Vi träffades på Fristadstorget. Det var tre som ville testa på. Vi var 7 som skulle genomföra passet. Efter en kort beskrivning och genomgång av bl.a. säkerhet drog vi en repa förbi gågatan. Ett par förvånade blickar och glada ansikten syntes när vi passerade.
På kolonn ut till Strömsholmen förevisades JM och mer regler inför passets övriga moment. Trafiken var relativt hög men jag visste att springa genom de mest täta delarna av fotgängare var inte aktuellt. Vi hade fått display på ett bra sätt ändå.
Väl ute vid holmen så drog jag igång passet med medelfart. Ett par föräldrar var med och fotograferade. Vi får hoppas att de inspirerades fast det regnade ett tag.

Föredömligt med en i fören och en på ingående...

En klassiker på händer...

Vi ses på måndag morgon.

>>Instructor Janeling

Att arbeta i ett lutande plan. Vårat lutande plan heter Vilstabacken. Lutningen är omväxlande och en aning våt. Innan vi drar på i full fart behövs uppvärmning.

Byta stav på tre

God Helg!

>>Instructor Janeling

Okej, det blev inte så fult som det såg ut på skärmen hos Polisen. Men ingen kan komma och påstå att det är vackert.

Sen undrar jag hur de kunde godkänna fotot när man måste titta in i kameran och det är rätt uppenbart att A inte gör det?

Fast vem behöver ett uselt passfoto? Alla vet väl  att jag har världens goaste Lilla A iaf?

Golfboll med 2 öron

Frysbara, staplingsbara, mikrobara, stängningsbara. Jag undrar vad dessa burkar inte klarar av?

Häromdagen när vi traskade iväg till Orminge passade jag på att shoppa lite puréburkar till maten framöver. Just det där med istärningsblock var lite trixigt, speciellt eftersom vi knappt har några hemma. Inte verkar det finnas vanliga hederliga i affärerna längre heller.

Igår lånade jag iaf en stavmixer av C för att ordna broccoli och morotspuré. Färgstarkt kan man väl iaf kalla resultatet.

Dagens nöje består i att ta oss till polishuset i Nacka Strand och trolla ut våra pass. Det vill säga om jag hittar mitt gamla först. Ett besök på apoteket och få tag på näsdroppar åt A, samt ytterligare filter till snorslangen är också hög prio. Sova? Nästa decennie kanske..

Sötfian sitter nu här och tuggar på sin nya insektsleksak. Den verkar väldigt effektiv för att just tugga på med tänder, är rätt söt att titta på med. Tur man har något som fungerar att stoppa i munnen iaf, för blött blir det här numera!

Insektsbandet

The Zest Air Voyager Pass is a whole new way of traveling to your favorite Z2 destinations. It’s a booklet with 11 one-way flight coupons sold for travel to Z2 destinations. What is even better is you don’t have to stand in line whenever you have to book your flight. All you have to do is call the hotline, fill up and write on the ticket yourself and check-in for your flight! No waiting, no queueing, no kidding!

MECHANICS

Idag så stod följande artikel på SVT text-tv:

Uppehållstillstånd till salu

Svenska uppehållstillstånd kan köpas på svarta marknaden för 2.000 styck, avslöjar Ekot. Med ett sådant i sitt pass kan man sedan resa fritt i Europa.

Den som köper ett uppehållstillstånd på svarta marknaden måste dock på egen hand infoga det i passet.

Det kan bara göras av Migrationsverket men enligt den försäljare som Ekot talat med brukar pass och märken fogas samman av en medhjälpare i Grekland. Det är inte känt som om märkena är äkta eller förfalskningar.

Ja, oavsett om märken är äkta eller inte så stinker detta hästskit, eller apskit om man så vill, lång väg. För det här innebär att drösen av kriminella invandrare och flyktingar till Sverige kommer att öka ännu mer.

T ex är det ett brott att köpa sådana här uppehållstillstånd svart, och många utav dem som kommer hit med hjälp utav dessa är ju kriminella redan innan.

För ingen ska tro att alla de flyktingar och invandrare som kommer hit flyr ifrån någonting utan orsak, många gånger flyr de ifrån sina hemländer på grund utav att de har begått brott där.

Och vad är då bättre än att fly till ett land som tar emot vem som helst med öppna armar utan att kolla upp saker och ting ordentligt när det gäller personen ifråga?

Nej, i Sverige släpper vi alla, oavsett vilka brott som de har begått.

Sverige – De kriminellas fristad på jorden.

Dessutom är det när det kommer till kritan få utav de som kommer hit som verkligen är riktiga flyktingar.

Läs mer om de illegala uppehållstillstånden på bl a  http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/artikel_3849589.svd och

http://www.aftonbladet.se/senastenytt/ttnyheter/inrikes/article6190388.ab .

På tal om flyktingar och uppehållstillstånd: Läs även om saker som har med dessa att göra på http://frianyheter.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/31-arigt-flyktingbarn-nekas-uppehallstillstand/

For two hours I struggling with the physics test. When I finally was finished it felt pretty good. I actually think I might pass it!

