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  • RE: Adding Time Intelligence to a Power BI Data Model

    Adam Aspin (6/6/2016)


    Hi Duncan,

    I chose DAX here simply because Power Query solutions have been discussed elsewhere so well. I use either, depending on the scenario.

    Adam

    Thanks, I thought that might be...

  • RE: Adding Time Intelligence to a Power BI Data Model

    Hikmer (6/6/2016)


    In this case I typically use the Azure data marketplace and wire up to the Date Data source (free) and have a really detailed date table. I just...

  • RE: Adding Time Intelligence to a Power BI Data Model

    Adam Aspin (6/6/2016)


    Hi Hikmer,

    There are many ways of adding time intelligence to Power BI dashboards - this is only one among many - in fact I describe how to create...

  • RE: Adding Time Intelligence to a Power BI Data Model

    Hikmer (6/6/2016)


    Thanks for the detailed article, however I would like to ask how all this work saves any time for a BI Developer as opposed to simply adding a role...

  • RE: Adding Time Intelligence to a Power BI Data Model

    alex.snowdon-darling (6/6/2016)


    Thanks Duncan, I'll look into creating and using this

    No problem. I think DAX is absolutely amazing in terms of what you can do with it, but I absolutely love...

  • RE: Adding Time Intelligence to a Power BI Data Model

    alex.snowdon-darling (6/6/2016)


    Thanks for this great post. But, how can we add date ranges for business use?

    Businesses would usually work on a Fiscal calendar, and need to know data within date...

  • RE: using in with SP

    Hi

    It's not working because the WHERE clause becomes:

    WHERE id IN ('45,72')

    which obviously won't work as you have a varchar value there. One way you could get around it is to...

  • RE: invisible views

    Glad you got it sorted out - sounds like you had fun 😀

    There will be a good reason why the user saw the behaviour they did. SQL Server handles permissions...

  • RE: Performance Impact due to different collations?

    WWDMark (8/8/2013)


    Thanks Duncan, really appreciate your response and suggestions. I've been using SQL trace and profiler to capture various performance counters and have been monitoring the most expensive/long running...

  • RE: Performance Impact due to different collations?

    Hi Mark

    This article has some useful information on collations. In their recommendations at the end, it says:

    If you are considering a SQL collation based only on the performance characteristics of...

  • RE: invisible views

    It is likely to be something to do with the VIEW DEFINITION permission. If the users don't have it or have it explicitly denied on the schema then that could...

  • RE: SSIS Question

    Just have a look in the properties of all the relevant tasks. The first three, all in the "Control Flow" tab, have the FailPackageOnFailure property which you can set in...

  • RE: Isolation levels

    Good question (well I liked it anyway). Easy to understand what was being asked, and easy to work out what the answers were if you had the required knowledge. It...

  • RE: Lock mode RangeI-N

    Good question, thank you. Nice to see a question on locking, as it can be quite a fascinating topic 😀

    Duncan

  • RE: SSIS 2012 -Template

    Thanks for the question. Good to have one on SSIS for a change.

    Duncan

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