Dec 5, 2019 | Business Intelligence, How To, Microsoft Power BI
By: Mike Pierre-Louis Have you ever been in a situation at work where you need to review a really complicated report but are extremely pressed for time? I know I have, and my guess is just about everyone reading this blog post has experienced a similar...
Oct 8, 2019 | Business Intelligence, Data Encryption, Data Security, How To
By: Paul Schuliger What is Column Level Security? Column level security (CLS) is a useful tool for limiting access to specific data elements (or database columns) through data obfuscation. Data obfuscation masks the underlying data elements to avoid...
Jun 24, 2019 | Business Intelligence, Compression, How To, SQL Server
By: Ken Adams Not Enough Space On my current engagement, we are trying to build a reporting platform that meets the needs of our client while simultaneously adhering to best practices. One of the best practices we’ve established as part of the platform is...
Jun 3, 2019 | Business Intelligence, How To, Microsoft, SQL Server
By: Paul Schuliger Over a year ago I wrote an article that discussed using the SQL Window Function ROW_NUMBER() to set up a sort order within each layer of a hierarchy, and then showed how to use that information in Power BI. I recently found...
Apr 30, 2019 | Big Data, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, How To, Tech Tips, Technical Information
By: Jeff Levy Hadoop Distributed File System Overview This step-by-step tutorial will walk you through how to install Hadoop on a Linux Virtual Machine on Windows 10. Even though you can install Hadoop directly on Windows, I am opting to install Hadoop...
Apr 10, 2019 | Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, How To, PowerShell, Tech Tips, Technical Information
By: Mason Prewett Introduction As an admin of many server types, I often encounter the issue of a machine running out of disk space. Tracking the culprit folder that was hogging up disk space used to be a troublesome, manual effort. However, I recently coded a...
