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Power BI Time-Intelligence: Beyond the Basics

Quick note to the Power BI developers looking to up their DAX game… I’ll be presenting a new session – Power BI Time-Intelligence: Beyond the Basics – to the following user groups… Baltimore SQL Server Users Group April 20, 2020 | Details Atlanta BI SQL Server Users Group May 4, 2020 | Details …if you […]

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IDERA ACE – Class of 2020!

Just a few weeks ago, I was accepted into the IDERA ACE program class of 2020! Oh, never heard of it? Well, let me clue you in… IDERA ACEs are active community members who have shown a passion for helping the community and sharing their knowledge. Members are selected annually and are up-and-coming data professionals […]

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Troubleshooting #SSAS Performance Issues

For the past 2 years, I’ve spent quite a bit of time across several clients addressing performance issues with Analysis Services solutions. Now that may sound like your own personal hell, and I totally understand why. Analysis Services is complicated enough just to get it off the ground and into production. Throw in a few performance […]

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Speaking at SQL Saturday #320 – Raleigh, NC

I know, I know… a terrible lack of content here over the past 2 months. Work has been crazy busy since July (read: 65+ hr weeks) and culminated in a (mostly) disconnected and work-free vacation with my favorite wife involving an in-no-hurry drive up the Pacific Coast Highway from San Diego to San Francisco to […]

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SQL Saturday #285 Atlanta

Quick ‘thank you’ to all those dedicated lovers of SSAS tabular who attended my session – 20 Minute Tabular Model – at 8:15am at SQL Saturday #285. The slides were posted to the SQL Saturday site shortly after the presentation. And here’s the link again to the references page for the session. Please don’t hesitate […]

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Bus Matrix Presentation Follow Up Q&A

On 1/14/2014, I presented Bus Matrix…the foundation of your Dimensional Data Model via the Free Training on the T’s offered by PragmaticWorks. If you weren’t able to attend the live session, you can watch the recording here. This presentation touched on a lot of complex concepts (dimensional modeling, conformed dimensions, star schemas) and it was […]

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Presenting @ SQL Saturday Nashville

I recently received confirmation that I have been selected to speak at SQL Saturday Nashville on 1/18/2013. This will be my second SQL Saturday speaking engagement and just like the first I’m completely surprised and totally honored to be selected. I’ll be delivering a session just before lunch focusing on the tabular model: The 20-Minute Tabular […]

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Come see me present!

Here’s a just a quick update on a few speaking engagements lined up for the near future: SQL Saturday – Charlotte BI Edition (10/19/2013) Right on the heels of PASS Summit 2013, this SQL Saturday is more awesome than usual since it’s heavily geared towards the BI crowd!  Lots of good sessions from some big […]

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Speaking @SQLSaturday #237 – Charlotte BI Edition

This weekend the selections for speakers @ SQLSaturday #237 (Charlotte BI Edition) went out and guess who made the cut – your’s truly! Excited is an understatement…this will be my first time presenting at a SQLSaturday *period* and I am totally honored to have my presentation submission selected: The 20-Minute Tabular Model It’s a beginner level session […]

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20-Minute Tabular Model @PASSBIVC

Just wanted to thank everyone again for attending my 20-Minute Tabular Model presentation to the PASS BI virtual chapter last night (this morning, yesterday afternoon — depending on your timezone). Hopefully we achieved that which we set out to achieve which was covering the high-level differences between Tabular and Multidimensional and building a basic Tabular […]