List All SSIS Packages Deployed On Your Integration Server

One way of checking wich SSIS packages you've deployed on your integration server and wich version build numbers they have is by running a TSQL query against the MSDB database on the server where your integration services  is running.

I found the following blogpost with a very usefull TSQL script:

http://blog.hoegaerden.be/2010/01/10/list-all-ssis-packages-deployed-on-your-integration-server/

NOTE: the query was written for SQL Server 2008. For SQL Server 2005: sysssispackagefolders => sysdtspackagefolders90 and sysssispackages => sysdtspackages90.

CLARIFIED for Clarizen is going mobile!

Probably you already knew that CLARIFIED for Clarizen is the reporting and analysis service for Clarizen users, offers rich dashboards and enables you to analyze your Clarizen data across all projects, using various criteria. All this within just a few mouse clicks.

But did you know it can be used as a source for bringing your reports and dashboards to your mobile phone or tablet?

We have setup dashboards in RoamBI, a mobile business intelligence solution that transforms data from major BI Systems into dashboard-style mobile analytics for iPhone or iPad, for one of our customers using our CLARIFIED for Clarizen service.

Besides using RoamBI other third party (mobile) BI or reporting solutions can be used to create your own dashboards and make it accessible on any device. Similar to monitoring the financial markets on TV, you now can focus on the Clarizen metrics that matters most to you.

Interested? Please contact me via H.O.Israel@BI-Architects.nl or visit our clarified.biz portal for more information and to start your trial today!

New CLARIFIED for Clarizen product video

Today we have released a new CLARIFIED for Clarizen product video.



Visit our website at www.clarified.biz for more information about CLARIFIED for Clarizen.

Delete duplicates from SQL without having a primary key

Recently I had a problem with finding duplicate records in a SQL table without having a primary key. Because I didn't want to create a primary key in the table, I had to use a different method in my SQL statement.

In the SQL example below you will see how to find the duplicate records. I used the SQL
ROW_NUMBER() function for it to differentiate between duplicate records.

DELETE SubQuery FROM
(SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY ID ORDER BY ID) NumOccurrences
FROM [dbo].[ClarizenDeletions]) SubQuery
WHERE SubQuery.NumOccurrences > 1

CLARIFIED for Clarizen version 1.3 released

With great enthusiasm we introduce version 1.3 of the Analysis and Reporting extension Clarified for Clarizen to you. Working closely with Clarizen, BI Architects we developed this extension for Clarizen customers who require extensive analysis of their Clarizen project data and/or in need of extensive reporting features including dashboards and KPI's.

CLARIFIED for Clarizen enables you to analyze your Clarizen data across all projects, using various criteria from a management point of view (highlights, KPI’s) or with detailed views for specific projects (Trends, Earned value, CPI, SPI, Resource Utilization etc.). All this within just a few mouse clicks. You can think of criteria like: Customers, Employees, Time periods, Project types and Task types.

In the 1.3 version of CLARIFIED for Clarizen we have improved and speed up the process of importing and refreshing  Clarizen data in the backend. In the frontend we have simplified our information model by gathering the date dimensions and adding the measure group Resource Capacity.

If you are interested in using CLARIFIED for Clarizen please visit and register at clarified.biz. After registration you can use the full functionality of Clarified for Clarizen free for 30 days to make sure you like it. We don't ask your for a credit card when you sign up, so if you don't like it, there's nothing to cancel. And because Clarified is Cloud Based, there is nothing to install!

On the Clarified.biz website, entrance to the Clarified portal, you will find information about the product, dashboard samples and videos on how to use CLARIFIED for Clarizen. When logged in, you will have access to the standard dashboards, Clarified Excel file, the online manuals and frequently asked questions.
For more information on Clarified for Clarizen, please visit the Clarified.biz website or contact us via info@bi-architects.nl.

Hermann-Otto Israël
Customer Success Manager
BIA Architects