Jes Schultz Borland (grrlgeek)

About the Author

Jes Schultz Borland is a Consultant with Brent Ozar Unlimited, and a Microsoft SQL Server MVP. She holds an AAS - Programmer/Analyst degree, is a Microsoft Certified Professional in SQL Server 2012, and has worked with SQL Server as a developer, report writer, DBA, and consultant. Her favorite topics are administration, automation, and SSRS. She is an active member of PASS, President of FoxPASS, founder of Tech on Tap, and a LessThanDot.com blogger. She frequently presents at user groups, SQL Saturdays, and other community events. She is also an avid runner and chef.

Social Sitings

• Total posts: 139
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• Another Smashing Success: SQL Saturday Madison 2013 (Views: 1182, Comments: 1)
• T-SQL Tuesday #41 - Presenting: Be Prepared (Views: 1139, Comments: 0)
• A User Group Experiment – Open Mic Night (Views: 1303, Comments: 4)
• SSRS Properties - Chart Series Label Visibility (Views: 1594, Comments: 0)
• SSRS Properties - Chart Series Tooltip (Views: 1644, Comments: 0)
• SSRS Properties - Chart Axis Minimum, Maximum, and Interval (Views: 1488, Comments: 0)
• SSRS Properties - Image Source (Views: 948, Comments: 0)
• SSRS Properties - CanGrow and CanShrink (Views: 1105, Comments: 0)
• SSRS Properties - InnerPlotPosition (Views: 1181, Comments: 0)
• SSRS Properties - VerticalAlign (Views: 1121, Comments: 0)
• SSRS Properties - RepeatWith (Views: 818, Comments: 0)
• SSRS Properties – WritingMode (Views: 781, Comments: 1)
• SSRS Properties – Document Map (Views: 734, Comments: 1)
• SSRS Properties - NoRowsMessage (Views: 731, Comments: 0)
• SSRS Properties - FixedRowHeaders (Views: 552, Comments: 0)
• SSRS Properties - FixedColumnHeaders (Views: 558, Comments: 0)
• SSRS Properties - Interactive Sort (Views: 881, Comments: 1)
• SSRS Properties - Tablix Sorting (Views: 910, Comments: 0)
• SSRS Properties - Tablix Filters (Views: 1029, Comments: 1)
• SSRS Properties - Hidden & ToggleItem (Views: 925, Comments: 1)
• SSRS Properties - Description (Views: 1222, Comments: 1)
• SSRS Properties - Columns (Views: 1414, Comments: 2)
• SSRS Properties - Background Image (Views: 1340, Comments: 3)
• Making Data Tell a Story With SSRS Properties (Views: 1852, Comments: 0)
• Join Me At SQL Saturday #175 Fargo, ND (Views: 976, Comments: 0)
• SQL Saturday #206 Madison 2013 (Views: 978, Comments: 1)
• Book Review: Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices - Indexing Outside the Bubble (Views: 1798, Comments: 1)
• Book Review: Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server 2012 (Views: 2017, Comments: 1)
• Successful Consulting Series - Consulting vs. Fulltime Employment – Making a Decision (Views: 1992, Comments: 0)
• A Look Inside SQL Server Row and Page Compression (Views: 3510, Comments: 2)
• "The What, Why, and How of Filegroups" - I-380 PASS Materials (Views: 2106, Comments: 0)
• Book Review: On Writing Well (Views: 2449, Comments: 3)
• Is being a DBA still sexy? (Views: 3903, Comments: 5)
• A Few Notes About Creating Custom SSMS Reports (Views: 3525, Comments: 1)
• Hex Editoring (Views: 2974, Comments: 3)
• I’m An Author! “Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices” Releases October 31 (Views: 3811, Comments: 6)
