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Did you know? SQL Server 2008 SSRS New Data Visualizations The new Gauge data region is most often used to provide a high-level summary of your data by highlighting key performance indicator (KPI) values. The gauge uses a pointer to show a single value. You can add a range to highlight a subset of values on your scale and control the size and positioning of the scale on the gauge to create different visual effects. The new Chart data region supports a richer set of data visualization features. The new chart types include bar/column cylinder, pyramid, funnel, polar, radar, stock, candlestick, range column, range bar, smooth area, smooth line, stepped line, and box plot chart types. There is also built-in support for Pareto and Histogram charts. There are many more enhancements that have been made to the charting functionality, so check out the BOL link below and read all about them along with other new features. Read more about this in the SQL Server 2008 BOL 'What's New in Report Authoring' (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb630399(SQL.100).aspx). Tags: Magenic SQL SSRS Screencast |
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Did you know? SQL Server 2008 includes Backup Compression SQL Server 2008 includes database backup compression Keeping disk-based backups online is expensive and time-consuming. With SQL Server 2008 backup compression, less storage is required to keep backups online, and backups run significantly faster since less disk I/O is required. By default, backup compression significantly increases CPU usage, which can adversely impact concurrent operations. You can now create low-priority compressed backups in a session whose CPU usage is limited by Resource Governor. SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition and later supports compressing backups, and every edition of SQL Server 2008 or later can restore a compressed backup. Tags: Magenic DYN SQL Screencast |
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Did you know? SQL Server 2008 includes Auditing SQL Server 2008 includes Auditing (server and database) SQL Server 2008 now enables you to configure server and database level audit specifications. These specifications include server operations such as management changes and database actions such as data manipulation language (DML) and data definition language (DDL) operations. The output of the audits can be sent to a file, Windows Security event log, or the Windows Application event log. Tags: Magenic DYN SQL Auditing Screencast |
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Did you know? SQL Server 2008 includes GROUPING SETS SQL Server 2008 includes GROUPING SETS: Grouping Sets is an extension to the GROUP BY clause that lets users define multiple groupings in the same query. Grouping Sets produces a single result set that is equivalent to a UNION ALL of differently grouped rows, making aggregation querying and reporting easier and faster. Tags: SQL DYN T-SQL Screencast Magenic |
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Did you know? SQL Server 2008 includes Cache Transform SQL Server 2008 includes Cache Transform: The Cache Transform transformation writes data from a connected data source in the data flow to a Cache connection manager. The cache can be populated from text files, XML files, Excel files, etc.; you are not limited to only populating the cache from an OLE DB source. The Lookup transformation in a package performs lookups on the data using the Cache connection manager. You can configure the Cache connection manager to save the data to a cache file (.caw). The cache file can be populated once and reused throughout the ETL process within multiple Lookup transformations for performing surrogate key lookups and populating the data warehouse. Tags: SQL DYN Screencast SSIS Magenic |
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Did you know? SQL Server 2008 includes Data Profiling Task SQL Server 2008 includes Data Profiling Task: The Data Profiling task is a new task in the Integration Services toolbox. You can use this task inside an Integration Services package to profile data that is stored in SQL Server. The information provided by the profile helps you identify potential problems with data quality. The Data Profiling task provides profiles that help identify data quality problems within individual columns and with column relationships: Profiles that help identify problems within individual columns · The distribution of lengths in the column values. · The percentage of null values. · The distribution of values in the column. · Column statistics for numeric columns. · Regular expressions that match string columns. Profiles that help identify problems with column relationships · Candidate key columns. · Functional dependencies between columns. · The inclusion of the set of values in one column in the set of values in another column. Tags: SQL DYN SSIS Screencast Magenic |
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Did you know? SQL Server 2008 includes Intellisense SQL Server 2008 includes T-SQL IntelliSense: Transact-SQL IntelliSense provides intelligent aids for Transact SQL scripting that make language references easily accessible for database developers. When coding, you do not need to leave the Database Query Editor to perform searches on T-SQL language elements or your database metadata. You can keep your context, find the information you need, insert T-SQL language elements directly into your code, and even have IntelliSense complete your typing for you. This can speed up software development by reducing the amount of keyboard input required and minimize references to external documentation. Tags: SQL DYN Screencast Magenic |