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SSIS Incremental Load with Datetime Columns

Previously I’ve mentioned how to implement Incremental Load within SSIS using CDC (Change Data Capture) feature. Unfortunately CDC is not always supported by the source database, so you have to implement an incremental load solution without CDC. In this post I’ll explain how to implement incremental load if there is a modified datetime column in Read more about SSIS Incremental Load with Datetime Columns[…]

Podcast: Azure Data Factory

I’ve been honored to talk with Carlos L Chacon about Azure Data Factory after my session at PASS Summit, and he published the webcast in hist website; SQLDataPartners. Thanks to Carlos and SQLDataPartners for the great opportunity to talk on one of my favorite topics as Data movement with the new technology; Azure Data Factory. Read more about Podcast: Azure Data Factory[…]

Change Set and Approval Workflow in MDS 2016

One of the interesting features of Master Data Services 2016 is Change Set and Require Approval. In prior versions of MDS when you apply a change and publish that change automatically take place in the entity and records. However in the new MDS in SQL Server 2016 you can create a Change Set of your Read more about Change Set and Approval Workflow in MDS 2016[…]

SSIS Catalog Changes in 2016

SQL Server 2016 brings some new features for Integration Services such as AlwaysOn, and Custom Advanced Logging. You’ve probably read about these features in other blog posts, If you haven’t I encourage you to read some of them, like this. These changes also comes with some changes in SSIS Catalog, in this post I’m going Read more about SSIS Catalog Changes in 2016[…]

Be Fitbit BI Developer in Few Steps: Step 3 Visualization

In previous steps you’ve learned how to extract and mash up the data from CSV and automate the process of looping through all CSV files in the source folder. In this step we are going to build visualizations based on the data set we’ve built so far. In this post you will see how easy Read more about Be Fitbit BI Developer in Few Steps: Step 3 Visualization[…]

Be Fitbit BI Developer in Few Steps: Step 2 Loop Through All CSV Files

In the first step you’ve learned how to manipulate and mash up the data with few changes in Power Query M script. In spite of Power BI Desktop not being able to recognize your CSV file correctly because of the header row, you managed to write script and fetch data as you required. However this Read more about Be Fitbit BI Developer in Few Steps: Step 2 Loop Through All CSV Files[…]

Be Fitbit BI Developer in Few Steps: First Step Get Data from CSV

Power BI made things really easy, it isn’t hard to build dashboards and data analysis on almost any types of data sources. Previously in other sections of the online book; Power BI from Rookie to Rockstar I’ve mentioned few data sources and ways of connecting to them. In this post I like to show you Read more about Be Fitbit BI Developer in Few Steps: First Step Get Data from CSV[…]

Power BI Says Hi to 3D Maps

If you’ve read my previous articles about Power BI, you know that Power BI has five main components: Power Query, Power Pivot, Power View, Power Q&A, and Power Map. So far all of these components were now supported in PowerBI.com website as part of your Power BI solution except Power Map! Power Map was the Read more about Power BI Says Hi to 3D Maps[…]

Temporal Tables: A New Method for Slowly Changing Dimension

SQL Server 2016 CTP 3.0 is available, and some of you already played with it. There are great set of new features for BI in 2016 in all areas; SSIS, MDS, SSRS, and SSAS. However there are some features which are part of Database Engine but still relates to BI and Data Warehousing. Temporal Tables Read more about Temporal Tables: A New Method for Slowly Changing Dimension[…]