Comments for Thomas.I Microsoft BI & Analytics http://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com A Site Dedicated to General BI Issues and MS BI Issues: Architecture and Technology Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:21:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on The MDX slicer will not change anything on an axis (or?) part II by John http://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/the-mdx-slicer-will-not-change-anything-on-an-axis-or-part-ii/#comment-542 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:21:01 +0000 http://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/the-mdx-slicer-will-not-change-anything-on-an-axis-or-part-ii#comment-542 Select [Date].[Calendar].[Calendar Year].Members On Columns,
[Customer].[Customer Geography].[Country].members On Rows
From [Adventure Works]
Where ([Measures].[Internet Sales Amount], [Date].[Calendar Year].&[2004]);

Though above query run but wont give any value. we can solve using the attribute name instead of hierarchy in WHERE condition if attribute name is
different then hierarcy name

like

Select [Date].[Calendar].[Calendar Year].Members On Columns,
[Customer].[Customer Geography].[Country].members On Rows
From [Adventure Works]
Where ([Measures].[Internet Sales Amount], [Date].[Calendar yr].&[2004]);

]]> Comment on ISO Week or why the datepart TSQL function will not work with weeks by Kai http://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/iso-week-or-why-the-datepart-tsql-function-will-not-work-with-weeks/#comment-461 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 06:08:20 +0000 http://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/iso-week-or-why-the-datepart-tsql-function-will-not-work-with-weeks#comment-461 Hi,
I was using the isoweek function for quite a while when I found that it returns different values depending on what the datefirst setting is on the system.
Example:
set datefirst 1
select dbo.isoWeek(’20081230′) -> returns week no 1, this is correct

the same with US setting:
set datefirst 7
select dbo.isoWeek(’20081230′) -> returns week no 53, this is not correct, there is no week no 53 in 2008

I guess it needs an adoption in the line that takes care for special day at the end of the year.

Regads,

Kai

]]> Comment on Power View in Excel 2013 Part Two: Maps by Excel 2013 and BI | James Serra's Blog http://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/power-view-in-excel-2013-part-two-maps/#comment-460 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 05:14:15 +0000 https://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/?p=761#comment-460 [...] Excel 2013 and BISM Multidimensional, Power View in Excel 2013 Part One: Pie Charts, Power View in Excel 2013 Part Two: Maps [...]

]]> Comment on Power View in Excel 2013 Part One: Pie Charts by Excel 2013 and BI | James Serra's Blog http://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/power-view-in-excel-2013-part-one-pie-charts/#comment-459 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:44:20 +0000 https://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/?p=741#comment-459 [...] 2013 and BISM Multidimensional, Power View in Excel 2013 Part One: Pie Charts, Power View in Excel 2013 Part Two: [...]

]]> Comment on Excel 2013 and BISM Multidimensional by Excel 2013 and BI | James Serra's Blog http://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/excel-2013-and-bism-multidimensional/#comment-454 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:02:00 +0000 https://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/?p=708#comment-454 [...] Excel 2013 and BISM Multidimensional, Power View in Excel 2013 Part One: Pie Charts, Power View in Excel 2013 Part Two: Maps [...]

]]> Comment on SQL Server 2012 Books by thomasivarssonmalmo http://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/sql-server-2012-books/#comment-398 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:16:41 +0000 https://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/?p=584#comment-398 Hi. Go to the big online book stores and search for “SQL Server 2012″ and you will see. The schedule is fall and late summer this year.

]]> Comment on SQL Server 2012 Books by jadionne http://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/sql-server-2012-books/#comment-397 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:31:50 +0000 https://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/?p=584#comment-397 Thomas,
Have you found any books to help with the new certifications yet?

]]> Comment on The Data Warehouse Value Proposition by thomasivarssonmalmo http://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/the-data-warehouse-value-proposition/#comment-371 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:16:04 +0000 https://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/?p=695#comment-371 Hi Bob,
The data mart can be views on top of the data warehouse of physical tables. The starschema mart model is good for compression in Power Pivot, column store indexes and BISM tabular. Less joins and more redundancy with starschemas that also aggregate DW data!

]]> Comment on The Data Warehouse Value Proposition by Bob Duffy http://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/the-data-warehouse-value-proposition/#comment-370 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:48:44 +0000 https://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/?p=695#comment-370 Hi Thomas,

Do you “always” advocate the creation of a physcial data mart ? Interested in the pivot points that drives the need to create one on top of the data warehouse.

More often that not I tend to go straight from data warehouse into Analysis Services, without the need for a data mart.

]]> Comment on The Data Warehouse Value Proposition by Paul te Braak http://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/the-data-warehouse-value-proposition/#comment-356 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:57:46 +0000 https://thomasivarssonmalmo.wordpress.com/?p=695#comment-356 Value is a benefit to the client and while we typically try to put a heads reduction around this (like we’ll save this much time at month end), a lot a benefit can be argued against the risk of the book. For example, a customer could spend 2% of revenue to understand how its generated and apportioned to expenses.

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