Ugh, now I have to wait for the results. I don’t know how long eather. I want to know as soon as possible! Hate waiting

Today’s the last day of my class, and I got to know that ヤタベ先生 will be returning to Japan in December. I could sense that she was holding back her tears when she said that she won’t be able to see us again when the results are released around end of Feb next year. At that strange instant, I could feel my tears welling up~ It has been a good 8 months with ヤタベ先生. She’s always so 優しい, and I’m so touched by her 優しさ. On top of that she gave each of us a set of 3 pencils (each with the shape of pentagon, because 五角 (pentagon) has a similar sound to合格 (pass) in Japanese) as a お守り (lucky charm). I swear I was almost in tears for her sweet thoughts~ Yet all I could say was お疲れ様でした when she passed me the pencils. Yet somehow I felt that she could feel from what I was trying to tell her from the mere お疲れ様でした~

ヤタベ先生へ

いつもお世話を成りました。

いろいろ、本当にありがとうございました。

伝いたい気持ち～伝われた～

ヤタベ先生のために、自分のために～

負けないで～　頑張ります！ファイト！

Passet dominerades av belastning på överkropp. Instruktören alternerar mellan överkropp och ben varannan gång. Det kan betyda att vi övar mer moment med de starka sätes-, lår-, hamstrings- och vadmusklerna. Flera av morgonens moment var koncentrerade på axlar men magen får alltid sin beskärda del.

Byta stav med liggande utgångsläge. Bra för magen.

Observera att samtliga rekryter arbetar. Pushup eller statiskt lyft.

Förbered för att bestiga en kulle på fredag.

>>Instructor Janeling

After winning his fourth consecutive Sprint Cup title, its no surprise that Jimmie Johnson’s cards are on fire.

Press Pass has produced an 6-card promo set for their upcoming 8 Seconds product based around the PBR.  If your on their mailing list you should be getting the promos soon.

Pass items around the table counterclockwise.  (That’s from your left to your right, for those raised with a digital clock).  If there is a large platter of something . . . say, turkey . . . hold the platter for the person on your right, while he/she uses the serving utensils to move the turkey from the platter to his/her plate.  Always turn the serving utensils toward the person who will be using them next.

If someone asks you to pass an item, you may not intercept the pass and help yourself.  Remember to say, “Please pass the . . .” and “Thank you” when it arrives.  Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

From  the Culture and Manners Institute at http://www.cultureandmanners.com

Jag skulle vilja skriva ett glatt och uppåt inlägg om Lilla A:s passfoto, precis som Tant Alexandra få skryta om min underbart söta unge.

Det kommer tyvärr inte hända, jag är gråtfärdig bara jag tänker på det smurfaktiga foto hon kommer få leva med i 5 år. Allt beroende på en praktikant hos polisen som den ordinarie inte verkade lära upp.

Praktikanten (jag kallar henne så, trots att hon förmodligen var nyanställd) försökte vid flertalet tillfällen vara lite gullig mot A och busa lite med henne, men den lite bastanta kvinnan som skulle få henne att göra sitt jobb hade tröttnat. Skillnaden märktes rätt markant, eftersom Sandra och Benjamin i luckan bredvid fick ett mycket trevligare bemötande. Nåja, jag har egentligen inget problem med att alla inte är ubertrevliga.

Jag har bara problem när mitt barn får leva med ett smurffoto i 5 år. Gissa vem som kommer få nytt pass om något år igen?!

Nåja…

Tur att jag hade Sandra med mig, hon drog med mig på lunch direkt och fick mina bekymmer att flyga iväg. Efter en tur på Forum som följde kom vi hem till det nersläckta hemmet sent här på eftermiddagen. Jag är sänkt, fryser och är genomtäppt i näsan. Nu blir det några timmar på soffan för att samla energi.

The rumor out in the blogosphere is that Will Smith has died in a car crash sometimes this morning. Yes, it garnered enough attentions that it’s all over the place right about now, the funk soul brother. You can read about it here, here and here.

Det var bra uppslutning i passet.
Det var bra satsning under passet.
Det var god inställning i varje övning.
-Attityd!
Rekryter, ni är starkare än innan.
(Instruktören ökar belastningen.)

Max antal armhävningar med motivation

Max antal armhävning med ryggsäck, toppen!

Max uttag rygglyft

Hamstrings gets punished.

Är det roligt eller gör det ont? kanske både och.

Attityd är allt!

>>Instructor Janeling

What is PowerPivot? Well according to Microsoft:

“PowerPivot is Microsoft Self-Service Business Intelligence”

I can see from the glazed looks you are giving your monitor that was clear as mud. So let’s step back a bit and first define what exactly is Business Intelligence.

Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence, often referred to as simply “BI”, is all about taking data you already have and making sense of it. Being able to take that information and turn it from a raw jumble of individual facts and transform it into knowledge that you can take informed actions on.

In every organization there is already someone who is doing BI, although they may not realize it. Microsoft (and many IT departments) refer to this person as “that guy”. A power user, who grabs data from anyplace he (or she) can get it, then uses tools like Excel or Access to slice it, dice it, and analyze it. This person might be an actual Business Analyst, but more often it’s someone for who BI is not their main job. Some common examples of people doing their own BI today are production managers, accountants, engineers, or sales managers, all who need information to better do their job. Let’s look at an illustration that will make it a bit clearer.

In this example, put yourself in the role of a sales manager. You have gotten IT to extract all of your sales orders for the last several years into an Excel spreadsheet. In order to determine how well your sales people are doing, you need to measure their performance. You’ve decided that the amount sold will be a good measure, and use Excel to give you totals.

