If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A quick blog post from the Services team here at XLCubed on some performance problems with SSAS that we’ve seen again recently. With the processing power and memory available it’s pretty easy to build a fast cube – both for query [...]

Thanks to everyone who entered this years competition, again the standard was very high, and it’s always great to see the product being used so effectively. The entrants were extremely varied in both their style and subject matter, and made for a difficult decision. However I’m pleased to be able to announce the winners:
1) Ajay [...]

We have decided to extend the entry deadline through the holiday period, to 28th August.
As a reminder, the competition is for real world solutions (no sample data set), and judging criteria include:

Clean and clear organization
Effective table and chart design
A single-screen display, properly designed for the web, screen or print outs

See the competition page for more [...]

There have been a few key announcements in the Microsoft BI world recently, we’ve gathered them up and summarised below in case our readership have missed any of the key announcements.
SQL Server 2008 R2 - (CTP Summer 09)
“SQL Server 2008 R2 expands on the value delivered in SQL Server 2008 by providing a wealth of [...]

We are pleased to announce the 2009 Excel Dashboard Competition:
The Competition
Like last year, the competition is for real world solutions, we are not providing a sample data set, and we’re looking forward to seeing some great examples of reports, charts and dashboards.
The dashboards are judged on the clarity and effectiveness of their design, particularly

Clean [...]

Today we released Chart Tamer. You can download the final version here.
Special thanks to our Expert Testers who helped us to make Chart Tamer a great product.

Chart Tamer aligns Excel’s charts with the best practices of data visualization .
For an introduction into Chart Tamer and Chart Tamer concepts read:

Chart Tamer [...]

We have begun to compile a series of videos to help all users of our products. We will keep adding instructional videos on a regular basis, though if you are a current customer and there is a particular element you would like to see let us know at support@xlcubed.com These videos provide a highlighted quick [...]

Yesterday we released version 5 of XLCubed. V5 offers continued enhancements across the product set including a completely new web interface, embedded pdf printing, and further extension of our interactive ‘Visual Grids’ to include all MicroChart chart types.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Version 5 is joined by a new Website which now includes a series of ‘how do I’ youtube [...]

Its done! After the release of MicroCharts for Reporting Services 2005 we have the SSRS 2008 version ready. This version needed quite some rework, as the folks at Microsoft changed the API for custom report items, and we had to re-write large parts of the product.

You can download MicroCharts for Reporting Services 2008 here.

Today, we released MicroCharts for Reporting Services 2005. You now can create sparkline enabled reports and dashboards with "more information per square inch" using Microsofts Standard Report Writer:

   Once you have installed MicroCharts for Reporting Services 2005, you have a set of MicroCharts controls available in your Toolbox.

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