Bite Size Data Tales | Olivier Van Steenlandt
I attended quite some conferences in the first 6 months of 2024. When I get the chance, and there is an SSDT (SQL Server Data Tools) session on the schedule, I go to the session to learn something new. Lately, at Data Saturday Croatia, I had the chance to attend an advanced session about SSDT […]
It’s time to take the first steps into Database Unit Testing. As mentioned in my previous blog post, I will use tSQLt, an open-source unit testing framework for databases. Since I’m a big fan of SSDT (SQL Server Data Tools), we will use a Database Project to set up the tSQLt framework. Recipe Overview Preparation […]
In the past few years, I learned much about collaborative data warehouse development and deployment automatization by using Database Projects (SSDT) and Azure DevOps (and other tools). I had my fair share of learning curves, making mistakes, and having great learning opportunities. Lately, I started my next journey to learn about Unit Testing for data […]
With Microsoft Fabric becoming GA in November last year (2023), I wanted to start and explore this new shiny Software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution as well. With only a limited budget for exploring and testing new tools, I had to figure out how to use my budget efficiently. Therefore, before making any decisions, I looked at the […]
2024 has been challenging, a very busy speaking schedule, learning new things, combined with some health challenges made me unable to keep my data blog up-to-date with frequent blog posts or data recipes as I like to call them. I hope to start publishing new content starting in July 2024. Keep you posted!
In the past couple of months, I’ve been doing a lot of different things at the same time. Because of that, it is no exception that I have quite some branches for my Database Projects that I’m working on simultaneously. Because of this, another issue arises as well, it happens now and then that I’m […]
In this data recipe series, Microsoft Fabric – Data Warehouse will be explored. As a starting point, a blank Fabric workspace is used. You can sign up for a free Fabric trial by using the following URL: Data Analytics | Microsoft Fabric In this data recipe, we will create a brand-new Data Warehouse in Fabric. Once […]
We have had the first winter snowfall (at least 1 day), and days are getting shorter and colder. This reminds me that it’s time to review the past year. Last year, I concluded that I had reached a couple of professional milestones. I ramped up speaking engagements, finished my first blog post series, and met […]
A few months ago, I chatted with colleagues about our Tabular Model. More specifically the lack of Tabular Model documentation. Since we were thinking about replacing our current model, I started to think about how to integrate documentation easily. Having documentation is 1 thing, making sure it’s used is something completely different. And then we’re […]
Recipe Overview Preparation Time: 5 minutes Ingredients Problem Statement While I was writing another data recipe, I ran into an issue. For some reason, the “Create Calculation Group” was not visible / enabled in Tabular Editor. I tried to create a Calculation Group by right-clicking on the Table Folder –> Create but the option wasn’t […]