In BI terms, the column “Total Sales” is known as a measure, or sometimes a fact, as it measures something, in this case the sales amount. The grand total sales amount is often called an aggregation, as it totals up the individual rows of data that IT gave us. But now you might be wondering why Andy’s sales are so low? Well, now you want to dig deeper and look at sales by year.

In BI terms, the names of the sales people are a dimension. Dimensions are often either a “who” (who sold stuff) or a “what” (what stuff did we sell). Places (where was it sold) and dates (when was it sold) are also common dimensions. In this case the sales dates across the top (2007, 2008, 2009) are a date dimension. When we use two or more dimensions to look at our measures, we have a pivot table.

Now we can see a picture emerging. It’s obvious that Andy must have been hired as a new salesperson in late 2008, since he shows no sales for 2007 and very small amount in 2008. But for Paul and Kimberly we can look at something called trends in the BI world. Kimberly shows a nice even trend, rising slowly over the last three years and earns a gold star as our top performer.

By being able to drill down into our data, we spot another trend that was not readily obvious when just looking at the grand totals. Paul has been trending downward so fast the speed of light looks slow. Clearly then we now have information to take action on, commonly known as actionable intelligence.

So remind me, why do we need PowerPivot?

As you can see in the above example, “that guy” in your company clearly has a need to look at this data in order to do his job. Not only does he need to review it, he also has the issue of how to share this information with his co-workers. Unfortunately in the past the tools available to “that guy” have had some drawbacks. The two main tools used by our analyst have been either Excel, or a complete BI solution involving a data warehouse and SQL Server Analysis Services.

Excel’s main limitations center around the volume of data needed to do good analysis. Excel has limits to the number of rows it can store, and for large datasets a spreadsheet can consume equally large amounts of disk space. This makes the spreadsheet difficult to share with coworkers. In addition mathematical functions like aggregations could be slow. On the good side, Excel is readily available to most workers, and a solution can be put together fairly quickly.

A full blown BI solution has some major benefits over the Excel solution. A data warehouse is created, and then SQL Server Analysis Services (often abbreviated as SSAS) is used to precalculate aggregations for every possible way an analyst might wish to look at them. The data is then very easy to share via tools like Excel and SQL Server Reporting Services. While very robust and powerful solution, it does have some drawbacks. It can take quite a bit of time to design, code, and implement both the data warehouse and the analysis services pieces of the solution. In addition it can also be expensive for IT to implement such a system.

Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, it’s PowerPivot!

PowerPivot combines the best of both worlds. In fact, it’s not one tool but two: PowerPivot for Microsoft Excel 2010, and PowerPivot for SharePoint 2010. What’s the difference you ask? Good question.

PowerPivot for Microsoft Excel 2010

PowerPivot acts as an Add-on for Excel 2010, and in many ways is quite revolutionary. First, it brings the full power of SQL Server Analysis Services right into Excel. All of the speed and power of SSAS is available right on your desktop. Second, it uses a compression technology that allows vast amounts of data to be saved in a minimal amount of space. Millions of rows of data can now be stored, sorted, and aggregated in a reasonable amount of disk space with great speed.

PowerPivot can draw its data from a wide variety of sources. As you might expect, it can pull from almost any database. Additionally it can draw data from news feeds, SQL Server Reporting Services, other Excel sheets, it can even be typed in manually if need be.

Another issue that often faces the business analyst is the freshness of the data. The information is only as good as the date it was last imported into Excel. Traditionally “that guy” only got extracts of the database as IT had time, since it was often a time consuming process. PowerPivot addresses this through its linked tables feature. PowerPivot will remember where your data came from, and with one simple button click can refresh the spreadsheet with the latest information.

Because PowerPivot sits inside Microsoft Excel, it not only can create basic pivot tables but has all the full featured functionality of Excel at its disposal. It can format pivot tables in a wide array of styles, create pivot charts and graphs, and combine these together into useful dashboards. Additionally PowerPivot has a rich set of mathematical functionally, combining the existing functions already in Excel with an additional set of functions called Data Analysis eXpressions or DAX.

PowerPivot for SharePoint 2010

PowerPivot for Excel 2010 clearly solves several issues around the issue of analysis. It allows users to quickly create spreadsheets, pivot tables, charts, and more in a compact amount of space. If you recall though, creation was only half of “that guys” problem. The other half was sharing his analysis with the rest of his organization. That’s where PowerPivot for SharePoint 2010 comes into play.

Placing a PowerPivot Excel workbook in SharePoint 2010 not only enables traditional file sharing, but also activates several additional features. First, the spreadsheet is hosted right in the web browser. Thus users who might not have made the transition to Excel 2010 can still use the PowerPivot created workbook, slicing and filtering the data to get the information they require.

Data can also be refreshed on an automated, scheduled basis. This ensures the data is always up to date when doing analysis. Dashboards can also be created from the contents of a worksheet and displayed in SharePoint. Finally these PowerPivot created worksheets can be used as data sources for such tools as SQL Server Reporting Services.

Limitations

First, let me preface this by saying as of this writing all of the components are either in CTP (Community Technology Preview, a pre-beta) or Beta state. Thus there could be some changes between now and their final release next year.

To use the PowerPivot for Excel 2010 components, all you have to have is Excel 2010 and the PowerPivot add-in. If you want to share the workbook and get all the rich functionality SharePoint has to offer, you’ll have to have SharePoint 2010, running Excel Services and PowerPivot 2010 Services. You’ll also have to have SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services running on the SharePoint 2010 box. Since you’ll have to have a SQL Server instance installed to support SharePoint this is not a huge limitation, especially since SSAS comes with SQL Server at no extra cost.

