Monthly Archives: October 2008

David Reed, who manages the SQL Server community samples on CodePlex, has been running a SQL Heroes contest. It’s for open source applications that help improve the SQL Server experience. You can read more about it on the SQL Heroes … Continue reading →

Only certain cells are considered “writeable” in a PPS Plan Excel form. A writeable region is a region where the user can enter data. Here is a checklist of reasons why a region that you expect to be writeable is … Continue reading →

A colleague came to me recently with a problem.  She was implementing a Dashboard in PPS M&A, and she was seeing some unexpected dimension names.  The behavior was specifically affecting her when she was creating a report using an Analytic … Continue reading →

I’ve spent the past 15 months, off and on, working as the technical lead on a performance management project using PerformancePoint Server.  The project was to create a SharePoint Portal where users could view the performance of a school system.  … Continue reading →

The SSWUG Business Intelligence Virtual Conference is just two weeks off now. They’ve made a 10 minute preview of my session on SSIS configurations available here: http://www.vconferenceonline.com/speaker.asp?id=Jwelch, if you are interested in getting a sneak peak. There are a few … Continue reading →

At the Microsoft BI Conference, I did a chalk talk on creating custom components for SSIS. It seemed to go pretty well, as I got a lot of questions and interaction from the audience, which is the point of a … Continue reading →