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SSRS and Power BI Report Standards

SSRS and Power BI Report Standards

In order to ensure that all of the reports found in Enhansoft Reporting and Warranty Information Reporting have the same look and feel, we created a Power BI and SSRS report standards guide. Why would you want to do the same? The answer is simple: consistency. There...

How to Fix the SSRS Error – Definition of this Report is Not Valid

How to Fix the SSRS Error – Definition of this Report is Not Valid

Leonard and I talk about SSRS and Power BI reporting all of the time. We even publish weekly tips and tricks about reporting on the Ask Garth and distribute a monthly newsletter full of tips. By the way, if you are not signed up for the newsletter, you should be! One...

Display a Date in a Text Box

Display a Date in a Text Box

The idea for this blog post was on my list of “things to do” for quite a while. Why? Again, and again, I saw comments such as, “My date is in the wrong format,” and, “I just want the short date, I don’t need the time.” There are numerous ways to solve these problems,...

How to Use WMIC

In yesterday’s Why WMIC is Useful!, I talked about using Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) to troubleshoot WMI issues. I need to user WMIC to troubleshoot a x86 problem on a x64 computer. You might think that Wbemtest would be the tool to use but...

Why WMIC is Useful!

WMIC or WMI command line, is another WMI tool found on every computer. This one, similar to wbemtest, as it allows you to query WMI but from a command line. This mean that you can use it within a batch file or other command line software to collect results from WMI....

How Do You Wipe Clean a Hard Drive?

Similar to many IT professionals, I often receive requests from friends and family about how to Wipe Clean a Hard Drive of sensitive data from old computers, USB, Floppy disk, etc.  Usually what I suggest, and do myself, is to pull the hard drive out and stock...

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