SSDT-BI were down for almost a month after the release of the SQL Server 2014 causing a lot of frustration to the end users who were trying to develop BI solutions using Visual Studio 2013. No point of getting into the reasons why, let's just take a deep breath and download the latest version here … Continue reading SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT-BI) for Visual Studio 2013 are back and available for download
Month: May 2014
How to restore your MDS database on a different domain/server and fix the “Access Denied” error
This has happened to me a few times now and every single time I had to spend quite a bit of time sifting through the blogs looking for answers. So I finally decided to document it for myself here. These are the steps: Go ahead and restore the MDS database on the server of your … Continue reading How to restore your MDS database on a different domain/server and fix the “Access Denied” error
Date Management Gateway Now Supports Refresh from Power Query
Time for another correction… A couple of months ago I wrote a post about how to load data into a Power Pivot model using Power Query. As I was writing it, I was very excited about being able to decouple my Power Pivot models from physical data by using Power Query. Unfortunately, at a time, … Continue reading Date Management Gateway Now Supports Refresh from Power Query
Power View HTML5 Now Supports Maps
Just a few months ago I wrote a post about what Power View features were supported by Silverlight and HTML5 versions of the product. Today I had to make some corrections, as Maps are now supported in HTML5. The Power BI application for Windows 8 still does not render the map (or the scatter … Continue reading Power View HTML5 Now Supports Maps
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