In this second delve into data cleanliness (read the first, How clean is your data?, here), we’ll test-drive the data profiling tool provided with Microsoft SQL Server. Other profiling tools have ...

This topic describes how to set options that apply to all traces that are created with a specific instance of [!INCLUDE[ssSqlProfiler](../../includes/sssqlprofiler-md ...

Use SQL Server Profiler to view captured event data in a trace. SQL Server Profiler displays data based on defined trace properties. One way to analyze SQL Server data is to copy the data to another ...

SQL Server 2008 Integration Services ships with the wonderful new Data Profiling Task. Much as the name implies, it profiles the data in a given table and returns a ton of useful information. The task ...

SQL Server Profiler has always been a great tool for tracing activity “under the hood” on a SQL Server and assessing its performance. One feature that helps us quickly set up a trace on our current ...

Late in 2017, I informed you about a public preview for a new data management tool from Microsoft called SQL Operations Studio. SQL Operations Studio is a very flexible and lightweight data management ...