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Volume 804 - April 2008   
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Microsoft BI


SharePoint Content Types

by Michael Mullin, Consultant, MCAD, CRCP, MCTS

This article is the last in a series which will describe and explain the content management. Previous articles have discussed metadata and workflows. Now we are going to use that information to explore the concept of content types.

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Robert's Rules of Order


Customizing an LOV to include "All"

by Joe Roberts, Principal Consultant, BECP, SLE, MCP

Just like with Crystal Reports, with Web Intelligence we are often asked “can I create an ‘All’ option in a List of Values to use in my reports?”  This would save a great deal of time on the part of the user and have the added benefit of making the system friendlier to the user.  In this article we take a look at exact how to accomplish that.

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DataManagement


SQL Coding Standards

by Sean Beal, Sr. Consultant, CRCP,

A critical part of managing data as a team is the ability to read and perceive the intent of your teammate’s SQL code.  The key to this is a comprehensive set of SQL formatting standards.  Without one, at best you have ‘variety’; at worst, it is like your team is speaking different languages.

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Crystal Corner


Crystal Reports or WebIntelligence

by Kristen St. Jean, Sr. Consultant, CRCP

How do we choose between Crystal Reports and Web Intelligence for our reporting needs?

There is no cut and dry answer to this question, however, there are advantages and disadvantages to each tool that we will discuss here.

 

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SQL Server


Finding and Removing Duplicate Records

by Charles Tournear, Sr. Consultant, CRCP, MCSE, MCT, MCSD, MCDBA

This article will look at the SQL code used to find duplicate records and then to delete all but one copy of each group of duplicates.  It will look at two scenarios: a table having an auto-incrementing unique field and a table without a unique identifier for each record.

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BusinessObjects BI


Caution

by Aaron Zechman, Consultant, CRCP, MCSE, BOCP

Creating universe objects from a table which contains a field that contains multiple values, depending on a certain criteria, can add a level of complexity to the universe.  I will walk you through the dangers on using the WHERE clause in order to correct this issue and then show you a better way of solving the problem.

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