We’re pleased to announce that SSAS Compare version 1.0 has been released as a free tool. Version 1.0 includes: Comparisons of live databases and XMLA or Analysis Services Project files MDX syntax diffs and highlighting Server comparisons Deployment wizard with summaries of scripted actions Bug fixes and engine and UI refinements We’ve tested it on … Read more
SSAS Compare has a brand new website! The old page was thrown together in the way that most Red Gate labs sites tend to be – as experimental sites for experimental products. We’ve been developing SSAS Compare for a while now, so we decided it was time for something a bit prettier. The new site … Read more
A month ago Nick published a blog post about the path to adopting common business intelligence practices. At the same time, we published a survey asking for feedback on current BI trends and processes. We asked these questions: Which reporting tools do you use? How do you share reports in your organization? Do you import … Read more
By Brian Tufnell If you’ve been following our blog, you’ll know Red Gate is developing SSAS Compare to simplify deployment in the world of SQL Server Analysis Services. You’ll also know we’re keen to get your feedback while the tool is still in development, so we’ve set up a UserVoice page where you can submit … Read more
By Nick Sutherland Most of the BI professionals I’ve spoken to use enterprise BI – that is, they create analysis databases and reports on behalf of their business users, rather than letting the users explore the data warehouse themselves. The SSAS multidimensional model is most commonly used, with few using the newer tabular model for … Read more
By Jonathan Watts I try to pretend I am not a geek, but with fifteen cameras (film and digital), three android devices and a lifetime subscription to Sci-Fi Magazine, I haven’t been able to convince anyone. I am also a test engineer at Red Gate, a smallish software company based in Cambridge UK. For the … Read more
Noemi Moreno, Red Gate Business Intelligence Specialist Software vendors – even Microsoft – tend to forget about the needs of business intelligence developers. We are a rare and rather invisible species. For example, BIDS remained in VS 2008 until SQL Server 2012. It took until this release before we got something as simple as an … Read more
Welcome to the first ever post on the brand new Red Gate Business Intelligence Tools Team blog! About the team Nick Sutherland (product manager): After many years as a software developer and project manager, Nick took an MBA and turned to product marketing. SSAS Compare is his second lean startup product (the first being SQL … Read more
