Jamie's Junk
Whatever comes to mind "The official blog of the SQL Server Analysis Services Data Mining Architect" (tm)
Awesome job op on the Analysis Services team
Any readers out there that are awesome UI developers with strong ambition and experience shipping...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/05/2007
Previous post "censored"
I found out my last blog post never made it into the aggregator, which is probably why I only had 5%...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/05/2007
Wisconsin Breast Cancer Dataset available
Frequently I use the Wisconsin Breast Cancer Dataset for demonstrating the Data Mining Addins for...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/01/2007
Predicting the non-majority state
The Predict() function in DMX always returns the highest probability non-missing (by default) state...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/10/2007
Try out the Data Mining Addins for Office 2007 FREE for 60 days!
OK, I admit it's a wierd title, since the addins are free anyway, but you do have to have SQL Server...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/30/2006
Predicting based on rules alone and getting everything you always wanted
In this post I explained how to couch an associative prediction that omitted predictions that were...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/05/2006
Your chance to see the Data Mining Office Addins for yourself!
I was happily surprised at the reception of the Addins at my presentation at PASS in Seattle...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/17/2006
Free SQL Data Mining chapter from "Practical Business Intelligence with SQL Server 2005"
Informit.com has made available a complete data mining chapter from Practical Business Intelligence...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/12/2006
More Visio Data Mining Diagrams at SQLServerDataMining.com
I've added a couple more diagrams to the LiveSample page at sqlserverdatamining.com. This time...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/12/2006
New Live Sample - Visio Data Mining Diagrams on the Web!
I've been playing around and testing the Data Mining Templates for Visio 2007 (part of the Data...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/09/2006
Data Mining Addins for Office 2007 Preview Build Now Available!
Download at your pleasure from...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/07/2006
Analyst comments on the upcoming SQL Server 2005 Data Mining Addins for Office 2007
A few weeks ago I did an analyst briefing with David Norris of Bloor research on Microsoft's data...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/04/2006
SQL Server Data Mining project in short list for UK Computing awards
The Island and Portsmouth Health ICT Service implemented a data mining solution involving clinical...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/04/2006
PASS Past and Present
If you're interested in a broad overview of data mining functionality in SQL Server 2005, check out...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/13/2006
Cool sampling trick with Integration Services
One thing that has always been difficult with some of our advanced data mining features in SQL...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/05/2006
Direct Links to Data Mining feature pack items
Many people have asked me for the links to the embeddable viewers and the .NET interfaces for...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/26/2006
Project REAL Mining Models now available!
Len Wyatt at MS just sent out a mail indicating that all of the Project REAL work is now available...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/25/2006
Tree Rendering with Reporting Services - my BI Power Hour Demo
This is the end result of the report I created in under 10 minutes during the BI Power Hour at...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/22/2006
Commentary on one of my TechEd talks
In this post, Teo Lachev writes about his impressions of Tech Ed 2006 including my Reporting and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/22/2006
Help with Time Series on OLAP - another great blog with SQL Server Data Mining
Dejan Sarka writes about how to get "Cases from Multiple Dimensions of OLAP Cubes in the Time Series...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/10/2006
Executing multiple DMX statements from SSMS
Many people have asked how to execute multiple DMX statements in SSMS, and my answer has always been...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/10/2006
Boston next week
Next week I'll be in Boston at TechEd, so if you're there, come by and say Hi! On Wednesday, I'll be...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/08/2006
Slides from my 2 day training course in Copenhagen
Last year on short notice I pulled together a two day data mining training session for about 30...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/27/2006
BI Training in LA towards the end of June
MSEvents is hosting a hands-on lab in June where you can learn about BI for IT professionals. From...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/24/2006
Managed Plug-ins at Last!
For all those of you who have been waiting and waiting to implement your own data mining algorithms...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/19/2006
Predict based on rules alone
I've been asked this question a few times and never thought of an answer until I was asked again...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/19/2006
Automatic Generation of CREATE MINING MODEL statements
I noticed through answering newsgroup and forum posts that we always want to know model definitions...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/30/2006
Awesome Data Mining Blog
Zulfiqar Syed has taken on the challenge of learning everything there is to know about SQL Server...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/27/2006
Improving MSN Search with SQL Server Data Mining
Watch this channel 9 video on MSN Search. They talk a bunch about data mining in general and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/17/2006
Forecasting on the fly using Analysis Services Data Mining and Reporting Services
Just found this great article on MSDN showing how to use session Time Series models in RS to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/22/2006
Ooeeooeeoooo wah Wah wahhhhh, Banking and Jobs
As the tumbleweeds drift through my lonely blog I decided to visit here again before the wake of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/16/2006
Extending Analytical Capabilities of SQL Server with SPSS
For those of you who still want more from SQL BI, you can now download the SPSS Statistical Services...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/19/2005
Two similar but different resources now available
There are two new resources available for writing custom algorithms for SQL Server Data Mining "Add...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/08/2005
Code from book and new XMLA template at SSDM
I just added a couple of new downloads on SQLServerDataMining.com The first is the sample from...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/15/2005
SQL Server and Microsoft Research Collaboration
This article is an interesting short read about the collaboration between my team and MSR (plus some...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/01/2005
One year anniversary for SQLServerDataMining.com!
Not only is October the RTM month for SQL Server - it is also the one-year anniversary for...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/28/2005
Updated sample viewer for Sept CTP and RTM
A couple people found that the sample plug-in viewer I posted on SQLServerDataMining.com didn't...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/21/2005
It shipped!!! It shipped!! It shipped!!
No, no, no - not Yukon! (launch date Nov 7) Our book! I just checked Amazon and it has those now...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/03/2005
On PASS, PDC and new Downloadable Demos
I've just finished uploading some new demos that I've shown at PDC and PASS. Both of these demos...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/30/2005
Finally - more memory!
We finally upgraded the memory of https://www.sqlserverdatamining.com - the system was running live...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/26/2005
New Vendors page on SQLServerDataMining
If you're looking for companies that can help you out with data mining for SQL Server 2005, I added...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/17/2005
All the Data Mining Webcasts in one place
I found that not all of the data mining webcasts are listed under BI - some are a bit scattered. To...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/12/2005
Me on "TV"
I just watched the MSDN TV episode I did on Data Mining and I'm less embarassed than I thought I...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/12/2005
Updated viewer client sample for the June CTP
I updated the DataMiningViewerClient sample on the downloads section of www.sqlserverdatamining.com....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/16/2005
Video from TechEd 2005
I just saw Euan Garden's video of me from TechEd Orlando this year - you can watch it streaming here...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/15/2005
New data mining sample available
Those of you who read my blog likely know that our site went down again (not because I said so, but...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/13/2005
Not the kind of surprise I was expecting....
I'm in Amsterdam now for TechEd EMEA. Everytime you visit a different country there are lots of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/07/2005
Busy busy month
I've kind of gotten out of the blog habit since before TechEd in June. Before TechEd I was...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/01/2005
What's a book without a cover?
Our publisher has finally released the cover art for my upcoming book (with Zhaohui Tang) "Data...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/16/2005
You get what you pay for
SQL Server Data Mining is still down after a week. We had been using a free hosting service for the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/14/2005