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Category Archives: Business Intelligence & Reporting15 Years of Teamwork & Technology SolutionsThey say that if you start a business and make it to the one-year anniversary, you have accomplished something big. As we wrap up 2012 and near the end of our 15th anniversary year of providing businesses with smart technology … Continue reading The New Tabular BI Semantic Model – What is it Good For?Mark Davis – Senior Business Intelligence Consultant, Superior Consulting Services, LLC I attended the Twin Cities’ Microsoft BI User Group recently and was in a conversation with a gentleman who asked me the question: “The Tabular BI Semantic model. Hmm. … Continue reading Dynamic SQL Search PerformanceRecently SCS was approached by a client and presented with an interesting problem: frequently, their data management application – a critical piece of their business model – would grind to a halt. Searches would take many minutes to complete, if … Continue reading SCS – 15 Years of Technology Consulting By Brian Larson, VP of TechnologySuperior Consulting Services is 15 years old. How did that happen? It seems like only yesterday I was walking into our little first-floor office suite over on the Highway 13 frontage road, shaking John’s hand, and finding out what FoxPro … Continue reading Sneak Preview: The Best of SQL Server 2012 from the Microsoft Development TeamSneak Preview: The Best of SQL Server 2012 from the Microsoft Development Team We’ve made it to December, which means 2012 is just around the corner. With the coming of the new year also comes a new release of SQL … Continue reading
Posted in Business Intelligence & Reporting, Custom Business and IT Services, Microsoft Solutions, Uncategorized
Tagged analysis services, BI, business intelligence, ColumnStore, development, Microsoft, Power View, PowerPivot, PowerView, Reporting Services, SQL, sql 2012, SQL Azure, sql server, Vertipaq
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SSRS Multi-Data Source DPE (Data Processing Extension)SSRS is a great tool for quickly retrieving data and presenting the data to the user at a run-time decided format. One area where SSRS often falls short is when the underlying data needs to come from several different sources. Perhaps we want … Continue reading
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Tagged Database, Microsoft, Reporting Services, SQL, SSRS
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Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 TipsThis month’s tip comes from Jade Hildahl, Business Intelligence Consultant with Superior: In Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services 2008, the Tablix data region can be unwieldy when you’re wanting to turn on the feature where “keep headers visible while scrolling” … Continue reading
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Tagged Reporting Services, SQL, SSRS
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Top 10 BI Reasons to Upgrade to SQL Server 2012 (codenamed ‘Denali’)With the recent release of the Community Technology Preview (CTP) 3 of SQL Server 2012 (codenamed ‘Denali’) we wanted to point out and highlight some of the key items that are related to Business Intelligence and provide very compelling reasons … Continue reading Dan English Receives 2011 Microsoft SQL MVP Award!Superior Consulting Services Senior Business Intelligence Consultant Dan English was informed today that he has again received the Microsoft SQL Server MVP award for 2011. This award is given to the best and brightest of the Microsoft community for their … Continue reading Ad-Hoc Reporting Tool AnalysisThis posting is intended to provide a brief overview comparison of reporting tools which Microsoft has positioned as possible options for end-user ad-hoc reporting. By ad-hoc reporting, we mean the ability for business users who are experts in their subject … Continue reading OUR AFFILIATIONS:
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