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Comment on SQL Server 2008 R2: Reporting Services – Look Up, Look Down, Look All Around (Part III) by Data Inspirations » SQL Server 2008 R2: Reporting Services – Look Up, Look Down, Look All Around (Part II)

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:12:39 +0000

[...] my next post, I’ll explain the last of the lookup functions, [...]

Comment on 8 Enhancements in Integration Services 2012 for Easier Package Development by SQL Server “Denali”: Details on the next version of SSIS | James Serra's Blog

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:17:18 +0000

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Comment on Why Twitter? My Top 5 Reasons to Join In #Meme15 by February #Meme15 Round-Up | Strate SQL

February #Meme15 Round-Up | Strate SQL — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:00:38 +0000

[...] Why Twitter? My Top 5 Reasons to Join In #Meme15 - Stacia Misner (Blog | @StaciaMisner) – From friends to networking to laughing, Stacia goes over the five things she gets out of twitter. [...]

Comment on Using Dynamic MDX in Reporting Services: Part 2 by Stacia Misner

Stacia Misner — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:57:23 +0000

Hi Andrew,

The only way that I can think to do that would be to dynamically generate the RDL in a custom app. I’ve done custom RDL generation with an SSIS package as another option. But you’re going to have to write code to get it done.

Best of luck,
Stacia

Comment on Using Dynamic MDX in Reporting Services: Part 2 by andrew

andrew — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:55:25 +0000

Any tips for manually adding the fields from an MDX query to a dataset? It’s not always obvious with an MDX query what the name of the fields is going to be returned for a given query, and I’m having difficulty setting up a data set for MDX queries defined in functions (since the DataSet will not autogenerate fields for these).

I’m thinking of writing some code that iterates through the fields collection and reports back all field names and then using this info to add fields to a dataset, but I’m not sure if this is possible, or if there’s a better way to skin this cat.

Comment on Book Review: MDX with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Cookbook by Data Inspirations » 16 Resources for Improving Your MDX Skills

Data Inspirations » 16 Resources for Improving Your MDX Skills — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:19:50 +0000

[...] Tomislave Piasevoli (Packt Publishing, 2011). I really like this book, as you might surmise from my review, and picked up a few tips myself. However, you’re not going to start learning MDX with this [...]

Comment on SQLU MDX Week: Location, Location, Location by Data Inspirations » 16 Resources for Improving Your MDX Skills

Data Inspirations » 16 Resources for Improving Your MDX Skills — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:17:20 +0000

[...] you’ve been following my recent series on MDX, which began with Location, Location, Location, you have learned some important concepts, but this series was merely an introduction and there is [...]

Comment on SQLU MDX Week: Location, Location, Location by Data Inspirations » MDX: Adding a Simple Calculation to a Query

Data Inspirations » MDX: Adding a Simple Calculation to a Query — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:21:52 +0000

[...] I’m resuming my series of posts that provide an introduction to MDX. This series began with Location, Location, Location, and continued through A Gentle Introduction to Sets. At this point, you should have a good idea of [...]

Comment on I Hereby Resolve… (T-SQL Tuesday #14) by Geek Girl’s Goal for 2012: Taking a Closer Look | Geek Girl Groks

Geek Girl’s Goal for 2012: Taking a Closer Look | Geek Girl Groks — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:16:26 +0000

[...] I gave it some thought to how I wanted to spend my personal time and was even brave enough to make my personal 2011 goals public. How did I do? Well, not well on the two main topics that I targeted for my free time. I [...]

Comment on SQLU MDX Week: A Gentle Introduction to Sets by sardys

sardys — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:35:26 +0000

Oh great to hear from you!! I love your postings. They are simple enough to understand MDX, and at the same time interesting enough to keep my curiosity engaged.