SSRS – Viewing status of Data Driven Subscriptions
What I wanted to do, is to see the status of my data driven subscriptions which are emailed out. I wanted to ensure that there were no errors when being sent out, as well as ensuring that they were indeed sent out. NOTE: This follows on from the FRAMEWORK FOR AUTOMATING SQL SERVER REPORTING SERVICES (SSRS) DATA DRIVEN SUBSCRIPTIONS –…
Framework for Automating SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) data driven subscriptions – Part 2
Description: What the goal was to find a way to automate how an end user could subscribe to a SSRS Data Driven Subscription without any intervention from the Business Intelligence Developer. And also enable the end users to have their own selections. And finally if they did not want to receive the report any longer to then delete their subscription….
Framework for Automating SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) data driven subscriptions – Part 1
Description: What the goal was to find a way to automate how an end user could subscribe to a SSRS Data Driven Subscription without any intervention from the Business Intelligence Developer. And also enable the end users to have their own selections. And finally if they did not want to receive the report any longer to then delete their subscription….
SSIS – Creating new Partitions in SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) with XMLA and Analysis Services DDL
What I wanted to do is to create a process in SSIS that did not use code to create new SSAS Partitions using XMLA. NOTE: This is quite a long blog post, but it has all the details from start to finish to get this completed. Example: · We will be using the AdventureWorks2012DW data warehouse and Cube….
SSIS – Using SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) MDX query into Variable in Execute SQL Task
What I wanted to do was to get the output from my MDX query, and then use this in SSIS and take the output and put it into an SSIS Variable which could then be used later in your SSIS Package. Example: · We are going to get the Internet Sales Amounts for 2 days. o 01 June 2008…
Book Review – Expert Cube Development with SSAS Multidimensional Models
http://www.packtpub.com/expert-cube-development-with-ssas-multidimensional-models/book This book is a must read if you are looking for some useful and practical information in your SSAS Multidimensional models. But it must be noted that this is not an introduction into SSAS Multidimensional modelling, rather practical real world examples. I found that the book is a wealth of information that can be applied to your working environment….
SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) – Using the Lookup Transformation and cache and how to handle NULL Values
I had a situation where I was using the Lookup transformation and then loading this into the SSIS Cache, but I wanted all rows to be inserted using the SSIS Cache, even if there was a NULL Value. Below explains how I overcame this. Example: · In our Source data we have Products, but they might not be in…
SSAS (SQL Server Analysis Services) – Securing Measures in Measure Group for specific Roles
What I had to do today for the first time is to only show specific measures in the measure group for particular Roles (Users or AD Groups) · The reason that this was required is because we had sensitive information that was not for everyone’s eyes. NOTE: From my recent review and read through from the following book, http://www.packtpub.com/expert-cube-development-with-ssas-multidimensional-models/book…
Excel – User Input for Custom MDX query using VBA and Pivots
I had a requirement where I wanted to do the following for a particular Power User · Give them the ability to put in a Date as a parameter in an Excel Workbook. · Once I have this date, is to the have a custom MDX query, which will then go and get the required data for the date. o …
SSAS – Error – Value cannot be null. Parameter name: rootComponent
I got the following error as shown below, when I was adding rows into the XML file for the Data Source View. NOTE: The reason that I was using the XML file was because I had added a whole lot of partitions to my Data Source View, so I did not want to create all the relationships manually but rather…