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Support me and Team #SQLPlunge for the Special Olympics

logo_plunge_bearOn March 3, 2012 I will be jumping into a hole in the ice in Lake Calhoun to raise money for the Special Olympics. One item on my bucket list will be crossed off – I don’t think I want to get good at this, but I do want to try it.

The big reason we are doing this is to raise money for the Special Olympics, this has always been one of my favorite charities.  I love sports and competing in anything – this organization gives people with disabilities the opportunity to experience the thrill of competition and the fun of learning a skill and working on a craft.

This is where you come in.  I need your help raising money.  If you wish to donate to the cause, you can do so here.

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Here are the facts about the event:

Who - Tracy McKibben* (B/T), Jason Strate (B/T), Afroza Ahmed and I make up Team #SQL Plunge

Here is Team #SQLPlunge’s page

*denotes team captain

What – Jumping in a hole in the ice.

Why – I’m still not sure, Tracy tweeted something about not knowing if he should do it this year, I responded that with these temperatures, this would be an easy year to do it.  The next thing I know…

WhereLake Calhoun, Minneapolis

When – March 3rd, 2012

Here is more info on the Minneapolis Polar Plunge.

Other Info – My alma matter participated in an event this year – Gusties Support Special Olympics Minnesota

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This is just cool – not what we are doing, but just too cool not to share.

Updated – February 2012 PASSMN Meeting – Geographic Visualizations Using Maps in SSRS

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Geographic Visualizations Using Maps in SSRS

Brian Larson, Superior Consulting Services

This session will explore the many and varied uses of the map report item in Reporting Services. From providing geographic analytics to diagramming locations on a warehouse floorplan, the map report item – when combined with SQL Server spatial data types – can be used in a variety of ways to create spatial representations of your data. We may even look at a game or two created using the map report item.

Brian Larson, as a contract member of the Reporting Services development team, contributed to the original code base. Brian is the Vice President of Technology for Superior Consulting Services. Brian has presented at national conferences and events and is the author of “Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services: 3rd Edition” and “Delivering Business Intelligence with SQL Server 2008: 2nd Edition” both from McGraw-Hill Professional.

SQLQuill – Link Round Up – February 2012 Edition

Here’s the links I’ve tweeted in the last month – hope it is useful/entertaining/etc.  (I’ve been using buffer, ifttt and instapaper.com to manage my lists).  Here’s last month’s version.  Without further ado – here’s the list:

SQL

Time Management/Productivity

Tools/Tips

News

Entertainment

Humor

Sports

Sports Humor

Running/Workouts

February 2012 PASSMN Meeting – SSRS to Address Business Cases

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Meeting Details

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SQL Server and SSRS to Address Business Cases

Srinivasan Prasanna, CSM – North America

Leveraging the power of SQL Server and SSRS to address our business case, CSM – North America implemented a WMS (Warehouse Management System) to address the following:

  1. Compliant – We want to be compliant of the (Bio Terrorism Act of 2002) for food manufacturers and distributors.
  2. Improve inventory accuracy
  3. Improve productivity
  4. Improve Customer satisfaction and increase our service levels.

By mining the data from SQL Server and with the use of SSRS we have streamlined our requirements and achieved some of these objectives and created reports to address the business needs. The use of SQL Server, SSRS have helped to achieve these in an efficient manner.