Getting Started in “Data”

Here I’m talking to someone trying to break into “Data” as a career field in a small to medium sized company. This might mean moving from help desk or marketing or customer service to DBA, Data Analyst, or Data Engineer. These data jobs reflect a LOT of overlap when you work in smaller companies, as I … Continue reading Getting Started in “Data” →

Nice date labels in SSRS

You have a create date in Datetime format (ugly!). You want to create a nice row label of out that for your SSRS report. Well here ya go!: Set the text box to an expression: =MonthName(Month(Fields!CreateDate.Value))&" "& Year(Fields!CreateDate.Value) This will give you a nice date label like "December 2015". For an even snazzier label, I … Continue reading Nice date labels in SSRS →