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Want to look at cloud reporting but not sure what the costs will be?

Have you been thinking about migrating your reporting to Microsoft Fabric or Snowflake but you have no idea...
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When growing companies outgrow Excel

There are some telltale signs that your growing business has outgrown Excel for your reporting needs. Excel is...
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A Fabric solution can be very cost effective

Are you currently using Microsoft Fabric or considering migrating to it? If so, there are a couple of...
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A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth

You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution that meets your needs...
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Are you getting value from your reporting?

Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you don’t have the time...
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The fundamental requirements of a reporting system

There are some fundamental boxes that your reporting system must tick. ✅ The figures must be accurate A...
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SSIS Azure Blob Source Text Qualifier Issue

The issue When migrating the solution I’m currently working on to Azure eight months ago I was initially...
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Data Warehousing Tip #9 – Test at Volume

My next tip is to test your BI solution with the volume of data that you are expecting. ...
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Data Warehousing Tip #8 – Make it better

In this article I’ll discuss making your data warehouse better.  I’ll admit that this is a pretty obvious...
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Data Warehousing Tip #7 – How I build a time dimension

In this article I’m going to show you how I build my time dimensions.  There are lots of...
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Data Warehousing Tip #6 – Use a consistent unknown member key

In this article I’ll be discussing the benefits of using a consistent unknown member key across your data...
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Data Warehousing Tip #5 – Use surrogate keys

My fifth data warehousing tip is to always use surrogate keys for your dimension and fact tables. Surrogate...
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