• Cheers to Tech on Tap v1.3 PowerShell! (Views: 1136, Comments: 1)
• My PASS Summit Packing List (Views: 2423, Comments: 4)
• Book Review: SQL Server Hardware (Views: 4005, Comments: 2)
• T-SQL Tuesday #35: Soylent Green SQL Server (Views: 2129, Comments: 1)
• Free SQL Server Tools (Views: 6532, Comments: 9)
• Presenting at Red Gate's SQL in the City Chicago 2012 (Views: 905, Comments: 0)
• Road Trip Time! Presenting at SQL Saturday #149 Minnesota (Views: 758, Comments: 0)
• Join me at SQL Friends Lunch #4 Chicago! (Views: 1100, Comments: 0)
• Presenting “What is Report Builder 3.0?” for OKPASS (Views: 1214, Comments: 4)
• Saying Farewell to MADPASS and Hello to FoxPASS (Views: 1310, Comments: 7)
• Book Review: Troubleshooting SQL Server – A Guide for the Accidental DBA (Views: 6689, Comments: 0)
• T-SQL Tuesday 32: A Day in the Life a Grrl Geek (Views: 3110, Comments: 2)
• Quad Cities PASS "Make Your Voice Heard" Presentation Materials (Views: 896, Comments: 1)
• Thoughts on User Groups, Speaking, and Paying It Forward (Views: 1608, Comments: 3)
• Presenting "The What, Why, and How of Filegroups" for PASSMN (Views: 1201, Comments: 0)
• T-SQL Tuesday #31 – Reporting Services Logs (Views: 2512, Comments: 0)
• The Tech on Tap v1.2 SharePoint Top 10 (Views: 1092, Comments: 0)
• Book Review: SQL Server MVP Deep Dives (Views: 2894, Comments: 4)
• Brewing Up Tech on Tap v1.2 SharePoint (Views: 1259, Comments: 0)
• SQL Saturday #119 Chicago 2012: They Did It. Again. (Views: 2018, Comments: 3)
• Report Builder 3.0 – Report Parts (Views: 3039, Comments: 1)
• Windy City, Here I Come! SQL Saturday #119 Chicago 2012 (Views: 1227, Comments: 0)
• SQL Saturday #118 Wisconsin: They Came, They Saw…Did They Tip Cows? (Views: 2625, Comments: 12)
• I'm a Radio Star! I'm Talking SSRS on RunAs Radio (Views: 2881, Comments: 0)
• Will I See You At SQL Saturday #118 Wisconsin? (Views: 1091, Comments: 1)
• Report Builder 3.0 – Map Wizard (Views: 2903, Comments: 2)
• Presenting "Filegroups: Putting the Pieces Together" for Chicago SQL Connections (Views: 1933, Comments: 0)
• Why You Should Volunteer for the PASS Summit Program Committee (Views: 2275, Comments: 0)
• T-SQL Tuesday #028 - Jack of All Trades, Master of None? (Views: 826, Comments: 1)
• Chicago SQL Server User Group - Filegroups Presentation Material (Views: 771, Comments: 0)
• Report Builder 3.0 – Chart Types, Visualizations, and Properties (Views: 3003, Comments: 0)
• Report Builder 3.0 - Chart Wizard (Views: 1634, Comments: 7)
• MADPASS’s First Birthday: They Grow Up So Fast! (Views: 1264, Comments: 1)
• Report Builder 3.0 - Table or Matrix Wizard (Views: 4684, Comments: 2)
• Report Builder 3.0 – The Introduction (Views: 2322, Comments: 2)
• #meme15 February 2012 – LinkedIn (Views: 677, Comments: 1)
• February 2012 Presentations (Views: 1065, Comments: 2)
• It's Hard To Be "Average": Mean, Median, and Mode in SQL Server (Views: 3391, Comments: 2)
• Tech on Tap v1.1 – Post-Event High-Fives (Views: 1381, Comments: 5)
• Cheatsheet: Relational Database Management Systems Comparison (Views: 2433, Comments: 8)
• Five Days and Counting: Tech On Tap v1.1 (Views: 1243, Comments: 1)
• Friday SQL Nugget #1 (Views: 836, Comments: 1)
• WiSSUG "Filegroups: Putting the Pieces Together" Materials (Views: 1319, Comments: 2)