One thing I wish to make clear, SharePoint 2010 itself can run using any version of SQL Server from SQL Server 2005 on. It is the PowerPivot service that requires 2008 R2 Analysis Services.

One other important item to note: at some point the load upon the SharePoint 2010 server may grow too large if especially complex analysis is being done. Fortunately SharePoint 2010 ships with several tools that allow administrators to monitor the load and plan accordingly. At the point where the load is too big, it is a clear indication it’s time to transition from a PowerPivot solution to a full BI solution using a data warehouse and SQL Server Analysis Services.

What does PowerPivot mean for business users?

For business users, and especially “that guy”, it means complex analysis tools can be created in a short amount of time. Rich functionality makes it easier to spot trends and produce meaningful charts and graphs. It also means this information can be shared with others in the organization easily, without imposing large burdens on the corporate e-mail system or local file sharing mechanisms.

No longer will users be dependent on IT for their analysis, they will have the power to create everything they need on their own, truly bringing “self service BI” to fruition.

What does PowerPivot mean for Business Intelligence IT Pros?

The first reaction many BI developers have when hearing about PowerPivot is “oh no, this is going to put me out of a job!” Far from it, I firmly believe PowerPivot will create even more work for BI Professionals like myself.

As upper management grows to rely on the information provided by PowerPivot, they will also begin to understand the true value BI can bring to an organization. Selling a new BI solution into an organization where none currently exists can be difficult, as it can be hard to visualize how such a solution would work and the value it brings. PowerPivot allows BI functionality to be brought into an organization at a low development cost, proving the value of BI with minimal investment. Thus when there is a need to implement a larger, traditional BI project those same managers will be more forthcoming with the dollars.

Second, as users pull more and more data, they are going to want that data better organized than they will find in their current transactional business systems. This will in turn spur the need to create many new data warehouses. Likewise the IT department will also want data warehouses created, to reduce the load placed on those same transactional business systems.

I also foresee PowerPivot being used by BI Pros themselves to create solutions. The database structure of many transactional database systems can be difficult to understand even for experienced IT people, much less users. BI Pros can use PowerPivot to add a layer of abstraction between the database and the users, allowing business analysts to do their job without having to learn the complexity of a database system.

BI Pros can also use PowerPivot to implement quick turnaround solutions for customers, bringing more value for the customer’s dollar. When a BI Pro can prove him (or her) self by providing rich functionality in a short time frame it’s almost always the case they are brought back in for multiple engagements.

PowerPivot also provides great value to BI Pros who are employed full time in an enterprise organization. They can create solutions much quicker than before, freeing them up to do other valuable tasks. In addition PowerPivot solutions can provide a “stop gap” solution, pushing the date at which the organization needs to spend the dollars for a full blown BI solution and allowing IT to plan better.

Finally I see great value in PowerPivot as a prototyping tool for larger BI projects. Now users can see their data, interact with it, analyze it, and ensure the required measures and dimensions are present before proceeding with the larger project.

I’ll reiterate, if anything I believe PowerPivot will create an explosion of work for the Business Intelligence Professional.

Where can I learn more?

Well right here for one. I have become quite interested in PowerPivot since seeing it at the SQL PASS 2009 Summit. I think it will be a valuable tool for both myself and my customers. This will be the first of many blog posts to come on PowerPivot. I am also beginning a series of presentations on PowerPivot for local user groups and code camp events. The first will be Saturday, November 21^st 2009 at the SharePoint Saturday in Birmingham Alabama, but there will be many more to come. (If you’d like me to come speak at your group just shoot me an e-mail and we’ll see what we can arrange.)

There’s also the PowerPivot site itself:

• http://powerpivot.com/

I’ve also found a small handful of blogs on PowerPivot, listed in no particular order:

• http://powerpivotpro.com/
• http://powerpivotgeek.com/
• http://powerpivottwins.com/
• http://powerpivot-info.com/

Summary

Thanks for sticking with me, I know this was a rather long blog post but PowerPivot has a lot of rich functionality to offer. While PowerPivot is still in the CTP/Beta stage as of this writing, I see more and more interest in the community, which will continue to grow as PowerPivot moves closer to release. I hope this post has set you off on the right step and you’ll continue to come back for more information.

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ตัวอย่างของ embed flash file ที่ใช้ action script 2.0 หรือ 1.0

สิ่งที่ต้องทำต้องเพิ่ม tag FlashVars เ้ข้าไปใน embed ดังตัวอย่าง

• ในไฟล์ php (.php) (ส่งค่าจาก embed flash)

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• การรับค่าในไฟล์ flash (.fla)

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• ในไฟล์ php (.php) (ส่งค่าจาก embed flash as3.0 +เพิ่มให้ครับ)
  

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ส่วนวิธีรับก็สร้างตัวแปรมาเหมือนที่กล่าวไว้ด้านบนครับ มันง่ายกว่าและเป็นที่นิยมของเวปวีดีโอแชร์ลิ่งดังๆ อย่างเช่น youtube และ vimeo ครับ

ขอจบบทความของวันนี้ไว้เท่านี้ดีกว่า นานๆๆ กว่าจะได้อัพอ่ะครับ นี้ก็ทิ้งมาเกือบ 2 อาทิตย์อะคิดดู งานเร่งมากๆๆ ครับ แต่ก็จะมานำเสนอ Tip และ เทคนิคการเขียนที่ น่าสนใจอยู่เรื่อยๆ นะครับ ….. ขอบคุณทุกท่านที่ติดตามผลงานครับ

Idag hölls tempot högre och vi aktiverade underkroppen mer än tidigare. Intervall med korta rusher har sina fördelar. Hög puls och möjlighet till kort återhämtning. “Längre och oftare”.

