SQL SERVER – What are Actions in SSAS and How to Make a Reporting Action
Actions are used for customized browsing and drilling of data for the end-user. It’s an event that a user can raise while accessing the cube data. They are used in cube browsers like excel and are triggered when a user with a client tool clicks on a particular member, level, dimension, cells or may be the cube itself. For example a user might be able to see a reporting services report, open a web page or drill through to detailed information related to the cube data. Let us learn about how make a reporting action.
SQL SERVER – Planned and Unplanned Availablity Group Failovers – Notes from the Field #031
[Note from Pinal]: This is a new episode of Notes from the Fields series. AlwaysOn is a very complex subject and not everyone knows many things about this. The matter of the fact is there is very little information available on this subject online and not everyone knows everything about this. This is why when a very common question related to AlwaysOn comes, people get confused. Let us learn about Planned and Unplanned Availablity Group Failovers.
SQL SERVER – Contest Winner – What Next on SQL in Sixty Seconds – Poll Result
A few days ago, I have asked a question on this blog. The question was – What would you like to see in the next episodes of SQL in Sixty Seconds. The poll is still active and posted over here: SQL SERVER – Poll – What would you love to see in SQL in Sixty Seconds? The contest was to suggest the next item of SQL in Sixty Seconds and vote for the your choice of subject. There have been plenty of votes to this contest, however, there were only 4 comments to this blog post. Hence, selecting a winner was very simple.
SQL SERVER – Repair a SQL Server Database Using a Transaction Log Explorer
In this blog, I’ll show how to use ApexSQL Log, a SQL Server transaction log viewer. You can download it for free, install, and play along. But first, let’s describe some disaster recovery scenarios where it’s useful.
SQL SERVER – Iridium I/O – SQL Server Deduplication that Shrinks Databases and Improves Performance
SQL SERVER – Faster SQL Server Databases and Applications – Power and Control with SafePeak Caching Options
Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 22 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.
Pinal has authored 14 SQL Server database books and 100Â Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.
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