Each month the PASS Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence Virtual Chapter enlists the community to present about a relevant topic, with “All about Analysis Services” as the topic for April 2011. Today I delivered my Designing Cubes for Performance presentation (download slides here). I will post a link to the recording when it becomes available. Two really great references [...]

It’s Day 1 of #24HOP and it’s been great to participate in this event with so many women from all over the world in one long training-fest. The SQL community has been abuzz on Twitter with running commentary which is fun to watch while listening to the current speaker. If you missed the fun today [...]

It’s the second Tuesday of the month, so that means it’s T-SQL Tuesday! This month’s host is Jes Borland (blog | twitter) and the topic is Aggregate Functions. I agree with Doug Lane (blog | twitter), who pointed out in his T-SQL Tuesday post that it’s best if you use the database engine to calculate [...]

I think I’ve finally recovered (in more ways than one!) from PASS Summit 2010 in Seattle a mere few weeks ago. I seem to be eternally plagued with computer problems at every conference I attend, but always in different ways. Accordingly, I have devised different strategies for anticipating and coping with problems. I foiled this [...]

Another PASS Summit has come and gone, and a good time was had by all. The song at the opening keynote sums up the experience quite nicely, “Simply the Best.” My favorite quote of the week comes from Andy Leonard (blog| twitter) who tweeted on November 9, “#sqlpass is a family reunion. :{>” Oddly enough, [...]