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Why I am excited about SQL Server 2012 (Part 2)
Earlier this month I published a blog entry on this same subject. In honor of the local Minneapolis launch event, I decided to expand the list. You can find five more reasons I am excited out on...
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Oracle Tips for MSBI Devs #4: Executing an Oracle Stored Proc with IN...
The first tip I published discussed how to execute an Oracle procedure with no parameters. In this tip, I will discuss a technique that works with IN parameters in an Oracle stored procedure. After...
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O, There’s the Data: Using OData in SSIS
The Open Data Protocol (OData) is an open specification created Microsoft to enable exposing data in a standard way from a variety of sources. OData is natively supported in many of Microsoft’s...
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Oracle Tips for MSBI Devs #5: Working with Oracle on Windows Azure
As you have likely noticed in my series, Oracle Tips for MSBI Devs, I have done a lot of work with Oracle through the years while delivering BI solutions. One of the pain points of working with Oracle...
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Power Testing ETL with Power BI – The Process
This is a short blog series on using Power BI tools to support testing ETL processes. I have presented on this subject at few SQL Saturdays over the past few years and am finally succumbing to multiple...
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Power Testing ETL with Power BI – Shaping The Data with Power Query and Power...
This blog post digs into the details of shaping the data with Power Query and Power Pivot in order to build out the test cases. In the previous post, you were able to get a sense of the bigger picture...
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Power Testing ETL with Power BI – Creating the Tests with Power Pivot
This is the second deep dive into Power Testing ETL with Power BI. At this point, we have created the source table which will be used in our testing. The next step is to bring in the destination table...
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Today I’d like to talk about Azure integration services that you can leverage within the platform. Integration services allow data to interact with other applications or businesses and to move data...
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Today I’m talking more about integration with Flow within Azure. Flow is focused around business power users who need to create workflows or other things that move the data within and around...
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Today I’d like to talk about integration with Azure Logic Apps and how they can help your organization to do enterprise integration. Logic Apps is similar to Flow, but is an Azure tool, as opposed to...
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