How To Get Started with Date Dimensions​

How To Get Started with Date Dimensions​

The date dimension is the table that controls your time analysis and is the most important to get right, especially with PowerBI, Excel, and other visualization tools. Having various tags and descriptors that aid in your analysis gives your end users several options in creating their visualizations in addition to a base for DAX time intelligence calculations.

Use TSQL to Generate SQL Server Schema Documentation

Use TSQL to Generate SQL Server Schema Documentation

There are many tools that you can purchase to generate documentation, however, also costs money or requires an install on client machines or servers. I wanted something fast which would not leave a foot print or require weeks of negotiations to get installed. The T-SQL script generates an HTML document out of the schema results that you can paste into Word to kickstart the documentation process.

How to Create a Data Governance Framework – Best Practices and Key Components

How to Create a Data Governance Framework – Best Practices and Key Components

This article reviews Data Governance Initiatives to determine how to secure data usage, manage activity, gain visibility, and control of one of your most important assets.  Whether on-premises or in the cloud, more employees are using and sharing an ever-increasing amount of data throughout your organization.

Learning Guide: Introduction to Microsoft Purview for Data Governance (Fall 2022 Update)

Learning Guide: Introduction to Microsoft Purview for Data Governance (Fall 2022 Update)

With the announcement of Azure Purview, it is a great time to review some of the key features and provide a learning path made up of free online resources to help you get up to speed. This article will take you through an overview of Azure Purview by setting the stage focusing on Data Governance and providing links to the next steps.