MDX Puzzles: Third Time's a Charm
This week's MDX puzzle is actually courtesy of fellow BIDN'er, MartinMason. Thanks, Martin, for the great puzzle and taking the time to help the BIDN community grow in the business intelligence ...
View ArticleMDX Puzzles: Third Time's a Charm - Answer
I'll admit that this week's puzzle was probably a little tougher than the past couple, but I think I gave enough hints that you should have been able to figure it out. So here is one way to solve ...
View ArticleMDX Puzzles: Encounters of the Fourth Kind
This week's puzzle utilizes a concept we learned a couple weeks back and introduces a new one we have yet to cover. So good luck on the puzzle and email me at dryan@pragmaticworks.com when you ...
View ArticleMDX Puzzles: Encounters of the Fourth Kind - Answer
Since this week is Thanksgiving and I was busy as mess on Friday, I figured I would wait to post the solution to last week's MDX puzzle until today and take a week off from blogging while I ...
View ArticleMDX Puzzles: The Fifth Element
After a relaxing and enjoyable Thanksgiving break from work, its back to the grind stone. Monday and Tuesday were a little crazy for me, which is why this week's puzzle isn't getting posted until ...
View ArticleMDX Puzzles: The Fifth Element - Answer
Our latest MDX puzzle called for using a few functions we haven't used yet. To solve the Fifth Element puzzle, we were required to show the Year to Date Reseller Sales, the Reseller Sales for the ...
View ArticleWant the Best Job Ever?
A few days ago Adam Jorgensen posted a blog outlining some of the current job openings at Pragmatic Works so I thought I'd post a little bit about my experiences working for this great company. ...
View ArticleT-SQL Unpivot-y Goodness
So you've got some data that needs to be a bit more normalized. Your data may look like this (This is from DimCustomer in the AdventureWorksDW database): Select CustomerKey, ...
View ArticleMDX Puzzles: Sixth Sense
This week's MDX puzzle builds on one we had a few weeks back , so check it out. I know it's been a while since I gave away a prize for a correct answer, but this week I'll be giving away another ...
View ArticleMDX Puzzles: Sixth Sense - Answer
This week's puzzle used a couple functions we learned about a few weeks back . To solve the Sixth Sense puzzle, you should have used the TopCount function (or the Head and Order functions) and ...
View ArticleMDX Puzzles: Lucky Number Slevin
It's that time again. This week's puzzle will be due by Thursday, January 13 so I can post the answer on the following Friday. Once again, congratulations to Srihari on winning last week's MDX ...
View ArticleMDX Puzzles: Lucky Number Slevin - Answer
This week's puzzle, Lucky Number Slevin , required you to use a couple function that we have yet to try out. So let's step through the solution to understand how I met the requirements of the ...
View ArticleConnecting to and Querying an SSAS Cube in SSIS
So imagine that you need to create a solution to moving the aggregated data from a cube into another location for a third party, such as a spread sheet, SQL Server table, or a flat file. We can ...
View ArticleBuilding a Record of History From SAP Source For Your SQL Server Data Warehouse
If you have ever worked with SAP as a SQL Server developer, you understand that it can be challenging. Recently I was working on a data warehousing project that featured SAP as the data source for ...
View ArticleUnable to Browse to Database or Backup File Location from SSMS
If you're just setting up a brand new computer like I am, you may have experienced this issue before. When you try to restore a backup file or attach a database in SQL Server Management Studio, you ...
View ArticleReference the Previous Record in a Data Set with SQL Server 2000
A couple blog posts ago , I discussed using a Common Table Expression (CTE) and the ROW_NUMBER() function to create a field in a data set the retrieves a field in the previous row. But since CTE's ...
View ArticleError when browsing cube in BIDS or SSMS: “An error 0xE0040200 occurred. No...
While working on an SSAS project today, I was scripting out some MDX calculations in the cube (year to date, month to date, previous year’s month to date, and previous year to date). I wrote the ...
View ArticleSSAS 2008 Bug: Normal Additive Measures and Semi Additive Measures in the...
Devin Knight and I stumbled onto another weird SSAS bug today. We had a measure group that had two measures. The first measure was semi additive (Last Non Empty) and the second measure was a normal ...
View ArticleHelp Me Help You With Free SSIS/SSRS Training
As you've probably noticed, Pragmatic Works is once again running another promotion. This promotion is a little different though in that it's probably the best deal we've ever had on our ...
View ArticleMDX Puzzles: Super 8
If you’ve followed my blog, you’ve probably come across my series of MDX puzzles. If you’re not familiar with the MDX Puzzles series of post, check this out . Anyways, on to the puzzle! As always, ...
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