Generation

Data Warehousing Tip: Surrogate Key Generation

SSAS How-To: Create Dynamic Time Calculations To Reuse Over Any Measure

SSAS How-To: Create Dynamic Time Calculations To Reuse Over Any Measure

SSRS How-To: Simple Method to Pass MDX Multi-Select Parameters to MDX Datasets

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