Installing and configuring SQL Server Master Data Services (MDS) is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re gonna get. Recently I ran into some troubles (or woes) when configuring MDS at a client. The installation went smoothly, as well as the installation of other prerequisites (like IIS, PowerShell and so on). The […]
Month: November 2015
Reporting Services redesign – it’s the little things
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is getting quite the overhaul in SQL Server 2016. Lot’s of things are changing: new look ‘n feel for Report Builder: Report Builder Changes in SQL Server 2016 new chart types (check out my sunburst, treemap and heatmap articles) a (somewhat) customizable parameter pane HTML 5 support and many, many […]
Reblog: Data Visualization – Book Review
To prepare myself for my session Data Visualization Tips & Tricks, I read a few books. In this blog post, I’ll give a short review for each one of them. Information Dashboard Design This book, written by Stephen Few, was the first one I read. And it was a fascinating read! I went through the […]