October, 2006
Take Control of Your Reports with ReportViewer, Part 2
The ReportViewer control is a powerful tool for integrating reports into Windows and Web form applications. You can make it even more powerful if you're willing to write a few lines of Visual Basic .NET or Visual C# code.
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September, 2006
The Case of Locating National's Treasures
A mysterious email message leads B.I. Powers to track down codes on National Manufacturing's reports and teach them how to use meaningful names.
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September, 2006
Take Control of Your Reports with ReportViewer
If you need more report functionality than SSRS can offer, Visual Studio 2005's ReportViewer control might be just what you need.
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July, 2006
The Case of the Wicked Wrist Rapper
Is foul play behind the excessive number of wrist injuries at a local manufacturing company? Can B.I. Powers convince the company's president to use Analysis Services to secure access to data?
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May, 2006
The Case of the All-Inclusive Collection
A fanatical collector demands a report that will let her see everything in her collections. Can B.I. Powers provide the solution by modifying a Reporting Services parameter?
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February, 2006
The Case of the Multitudinous Dates
A date with a fig lands B.I. Powers in an investigation of a mysterious fruit theft. Can Powers help the nutty culprit create a time dimension?
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January, 2006
The Case of the Historical Conundrum
Mysterious security-log entries put B.I. Powers on the trail of a time traveler. Can Reporting Services’ history snapshots save the culprit from performing unnecessary work?
SQL Server Magazine
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December, 2005
The Case of the Out-of-Date Cube
B.I. Powers turns up an OLAP cube that's dragging a company into the past. Is SQL Server 2005 behind the latency? Can Powers find a simple solution?
SQL Server Magazine
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October, 2005
The Case of the Possessed Server
When mysterious SQL Server Agent jobs appear on a seemingly isolated server, a DBA engages B.I. Powers to discover the cause. Is dear departed Uncle Wally trying to contact his nephew?
SQL Server Magazine
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September, 2005
The Case of the Good Data Gone Bad
The intrepid B.I. Powers is engaged to track down missing data. Is the data loss part of an international conspiracy? Or is the solution closer to home?
SQL Server Magazine
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August, 2005
Developing Familiarity with BI
SQL Server 2005’s BI tools might seem intimidating to relational database developers. But three new tasks offer and easy introduction to automating data analysis and data mining.
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August, 2005
The Case of the Missing Link
When SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services administrator Greg Parker goes missing for more than a week, B.I Powers, consulting detective, is called in to find the hapless employee.
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