Koncentrationen är hög. Rekryterna manar och stånkar.

Stilstudie i räddningsdrag.

S är kö och T kör frivilligt. Byxorna ramlar ner!

Väntan betyder aktiv vila tills kön är klar.

>>Instructor Janeling

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There are a lot of multi-sport athletes for collectors to find wondering around The Hobby.  People like Jim Thorpe, Deon Sanders, Brian Jordan, and Bo Jackson are some of the people that first come to mind.  One that people usually don’t think about right away is John Elway.  When you first hear the name John Elway most people think of the Broncos and nothing else.  But during the early 80’s, Elway played minor league ball for the Yankees organization up in Oneonta New York.  Like many players, he has a minor league “rookie” made by TCMA which demands a strong price on the secondary market.  For many Elway collectors its one of his most expensive cards, even more than a card containing a certified autograph.

How many Elway collectors would love to see a buyback autograph of this 1982 TCMA minor league “rookie”?

1999 Just Minors included a painted card of Elway in his minor league uniform.  These still sell for a few bucks a piece, which is a lot for a card like this.

In 2005, Topps released a popular product called Fan Favorites which contained a nice surprise for most Elway fans.  It was a card containing Elway in his Stanford uniform.  Not only is there a base version, but an autographed one too.  These demand a very high price because they are so difficult to find. 

That brings us to 2009, where Press Pass Fusion has included autographs of John Elway in his Stanford uniform as well.  These will be by far some of the most hot items out of this product.

This image on the Fusion card looks like a zoomed in version of the Fan Favorites.

John Elway doesn’t have that many baseball cards, and I’m glad to see that Press Pass included images of him in both baseball and football uniforms.  Now we just need a minor league jersey relic of Elway.  I guess we’ll leave that up to TRISTAR.  Thats if they get their MiLB license renewed.  But thats a whole other subject

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>>Instructor Janeling

I’m a big fan of the Kimball method of Data Warehousing. A common task most of us setting up a new Data Warehouse face is creating a Date Dimension. In their book, “The Microsoft Data Warehouse Toolkit With SQL Server 2005 and the Microsoft Business Intelligence Toolset”, they have an example of a good date dimension table in their books sample code. My complaint though was not so much with the layout itself, I liked it and found it fairly complete. Instead it was the method they chose to load it. They used an Excel spreadsheet, then a SQL Server Integration Services package to read the Excel file and load the date dimension table.

To me this approach has a couple of drawbacks. First, if you are doing all the loading on the server itself, you may not have Excel loaded. Thus you may be faced with the headache of creating the sheet then figuring out how to get it to a location the server can read. Second, when you go to add more dates in the future, you have to go into the spreadsheet and reset everything, removing what was there before. It can also be quite a headache to go back several years from know and find both SSIS packages and that Excel spreadsheet. Plus after that time changes may be made to both Excel and SSIS that make that solution no longer workable. Finally quite often it’s a DBA setting up the warehouse, and I’ve found there are still a few DBAs who are uncomfortable relying on SSIS, although I’m happy to say that number continues to shrink.

A T-SQL solution was clearly, to me anyway, the superior answer for both ease of use and long term stability. I assumed that as popular as the Kimball method is, someone would have already created a routine to load their style of date dimension, but some Binging and Googling around proved fruitless. I did find some code for loading some very simple date dimensions, but nothing as complete as the Kimball design. So, relishing a good coding challenge, I rolled up my sleeves and went to work. Below is the fruit of my labor, a script for loading a Kimball like date dimension. All you have to do is set the begin and end dates, indicate the offset for your fiscal year, and let ‘er rip. You can easily go back and add more dates by just adjusting the begin and end times.

A few things you should note. First, I did make a few slight modifications to the standard Kimball date dimension table as found in the previously mentioned book. They have a column titled “DateName” which holds the date as a string in YYYY/MM/DD format. As long as I was putting the date in, I decided to add string versions of the date for the US and Europe. These are in MM/DD/YYYY and DD/MM/YYYY formats and the columns are named “DateNameUS” and “DateNameEU” (for European Union) respectively.

Their table also had an audit key, used presumably by the SSIS package. I didn’t really see the need for an audit key for a date table, so I changed it to an identity column so I could have a secondary surrogate key if I needed it, just something to count the number of date rows easily and track the order they were inserted in.

One final, but very important distinction. I was in a post conference session taught by Erik Veerman at SQL PASS 2009. In it he mentioned using Dim and Fact schemas, thus you’d have [Dim].[Date] instead of [dbo].[DimDate]. I liked the idea as it was something I’d been considering myself, so in this version that is what I did. If you use the more traditional naming format of dbo.DimDate you’ll need to tweak the code.

Below is the code to load the Date Dimension table, which is my creation. Under it I placed my modified version of the Kimball Date Dimension table. It’s core code came from the sample code mentioned in the first paragraph then was modified by me. I include it for completeness.

