Here is an overview of the articles I published in the first quarter of 2016. R Services series: SQL Server 2016 R Services: Executing R code in SQL Server SQL Server 2016 R Services: Display R plots in Reporting Services SSIS & AlwaysEncrypted: Reading Always Encrypted Data with SQL Server Integration Services 2016 Writing Always Encrypted […]
SSIS Trick: Adding Multiple Packages to a Project
A little SSIS trick today. Sometimes you start a new Integration Services project and you want to add some existing packages to this project. So you can right-click the SSIS Packages node and choose Add Existing Package. In the dialog, you choose the File System. All you now have to do is choose the package […]
SQLSaturday Belgium: slidedeck
The very first SQLSaturday in Belgium is over and it was a great event. I saw some interesting sessions, especially the one on refreshing data in Power BI was very interesting. There was a nice turnout and the event was well organized. I look forward to the second edition! You can find my slides of […]
Nested Display Folders in SSAS
Recently it was announced that Power BI would now support the SSAS display folders in “exploration mode”. Exploration mode is a fancy term for a live connection to an SSAS cube or model. Anyway, great news, as it drastically improved usability of Power BI Desktop when browsing cubes. On the same day, I also found […]
Reblog: MDS – A Database Error Has Occurred
I recently came across the following error message when I tried to look at the batches in the Integration Management section of MDS: 515: A database error has occurred. Please contact your system administrator Too bad I am the system administrator on that machine… Anyway, after some searching it came out the MDS stored procedure […]
Webinar – SQL Server BI Best Practices
I’ll be giving a webinar for MSSQLTips.com on Thursday March 10, 2016. The title is SQL Server BI Best Practices and its abstract goes like this: Join us for this webcast to learn about best practices for SSIS, SSRS and SSAS. Our presenter, Koen Verbeeck has several years of experience working with the SQL Server Business […]
Speaking at the first Belgian SQLSaturday!
I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be giving a session at the very first SQLSaturday (aka SQLSaturday 505) in Belgium. SQLSaturday are free events focusing on SQL Server and related technologies. They are organised around the world. SQLSaturdays are a great opportunity for local speakers to get some real-life experience in talking before an audience. […]
Reblog: SSIS Performance Testing
I had to do some performance testing for an MSSQLTips article and I thought I’d share the framework I used in a blog post. First of all we have to log start and end dates of the package to a table so we can easily calculate the duration a package took to finish. This can probably […]
The Future of SSMS
One of the smaller announcements amidst the gazillion new features of SQL Server 2016, is that SSMS is now a separate installation. You heard that right (read, probably), no more dragging along those bulky .ISO files with the entire SQL Server set-up just to install some client tools. Just like SSDT, you can now just […]
Book Review – Expert Performance Indexing
A few weeks back, the folks at Apress Publishing sent me a copy of the book Expert Performance Indexing in SQL Server for me to review. Since I know both the authors and since I’m familiar with the spectacular work they do, I was happy to do so. Doesn’t mean I won’t do an honest […]