Reporting Services – Implementation Considerations

I created this last week in response to some questions from students.  Hope this helps you think thru all the considerations for implementing SQL Server Reporting Services in your organization.  Enjoy! Reporting Services

Mobility, Web UI and Ottawa

I ran across a great article Designing a Website for 2014 that made me think about information delivery in this mobile age.  He was targeting public websites, but I am thinking from a reporting and BI point of view.  Here is a synopsis of the techniques Steve Cooper mentions: Optimize content for smaller screens and mobile

Autumnal Equinox – Season of Learning

I woke to the wind chimes and a cool breeze stirring my imagination.  I believe I felt the end of summer, which has always signaled (for me, anyways) the beginning of the season of learning.  It started when I was at Jackson High School and then at Michigan State, which has one of the most

Change Management and Version Fatigue

An administrative note before my post – I noticed in my last post that two additional words had hyperlinks, and they were ads.  I apologize for WordPress.  I try to use hyperlinks judiciously and provide links to relevant, supporting content – NOT ADVERTISING. Apparently, WordPress has decided to use a new revenue source and I have no

Power View for Everyone!

Happy New Year!  I had a great session at SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach yesterday, extolling the cool new features of Excel 2013/SQL Reporting Services 2012 called Power View. Download the deck: PowerViewReporting. Sean Boon, Sr. Product Manager @Microsoft in the BI Group, did a great series of blog posts using Power View to show Olympic insights.  He provided

Fireflies and Data Mining

The fireflies dance 3 feet above the wet grass in the hazy twilight.  I watch them as they circle, emitting their light in 30 ns bursts.  The pattern of their dance starts to unfold, almost as if choreographed.  Before too long, a pattern starts to emerge, and I can predict where the next flash will

New SQL and Information Avalanche

I just read a great article in Harvard Business Review about the information avalanche.  The author, Ron Ashkenas just wrote a new book Simply Effective which just went on my reading list for when I finish the Davenport book I mentioned last week.  Both books use business intelligence techniques to help manage the onslaught of information. Coincidently,