Code Sample 1 – Script to load a date dimension.

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Loads a Date Dimension                                                    */
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

-- A few notes, this code does nothing to the existing table, no deletes
-- are triggered before hand. Because the DateKey is uniquely indexed,
-- it will simply produce errors if you attempt to insert duplicates.
-- You can however adjust the Begin/End dates and rerun to safely add
-- new dates to the table every year.
--
-- If the begin date is after the end date, no errors occur but nothing
-- happens as the while loop never executes.

SET NOCOUNT ON -- turn off all the 1 row inserted messages

-- Hold our dates
DECLARE @BeginDate DATETIME
DECLARE @EndDate DATETIME

-- Holds a flag so we can determine if the date is the last day of month
DECLARE @LastDayOfMon CHAR(1)

-- Number of months to add to the date to get the current Fiscal date
DECLARE @FiscalYearMonthsOffset INT   

-- These two counters are used in our loop.
DECLARE @DateCounter DATETIME    --Current date in loop
DECLARE @FiscalCounter DATETIME  --Fiscal Year Date in loop

-- Set the date to start populating and end populating
SET @BeginDate = '01/01/2008'
SET @EndDate = '12/31/2010' 

-- Set this to the number of months to add to the current date to get
-- the beginning of the Fiscal year. For example, if the Fiscal year
-- begins July 1, put a 6 there.
-- Negative values are also allowed, thus if your 2010 Fiscal year
-- begins in July of 2009, put a -6.
SET @FiscalYearMonthsOffset = 6

-- Start the counter at the begin date
SET @DateCounter = @BeginDate

WHILE @DateCounter <= @EndDate
      BEGIN
            -- Calculate the current Fiscal date as an offset of
            -- the current date in the loop
            SET @FiscalCounter = DATEADD(m, @FiscalYearMonthsOffset, @DateCounter)

            -- Set value for IsLastDayOfMonth
            IF MONTH(@DateCounter) = MONTH(DATEADD(d, 1, @DateCounter))
               SET @LastDayOfMon = 'N'
            ELSE
               SET @LastDayOfMon = 'Y'  

            -- add a record into the date dimension table for this date
            INSERT  INTO [Dim].[Date]
                    (
                      [DateKey]
                    , [FullDate]
                    , [DateName]
                    , [DateNameUS]
                    , [DateNameEU]
                    , [DayOfWeek]
                    , [DayNameOfWeek]
                    , [DayOfMonth]
                    , [DayOfYear]
                    , [WeekdayWeekend]
                    , [WeekOfYear]
                    , [MonthName]
                    , [MonthOfYear]
                    , [IsLastDayOfMonth]
                    , [CalendarQuarter]
                    , [CalendarYear]
                    , [CalendarYearMonth]
                    , [CalendarYearQtr]
                    , [FiscalMonthOfYear]
                    , [FiscalQuarter]
                    , [FiscalYear]
                    , [FiscalYearMonth]
                    , [FiscalYearQtr]
                    )
            VALUES  (
                      ( YEAR(@DateCounter) * 10000 ) + ( MONTH(@DateCounter)
                                                         * 100 )
                      + DAY(@DateCounter)  --DateKey
                    , @DateCounter -- FullDate
                    , CAST(YEAR(@DateCounter) AS CHAR(4)) + '/'
                      + RIGHT('00' + RTRIM(CAST(DATEPART(mm, @DateCounter) AS CHAR(2))), 2) + '/'
                      + RIGHT('00' + RTRIM(CAST(DATEPART(dd, @DateCounter) AS CHAR(2))), 2) --DateName
                    , RIGHT('00' + RTRIM(CAST(DATEPART(mm, @DateCounter) AS CHAR(2))), 2) + '/'
                      + RIGHT('00' + RTRIM(CAST(DATEPART(dd, @DateCounter) AS CHAR(2))), 2)  + '/'
                      + CAST(YEAR(@DateCounter) AS CHAR(4))--DateName
                    , RIGHT('00' + RTRIM(CAST(DATEPART(dd, @DateCounter) AS CHAR(2))), 2) + '/'
                      + RIGHT('00' + RTRIM(CAST(DATEPART(mm, @DateCounter) AS CHAR(2))), 2)  + '/'
                      + CAST(YEAR(@DateCounter) AS CHAR(4))--DateName
                    , DATEPART(dw, @DateCounter) --DayOfWeek
                    , DATENAME(dw, @DateCounter) --DayNameOfWeek
                    , DATENAME(dd, @DateCounter) --DayOfMonth
                    , DATENAME(dy, @DateCounter) --DayOfYear
                    , CASE DATENAME(dw, '11/16/2009')
                        WHEN 'Saturday' THEN 'Weekend'
                        WHEN 'Sunday' THEN 'Weekend'
                        ELSE 'Weekday'
                      END --WeekdayWeekend
                    , DATENAME(ww, @DateCounter) --WeekOfYear
                    , DATENAME(mm, @DateCounter) --MonthName
                    , MONTH(@DateCounter) --MonthOfYear
                    , @LastDayOfMon --IsLastDayOfMonth
                    , DATENAME(qq, @DateCounter) --CalendarQuarter
                    , YEAR(@DateCounter) --CalendarYear
                    , CAST(YEAR(@DateCounter) AS CHAR(4)) + '-'
                      + RIGHT('00' + RTRIM(CAST(DATEPART(mm, @DateCounter) AS CHAR(2))), 2) --CalendarYearMonth
                    , CAST(YEAR(@DateCounter) AS CHAR(4)) + 'Q' + DATENAME(qq, @DateCounter) --CalendarYearQtr
                    , MONTH(@FiscalCounter) --[FiscalMonthOfYear]
                    , DATENAME(qq, @FiscalCounter) --[FiscalQuarter]
                    , YEAR(@FiscalCounter) --[FiscalYear]
                    , CAST(YEAR(@FiscalCounter) AS CHAR(4)) + '-'
                      + RIGHT('00' + RTRIM(CAST(DATEPART(mm, @FiscalCounter) AS CHAR(2))), 2) --[FiscalYearMonth]
                    , CAST(YEAR(@FiscalCounter) AS CHAR(4)) + 'Q' + DATENAME(qq, @FiscalCounter) --[FiscalYearQtr]
                    )

