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Comments closedJames Anderson shows off mobile-friendly reports in SSRS 2016:
To install Mobile Report Publisher, click the down arrow in the SSRS portal and select the Mobile Report Publisher. Download the installer and click through to the end. Install the C++ redistributable. If you have used DataZen then the designer will look very familiar.
It’s nice seeing Reporting Services all grown up.
Comments closedRyan Adams shows us how to get Active Directory authentication on Linux using Samba and PAM:
Back to our question at hand. Since the preview just got released I have not had a chance to test this out with SQL Server. However, you can use Active Directory accounts with Linux and Unix by using Samba and PAM. I see no reason why this implementation would not also work with SQL Server on Linux, but again I have not yet had a chance to test this out. Since I already have some written installation instructions, that’s what I am providing here.
Chrissy LeMaire, in the comments, shows how to do it in OpenSUSE. She also has a brand new blog post on the topic.
Comments closedThe Attunity connector for Oracle used inside of the SSIS data flow looks a little different than the typical OLE DB connector we most commonly use. Specifically, the Attunity source has two options: “Table Name” and “SQL command.” What the Attunity Oracle Source doesn’t have in this dialog box is “SQL command from variable” (like we see for an OLE DB source).
Expressions are your friend.
Comments closedJens Vestergaard shows us how to filter tables in Management Studio:
As a quick tip, this on is one of these tool tips, that just makes your everyday much easier. Sometimes, more than often, you run into databases that contains a huge number of tables – all listed alphabetically. This can, at times, be cumbersome and annoying to browse. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) actually has a feature that will assist you in getting your job done, quicker; It’s called Filtering.
My most common filter criterion is by schema, but there are several filtering options available.
Comments closedGinger Grant discusses creating models in Power BI:
When comparing the features of the Online Client with the Desktop version of Power BI, there is one very obvious difference, there is no way to create a data model in Power BI online. It is not possible to create a data model using the online client. The online client is designed to connect to an existing online source such as Sales Force or Azure DB. If you are using an existing model, there is no need to create one. When using the enterprise gateway, which uses an on-premises database such as a SQL Server, SSAS or Hana, the data model is contained within the database exposed via the enterprise gateway, so again no reason exists to create a data model. Report creation can occur either using the online client or desktop as there is compelling technical reason that I am aware of which would determine where the report is created.
Cf. an earlier post on Power Pivot and Power BI modeling.
Comments closedAnup Warrier had an issue recently with sys.messages queries generating an error:
What you normally expect when you run SELECT * FROM sys.messages? The query will return a row for eachmessage_id or language_id of the error messages in the system, for both system-defined and user-defined messages.
Rather than returning the rows, system generated an error for me:
Msg 18058, Level 17, State 0, Line 1
Failed to load format string for error 362, language id 1033. Operating system error: 317(The system cannot find message text for message number 0x%1 in the message file for %2.). Check that the resource file matches SQL Server executable, and resource file in localized directory matches the file under English directory. Also check memory usage.
Anup follows up with the answer, so if you’re running into this issue, check out his post.
Comments closedPhil Factor has a query he shares to discern table smells in SQL Server:
Table smells in SQL Server are just like code smells. They are just an indication that something may need to be checked or investigated. They are easy to check as well, because you can generally ferret through the object catalog metadata views to flush out the aspects that just don’t smell right. In this blog, I show the sort of query I’ll use. Actually, I generally use rather more strict criteria because I’d be concerned about tables that don’t seem to be making full use of constraints, and tables that don’t have ‘soft’ dependencies (aren’t referenced in code within the metadata, from views, procedures or functions). I like to have a result that displays the names of the tables that look suspect, along with the list of the ‘smells’.
This is a great start. As Phil notes in the comments, it’s not necessarily that these are wrong so much as that if you see them, there ought to be a specific reason for it to be this way.
Comments closedReza Rad shows us how to interrogate Power BI:
When you published your Power BI file into the Power BI desktop, usually you create a dashboard for it. For Power Q&A to work (the version of Power Q&A at the time of writing this post) you should create a dashboard for your report. After creating the dashboard you will see the question bar of Q&A on the top of your dashboard.
My preferred technique is good developer, bad developer.
Comments closedSteve Jones shows us how to use CHARINDEX to find a string:
A quick one today, just looking for strings. I wrote an article on this, so there’s more detail there, but here’s a bit of code you can look through and see what it does.
He didn’t tag his post T-SQL Tuesday, but it certainly is apropos.
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