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SSAS 2005 – Server side tracing starter kit
07 April 2008 22:32

Analysis services 2005 (SSAS) added the ability to trace server side events and i have used this feature a number of times. To date i had always used the profiler gui to do the SSAS tracing but today i found myself needing to initiate and manage a trace with scripts. The good news is that it can be done! It did take a while to piece together how to do it though... Read More...

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Filed under: Tools, Tips, Performance, SSAS 2005, Analysis Services

A performance analysis example
15 January 2006 17:53

Last week i was dragged kicking and screaming away from my allocated SQL 2005 days to spend 2 days diagnosing performance problems on one of the firms Systems and write a report. Due to the sensitive nature of the data on the system it has been managed by another team and this was the first time i had looked at it. I thought i'd share my thought process to identifying... Read More...

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Filed under: SQL 2000, Tips, Performance