• subscribe


Craig Utley

Craig Utley (craig@solidq.com) is a mentor with Solid Quality Mentors and a former program manager with the SQL Customer Advisory Team at Microsoft. He is a SQL Server MVP and the operator of LearnMicrosoftBI.com.
Email: craig@solidq.com

My Latest Content
My Latest Comments



Author Articles

Moving from ADO to ADO.NET

By Craig Utley, 10/30/2009

Just when we were getting used to ADO, Microsoft tells us toforget about it and start learning ADO.NET. Craig Utley maps the differencesbetween ADO and ADO.NET.

VB .NET vs. C#

By Craig Utley, 10/30/2009

You’re ready to start coding your first ASP.NET page. Whatlanguage do you use? Craig Utley gives us the lowdown on these two .NET programminglanguages.

What Is .NET?

By Craig Utley, 10/30/2009

Craig Utley addressestwo key areas of .NET: the underlying .NET Framework and the ability to createdistributed applications.

Avoid Common SQL Server Analysis Services Problems

By Craig Utley, 11/21/2008

It’s easy to create a usable and high-performance set of cubes with SSAS as long as you know the pitfalls to watch out for and possess the patience and savvy to thwart them.

Creating Dimensions in SSAS Part 1

By Craig Utley, 04/29/2008

Learn how to build proper dimensions, add useful hierarchies that support user’s navigational needs, then perform the important step of adding attribute relationships to make your ...

Creating Dimensions in SSAS, Part 2

By Craig Utley, 04/29/2008

After you build the proper dimensions of a cube, you need to add attribute relationships to help the cube engine better process queries for faster data analysis.

Unveiling PerformancePoint Server 2007

By Craig Utley, 01/25/2008

PerformancePoint Server 2007 might be in your future, especially if your users find out about its BI features. Get the lowdown before they do about the 3 parts of PerformancePoint ...

Points to Ponder: Delivering BI to the Organization

By Craig Utley, 02/23/2007

Many options exist for delivering BI data to end users. Here are some important considerations to keep in mind as you choose the delivery tools for the various users you serve.

Bring Cube Data into Focus

By Craig Utley, 08/23/2006

Reporting Services gives you an inexpensive way to deliver Analysis Services data to business users. Here’s how you can provide greater flexibility in your reports so users can ...

Delivering Analysis Services Data with Reporting Services

By Craig Utley, 06/22/2006

Learn how to use Reporting Services to give business users access to complex Analysis Services data--in a user-friendly format.

MDX for the MDX Phobic

By Craig Utley, 05/08/2006

If you don't have experience with MDX then Microsoft's Office Excel Add-in for SQL Server Analysis Services is for you.

Drillthrough on the Fly

By Craig Utley, 03/22/2005

Drillthrough lets you look at the individual records in a cube, but you can't modify a drillthrough query on the fly. You can create a drillthrough report, then use a cell-level ...

Beating the Odds

By Craig Utley, 06/22/2004

A well-designed data warehouse can help your organization make faster and more informed decisions, but data-warehousing projects are risky business. Here's why so many ...