I recently had to install SQL Server 2016 again on my Windows 10 machine. This also meant that I had to install and configure MDS as well. Last time it didn’t went so smoothly: Master Data Services error – Cannot read configuration file due to insufficient permissions. However, this time I had already applied Service […]
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SQL Server 2016 service pack 1 is here!
SQL Server 2016 service pack 1 has been released and it is a mayor one! You can download it here. Why, you ask, is it so important? Because a lot of Enterprise Edition database engine features are now available in the other editions as well. In other words, you can now enable compression and use […]
Master Data Services – Database Error has Occured when Publishing Business Rule
I was preparing a demo for a session about the new features of Master Data Services in SQL Server 2016. In that demo, I created a business rule to test out the extension with custom scripts. When the business rule was finished, I tried to publish it. But, I was greeted with the following error: “300 […]
Master Data Services error – Cannot read configuration file due to insufficient permissions
In preparation of my upcoming webinar on the new features of Master Data Services 2016, I installed MDS on my system. Otherwise it would be quite hard to give demos, of course. The installation itself went quite smooth, no remarks there. I also enabled Internet Information Services (IIS) on my system, as well as a […]
What’s new in SSRS 2016 – Session Contents
The 2016 edition of the Belgian SQL Server Days is over. It was a blast – as usual – and it was very nice meeting up with the #sqlfamily again. I had a session about the new features in SSRS 2016. I was so excited that I could do a full hour session on Reporting […]
Overview of Published Articles – 2016Q3
Here is an overview of the articles I published in the third quarter of 2016. What’s New in SQL Server Integration Services 2016 – Part 1 What’s New in Integration Services 2016 – Part 2 Installing new SQL Server sample databases: WideWorldImporters Install SQL Server 2016 Sample Database: Wide World Importers Data Warehouse Generate more data […]
Upcoming Webinars: What’s New in SSRS and MDS 2016
I’ll be delivering two webinars for MSSQLTips.com in the coming months. The first one is about the – amazing – new features in Reporting Services 2016. SQL Server Reporting Services is Microsoft’s corporate reporting tool. The SQL Server 2016 release marks one of the biggest evolutions of the product since it’s initial release. In this […]
SSRS Mobile Reports – JSON error
Just a quick blog post about an error I recently encountered when trying to create a mobile report for SSRS 2016, using the Mobile Report Publisher. I created the following query on top of the Wide World Importers data warehouse: SELECT c.[City] ,c.[State Province] ,c.[Country] ,c.[Sales Territory] ,c.[Region] ,c.[Subregion] ,c.[Location] ,[Latitude] = c.[Location].Lat ,[Longitude] = […]
An update on AutoAdjustBufferSize in SSIS 2016
This week SQL Server 2016 Cumulative Update 1 was released and it contains a lot of updates/fixes for SSIS, SSAS, SSRS and MDS. If you are already working on SQL Server 2016, I’d urge to install this update as soon as possible. Anyway, one of the particular updates that caught my attention was Adds the adjusted […]
Overview of Published Articles – 2016Q2
Here is an overview of the articles I published in the second quarter of 2016, which were all focused on the new changes for Master Data Services in SQL Server 2016: Approval Workflow in SQL Server Master Data Services 2016 using Change Sets – Part 1 Approval Workflow in Master Data Services 2016 using Change Sets – […]