            -- Increment the date counter for next pass thru the loop
            SET @DateCounter = DATEADD(d, 1, @DateCounter)
      END

SET NOCOUNT ON -- turn the annoying messages back on

-- Select all rows inserted for the final year as a sanity check
SELECT  *
FROM    [Dim].[Date]
WHERE DateKey > (YEAR(@EndDate) * 10000)

Code Sample 2 – Modified Kimball code to create a Date dimension.

/* Make sure the Dim schema exists */
IF SCHEMA_ID('Dim') IS NULL
   EXECUTE('CREATE SCHEMA [Dim] AUTHORIZATION [dbo]')
GO

/* Drop table DimDate */
IF EXISTS ( SELECT  *
            FROM    dbo.sysobjects
            WHERE   id = OBJECT_ID(N'[Dim].[Date]')
                    AND OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1 )
   DROP TABLE [Dim].[Date]
GO

/* Create table DimDate */
CREATE TABLE [Dim].[Date]
       ( [DateKey] BIGINT NOT NULL
       , [FullDate] DATETIME NULL
       , [DateName] CHAR(11) NULL
       , [DateNameUS] CHAR(11) NULL   --US Date FORMAT, MM/DD/YYYY
       , [DateNameEU] CHAR(11) NULL   --European Union Date Format DD/MM/YYYY
       , [DayOfWeek] TINYINT NULL
       , [DayNameOfWeek] CHAR(10) NULL
       , [DayOfMonth] TINYINT NULL
       , [DayOfYear] SMALLINT NULL
       , [WeekdayWeekend] CHAR(7) NULL
       , [WeekOfYear] TINYINT NULL
       , [MonthName] CHAR(10) NULL
       , [MonthOfYear] TINYINT NULL
       , [IsLastDayOfMonth] CHAR(1) NULL
       , [CalendarQuarter] TINYINT NULL
       , [CalendarYear] SMALLINT NULL
       , [CalendarYearMonth] CHAR(7) NULL
       , [CalendarYearQtr] CHAR(7) NULL
       , [FiscalMonthOfYear] TINYINT NULL
       , [FiscalQuarter] TINYINT NULL
       , [FiscalYear] INT NULL
       , [FiscalYearMonth] CHAR(9) NULL
       , [FiscalYearQtr] CHAR(8) NULL
       , [AuditKey] BIGINT IDENTITY NOT NULL
       , CONSTRAINT [PK_DimDate] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ( [DateKey] )
       )
ON     [PRIMARY]
GO

EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Table Type', @value = N'Dimension',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date'
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'View Name', @value = N'Date',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date'
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Date dimension contains one row for every day, beginning at 1/1/2000. There may also be rows for "hasn''t happened yet."',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date'
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Used in schemas',
  @value = N'Sales (3 roles); Finance; Currency Rates; Sales Quota (2 roles; one at Cal Qtr level)',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date'

GO

INSERT  INTO [Dim].[Date]
        ( DateKey
        , FullDate
        , [DateName]
        , [DateNameUS]
        , [DateNameEU]
        , [DayOfWeek]
        , DayNameOfWeek
        , [DayOfMonth]
        , [DayOfYear]
        , WeekdayWeekend
        , WeekOfYear
        , [MonthName]
        , MonthOfYear
        , IsLastDayOfMonth
        , CalendarQuarter
        , CalendarYear
        , CalendarYearMonth
        , CalendarYearQtr
        , FiscalMonthOfYear
        , FiscalQuarter
        , FiscalYear
        , FiscalYearMonth
        , FiscalYearQtr
        )
VALUES  ( -1
        , NULL
        , 'Unknown'
        , 'Unknown'
        , 'Unknown'
        , NULL
        , 'Unknown'
        , NULL
        , NULL
        , 'Unknown'
        , NULL
        , 'Unknown'
        , NULL
        , 'N'
        , NULL
        , NULL
        , 'Unknown'
        , 'Unknown'
        , NULL
        , NULL
        , NULL
        , 'Unknown'
        , 'Unknown'
        )
GO

EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Surrogate primary key', @level0type = N'SCHEMA',
  @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date',
  @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DateKey' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Full date as a SQL date (time=00:00:00)', @level0type = N'SCHEMA',
  @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date',
  @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'FullDate' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Standard Date Format of YYYY/MM/DD', @level0type = N'SCHEMA',
  @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date',
  @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DateName' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Standard US Date Format of MM/DD/YYYY', @level0type = N'SCHEMA',
  @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date',
  @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DateNameUS' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Standard European Union Date Format of DD/MM/YYYY', @level0type = N'SCHEMA',
  @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date',
  @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DateNameEU' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Number of the day of week; Sunday = 1', @level0type = N'SCHEMA',
  @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date',
  @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DayOfWeek' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Day name of week', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'DayNameOfWeek' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Number of the day in the month', @level0type = N'SCHEMA',
  @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date',
  @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DayOfMonth' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Number of the day in the year', @level0type = N'SCHEMA',
  @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date',
  @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DayOfYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Is today a weekday or a weekend', @level0type = N'SCHEMA',
  @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date',
  @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'WeekdayWeekend' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Week of year', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'WeekOfYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description', @value = N'Month name',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'MonthName' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Month of year', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'MonthOfYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Is this the last day of the calendar month?',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'IsLastDayOfMonth' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Calendar quarter', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'CalendarQuarter' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Calendar year', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'CalendarYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Calendar year and month', @level0type = N'SCHEMA',
  @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date',
  @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'CalendarYearMonth' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Calendar year and quarter', @level0type = N'SCHEMA',
  @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date',
  @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'CalendarYearQtr' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Fiscal month of year (1..12). FY starts in July',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'FiscalMonthOfYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Fiscal quarter', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'FiscalQuarter' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Fiscal year. Fiscal year begins in July.',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'FiscalYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Fiscal year and month', @level0type = N'SCHEMA',
  @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date',
  @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'FiscalYearMonth' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'Fiscal year and quarter', @level0type = N'SCHEMA',
  @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date',
  @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'FiscalYearQtr' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Description',
  @value = N'What process loaded this row?', @level0type = N'SCHEMA',
  @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date',
  @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'AuditKey' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'FK To',
  @value = N'DimAudit.AuditKey', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'AuditKey' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values',
  @value = N'20041123', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'DateKey' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values',
  @value = N'11/23/2004', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'FullDate' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values',
  @value = N'23-Nov-2004', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'DateName' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values', @value = N'1..7',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DayOfWeek' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values', @value = N'Sunday',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'DayNameOfWeek' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values', @value = N'1..31',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DayOfMonth' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values', @value = N'1..365',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DayOfYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values',
  @value = N'Weekday, Weekend', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'WeekdayWeekend' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values',
  @value = N'1..52 or 53', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'WeekOfYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values',
  @value = N'November', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'MonthName' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values',
  @value = N'1, 2, …, 12', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'MonthOfYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values', @value = N'Y, N',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'IsLastDayOfMonth' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values',
  @value = N'1, 2, 3, 4', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'CalendarQuarter' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values', @value = N'2004',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'CalendarYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values', @value = N'2004-01',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'CalendarYearMonth' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values', @value = N'2004Q1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'CalendarYearQtr' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values',
  @value = N'1, 2, …, 12', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'FiscalMonthOfYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values',
  @value = N'1, 2, 3, 4', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'FiscalQuarter' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values', @value = N'2004',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'FiscalYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values',
  @value = N'FY2004-01', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'FiscalYearMonth' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Example Values',
  @value = N'FY2004Q1', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'FiscalYearQtr' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'SCD  Type', @value = N'1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DateName' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'SCD  Type', @value = N'1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DayOfWeek' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'SCD  Type', @value = N'1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'DayNameOfWeek' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'SCD  Type', @value = N'1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DayOfMonth' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'SCD  Type', @value = N'1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DayOfYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'SCD  Type', @value = N'1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'WeekdayWeekend' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'SCD  Type', @value = N'1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'WeekOfYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'SCD  Type', @value = N'1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'MonthName' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'SCD  Type', @value = N'1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'MonthOfYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'SCD  Type', @value = N'1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'IsLastDayOfMonth' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'SCD  Type', @value = N'1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'CalendarQuarter' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'SCD  Type', @value = N'1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'CalendarYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'SCD  Type', @value = N'1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'CalendarYearMonth' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'SCD  Type', @value = N'1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'CalendarYearQtr' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'SCD  Type', @value = N'1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'FiscalMonthOfYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'SCD  Type', @value = N'1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'FiscalQuarter' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'SCD  Type', @value = N'1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'FiscalYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'SCD  Type', @value = N'1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'FiscalYearMonth' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'SCD  Type', @value = N'1',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'FiscalYearQtr' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DateKey' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'FullDate' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DateName' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DayOfWeek' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'DayNameOfWeek' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DayOfMonth' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DayOfYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'WeekdayWeekend' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'WeekOfYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'MonthName' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'MonthOfYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'IsLastDayOfMonth' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'CalendarQuarter' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'CalendarYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'CalendarYearMonth' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'CalendarYearQtr' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'FiscalMonthOfYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'FiscalQuarter' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'FiscalYear' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'FiscalYearMonth' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System', @value = N'Derived',
  @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE',
  @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'FiscalYearQtr' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Source System',
  @value = N'Derived in ETL', @level0type = N'SCHEMA', @level0name = N'Dim',
  @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date', @level2type = N'COLUMN',
  @level2name = N'AuditKey' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty @name = N'Comments',
  @value = N'In the form: yyyymmdd', @level0type = N'SCHEMA',
  @level0name = N'Dim', @level1type = N'TABLE', @level1name = N'Date',
  @level2type = N'COLUMN', @level2name = N'DateKey' ;
GO