SharePoint JavaScript Error: Library Not Registered
The other day one of my clients upgraded from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007. Since then, whenever she went to her company’s SharePoint site, she received the following error:...
View ArticleSQL Server 2005 Installation Failures
Recently I was trying to install SQL Server 2005 on a workstation running Windows XP Professional SP3 and for some reason the installation kept failing. The first item in the list that failed was MSXML...
View ArticlePrevent SSRS 2008 from Overwriting Datasets
Report development is one of my favorite areas of Business Intelligence and I have to say I’ve been fairly happy with the new interface for SSRS 2008. Except for when it comes to MDX queries. Off the...
View ArticleVirtual PC and Windows 7
This morning while trying to spin up one of my Virutal PCs I ran into some peculiar error messages. In case the same thing happens to you, the workaround is pretty simple. When I opened Virtual PC...
View ArticleHow to Generate Insert Scripts for Existing Data
Let’s say you have a bunch of data stored in a table and you need to generate an insert script for each record. Maybe you need to save the scripts in source control or maybe you need the scripts to...
View ArticleWhen To Use NVARCHAR
The Short Answer Only when you need to store multi-lingual (unicode) data. The Nitty Gritty The fundamental unit of storage in a SQL Server database is an 8 KB page. To paraphrase the MSDN, SQL...
View ArticleYTD Calculations
Whether you’re creating a report, chart, KPI, or calculated measure, at some point you’ll probably need to add year-to-date calculations. It doesn’t matter if you’re using SQL or MDX, the technique to...
View ArticleHow to Open Dashboard Designer in SharePoint 2010
So you’ve got a new Sharepoint 2010 server configured and now you want to create a PerformancePoint dashboard. The first thing you need to do is create a new “Business Intelligence Center” site. You...
View ArticleBISM Connection to Tabular Cube and Data Link Properties
Here’s the scenario: You have a PowerPivot Gallery within SharePoint 2010. Within the gallery is a BISM connection that points to a Tabular cube. You attempt to use the BISM connection to open a new...
View ArticleCannot Create a BI Semantic Model Connection to Tabular Cube
Here’s the scenario: Within the PowerPivot Gallery in SharePoint 2010 you create a new “BI Semantic Model Connection”. In the “New BI Semantic Model” page you specify the name of the connection, the...
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