Feb 18, 2020 | Consulting, Tales from Consulting
By: Jason E Bacani Follow @JEBacaniSQLDude Welcome back to the latest installment of Tales from Consulting. In this series, I cover experiences, success stories, and lessons learned around consulting, specifically around experiences near and dear to me. Last...
Feb 3, 2020 | Business Intelligence, Data Governance, Data Management, Self-Service BI
Business Intelligence Trends & the BARC BI Trend Monitor Given the enormous value of good data and with 2020 just underway, it’s important to understand what business intelligence trends are shaping today’s business landscape (and beyond, for that matter)....
Jan 29, 2020 | BIML, Business Intelligence, Microsoft, SSIS
By: Andy Kim What is Biml? Business Intelligence Markup Language (Biml) is an XML-based language that can generate (SQL Server Integration Services) SSIS packages, amongst other things. The programming language was developed by Scott Currie and his company...
Jan 14, 2020 | Data Visualization, Microsoft, Microsoft Power BI
By: Matt Wollner Microsoft Power BI has many great features, two of which are “Bubble Map” and “Filled Map”. Both of these features are map visuals that are easy to set up and have high utility for all users. They are powered by Bing Maps and location...
Jan 2, 2020 | Azure, Microsoft
By: Matt Wisor In early November, Microsoft announced the release of Azure Synapse Analytics at the Ignite Conference in Orlando. The new analytics service is intended to help businesses bring data warehousing and big data together for deeper, more...
