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Connecting SQL Server Profiler to Power BI Desktop
Connecting SQL Server Profiler to your Power BI Desktop Analysis Services Instance One of my favorite methods of better understanding any database structure or application is to connect SQL Profiler...
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Sorting MSDN Forums threads by number of page views
After answering questions in the MSDN forums for the past 10 years, I was curious about which of the threads I’ve contributed to have received the largest number of page views / hits and discovered a...
View ArticleAuditing the usage of “EXECUTE AS” in a database
A question was recently asked in the MSDN Transact-SQL Forum about detecting the usage of “EXECUTE AS” in a specific database....
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Discovering SQL Server 2005 Instances by Querying System Center Configuration...
SQL Server 2005 extended support will end on April 12, 2016. After this date, Microsoft will no longer be releasing security updates for this product. In the article, we will query the System Center...
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Querying SCCM – Finding Manufacturer Counts and Percentages
Lately I’ve been doing a lot of work with System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2012 in terms of reporting and custom collections. As part of this, I’ve had the need to write this particular short...
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Power BI & SSRS 2016 in an On-Premises Environment
Power BI and SQL Server Reporting Services 2016 in an entirely On-Premises Environment In my current role as a SQL Server and BI Premier Field Engineer, I support customers that are unable to move to...
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Refreshing KPIs in SSRS 2016
Refreshing KPIs in SSRS 2016 The introduction of KPIs in SQL Server Reporting Services 2016 gives us an ability to display key point indicators to allow for quick visual consumption of critical...
View ArticleSo long AdventureWorks, we’ll miss you! (And hello World Wide Importers!)
So long AdventureWorks, we’ll miss you! It’s the end of an era for the SQL Server sample database AdventureWorks as development has been suspended for the popular sample database following the release...
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Power BI – Using Web Page Data Sources and “Publish to Web” to build and...
Power BI – Using web pages as a Power BI data source to build your personalized MSDN/TechNet and PowerBI.com forum dashboard The following example shows how to leverage web pages as a Power BI data...
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Power BI – Which data center hosts my data? Where is my data stored?
Power BI – Which data center currently hosts my data? Where is my data stored now? I was recently asked if it is possible to determine which data center hosts the data uploaded through Power BI. After...
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Create your personalized Twitter Analytics Dashboard in Power BI in 10 minutes!
Create your own personalized Twitter Analytics Dashboard in Power BI When I do Tweet the most? What day and hour do my Tweets receive the most interactions and impressions? With Power BI, these...
View ArticleHappy First Birthday to Power BI!
Happy Birthday to Power BI! Today marks one year since Power BI released to GA (general availability) on July 24, 2015. Since then, it has had an incredible impact on the industry and on many...
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Installing Power BI Desktop through SCCM
Installing Power BI Desktop through SCCM Over the past few months, my enterprise customers have been challenged to keep up to date with the latest monthly installations of Power BI Desktop as the...
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Power BI fails with “Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic...
Loading a Power BI report fails with error “This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms.” UPDATE (Nov. 1, 2016) – The Power BI Desktop product team...
View ArticlePower BI – Comparing Date Selection Visuals – Slicer vs Timeline
Power BI – Comparing Date Selection Visuals – Slicer vs. Timeline With the recent October 2016 Power BI Desktop update, we now have a much nicer way to filter reports based on dates by using the...
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Power BI – Custom Shape Map fails with non-Latin1 characters
Power BI – The Shape Map visual fails if a custom map contains non-Latin1 characters with the following error: Failed to execute ‘btoa’ on ‘Window’: The string to be encoded contains characters outside...
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Power BI Desktop – Installing 32-bit vs. 64-bit Power BI Desktop Application
In a recent forum post at www.powerbi.com, a user asked how to locate the 32-bit Power BI Desktop installation. The question has been asked a couple times, so I’ll outline the steps here for future...
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My Experience Completing the Microsoft Professional Program Certificate in...
My Experience Completing the Microsoft Professional Program Certificate in Data Science Earlier this year, Microsoft announced an interesting new educational track designed to help people grow skills...
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Power BI Desktop .PBIX file fails to open with error “ZIP archive contains...
Today’s blog entry comes from the investigative work of my outstanding SharePoint PFE colleague, Micah Wilkerson. In his customer environment, they had built a nice dashboard in Power BI Desktop, which...
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Power BI “Send a Frown” Makes Me Smile! :)
If you encounter a product bug when working with Power BI Desktop, leverage the “Send a Frown” capability to provide Microsoft with the bug details and receive direct feedback from the Power BI product...
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