Category Archives: Report Builder

Microsoft BI tools: How they use data sources

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A quick list of how each of these Microsoft BI tools handles the two data sources “SQL Server” (relational-based) and “Analysis Services” (cubed-based, which can be the multidimensional model or the tabular model).  Note that any reporting tool that supports the … Continue reading →

End-User Microsoft BI Tools – Clearing up the confusion

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Given two types of underlying data sources (a data warehouse and a OLAP cube built from the data warehouse) there are many different possible presentation layers (client tools) that serve different user communities with varying usage profiles.  There is a … Continue reading →