Microsoft is expected to make a number of very important announcements at the upcoming SQL Pass conference in Seattle… If you are on the fence about attending it this year, I would definitely recommend attending this event.
A few words on Tim Cook’s “Letter from Tim Cook on Maps”
Today, Apple has come out with yet another PR jewel. I can't resist and have to almost go through it sentence by sentence. It's that good. First, Tim says that Apple strives "to make world-class products that deliver the best experience possible to our customers", then "With the launch of our new Maps last week, … Continue reading A few words on Tim Cook’s “Letter from Tim Cook on Maps”
Drillthrough action in Tabular Analysis Services
It seems that Analysis Services supported actions for Tabular mode for a while, but who wants to maintain it using XMLA? Luckily, the BIDS Helper is more than capable. Please follow this link for additional information. This is really exciting! It is almost strange that this feature is not available in the SQL Server Data Tools … Continue reading Drillthrough action in Tabular Analysis Services
Excel Services 2013 and SharePoint 2013 – interact with Pivot Tables using Browser
One of the nice new features of Excel Services now available in SharePoint 2013 is ability to interact with pivot tables directly from the browser without having to open the workbook in Excel. Here we have a PivotTable report deployed in SharePoint. Before, if we wanted to change a layout of the pivot table, we had to … Continue reading Excel Services 2013 and SharePoint 2013 – interact with Pivot Tables using Browser
How to connect Excel PowerView to Analysis Services cube
There are several UI gotchas related to building PowerView visualizations that I wanted to address with this post. First, PowerView is not available in the Ribbon out of the box, in order to enable it, one needs to go to File->Options->Add-ins. Then find Manage Add-Ins drop down box, select "COM Ad-ins" and click Go. That … Continue reading How to connect Excel PowerView to Analysis Services cube
More details on new PerformancePoint features in SharePoint 2013
Additional details are coming out on the new features that will be available in PerformancePoint 2013. Here is a list of new stuff: Themes – SharePoint has traditionally been somewhat of a challenge with respect to look and feel configuration and PerformancePoint Services was an even bigger challenge yet. Microsoft has simplified the CSS challenges … Continue reading More details on new PerformancePoint features in SharePoint 2013
Row level security for a Tabular mode
Here is a great article on how to implement row level security for a tabular Analysis Services model. Along with security it also makes some interesting points about Parent Child relationship, that are not very friendly for the Tabular mode just quite yet.
What’s new in PerformancePoint services in SharePoint 2013?
This is going to be a very short post… yup, there is almost nothing new. In fact, I did not see anything new. Deep sigh…. Now, there are some changes in PerformancePoint services according to this article, but I sincerely doubt that dashboard migration, filter enhancements and search, BI Center updates, iPad support and security … Continue reading What’s new in PerformancePoint services in SharePoint 2013?
A few thoughts about Apple vs. Samsung fiasco
Looks like today will be a somewhat of a prolific day for me J. I have gotten so annoyed by the dominance of the subject in every technology news site that I follow that I decided to offer a maybe somewhat of a different angle on the issue at hand. As a "Microsoft guy" I … Continue reading A few thoughts about Apple vs. Samsung fiasco
SAP HANA versus Microsoft Business Intelligence and xVelocity, take two…
Not surprisingly, my original post generated huge traffic to my blog as well as a couple of good comments. I am sorry that it took me a while to respond, but now that it is Saturday and I am at Starbucks,I don't really have any excuse not to respond anymore… Before I jump into a … Continue reading SAP HANA versus Microsoft Business Intelligence and xVelocity, take two…
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