• MySQL MyISAM and InnoDB Engine Differences (Views: 1151, Comments: 5)
• Book Review: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Internals (Views: 2981, Comments: 9)
• Presenting "Filegroups: Putting The Pieces Together" for WiSSUG (Views: 1015, Comments: 0)
• 2011: That Time I Packed A Lifetime Into A Single Year (Views: 824, Comments: 4)
• Replacing sysfiles With sys.database_files (Views: 1100, Comments: 3)
• On Being A Consultant: Lessons Learned, Month One (Views: 1815, Comments: 7)
• #meme15: I'm A Blogger. Why? (Views: 666, Comments: 3)
• T-SQL Tuesday #25: T-SQL Tricks - Checking Transaction Log Space Used (Views: 1334, Comments: 2)
• Presentation Files: EDMPASS and ABQ SQL (Views: 582, Comments: 0)
• T-SQL Tuesday #024: Reporting Services, Stored Procedures, and Multiple Result Sets (Views: 3996, Comments: 5)
• What #sqlfamily Means To Me (Or, A Case of the Warm Fuzzies) (Views: 1170, Comments: 8)
• My Favorite PowerShell Script: Reading Log Files (Views: 2685, Comments: 2)
• A New Door Opens (Views: 2164, Comments: 25)
• PASS Summit 2011: Reporting Services 201 Wrap-Up (Views: 957, Comments: 2)
• PASS Summit 2011: A Picture Book (Views: 1836, Comments: 3)
• SQL Saturday #92 Portland, OR: Wrap-Ups, High-Fives, and Doughnuts (Views: 1523, Comments: 3)
• A New Adventure: Tech On Tap (Views: 3510, Comments: 6)
• SQL Saturday #92 - Portland, OR (Views: 1121, Comments: 2)
• 2011 Quarter 3 Goals: Kicking [beep], Taking Names (Views: 731, Comments: 1)
• Tips and Tricks to Make SQL Server Management Studio Awesome (Views: 14741, Comments: 27)
• Attending PASS Summit 2011? Want Lunch? And Free Career Advice? I Have Just The Event... (Views: 1289, Comments: 1)
• Watch Me (and 23 Others!) During 24 Hours of PASS: Summit Preview (Views: 1767, Comments: 2)
• Reporting Services Error: “The tablix has a detail member with inner members” (And How To Fix It) (Views: 5646, Comments: 9)
• T-SQL Wednesday #21 – T-SQL That Should Have Been Flushed Down the Toilet (Views: 1653, Comments: 7)
• Chicago SQL Connections - Reporting Services 201 Slides & Code (Views: 754, Comments: 0)
• A Cheat Sheet for All the *{_(%#$] PowerShell Punctuation (Views: 8092, Comments: 13)
• T-SQL Tuesday #20 – T-SQL Best Practices (Views: 1510, Comments: 6)
• 2011 Quarter 2 Goal Review (Views: 575, Comments: 1)
• Excel 2010 Data Source "From Microsoft Query" Missing DSNs (Views: 3928, Comments: 6)
• User Groups? Those Still Exist? They Do, and You Should Be Going To One (Views: 2592, Comments: 9)
• I'm Speaking! PASS Summit 2011 (Views: 737, Comments: 5)
• Energizing the Next Generation: A Women In Tech Discussion at SQL Saturday #75 (Views: 1382, Comments: 5)
• SQL Saturday #75, Columbus OH: I Came, I Saw, I Ran (Views: 1342, Comments: 2)
• I'll See You At SQL Saturday #75 Columbus, OH (Views: 635, Comments: 1)
• SQL Server Filegroup Piecemeal Restores (Views: 2371, Comments: 2)
• T-SQL Tuesday #18: A Recursive CTE Is: A Recursive CTE Is (Views: 2128, Comments: 8)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering: It's Cool (Views: 2651, Comments: 1)
• SQL Server Filegroups: The What, The Why and The How (Views: 5919, Comments: 11)
• 2011 Quarter 1 Goal Review (Views: 764, Comments: 3)
• Using STOPAT in the RESTORE DATABASE Statement (Views: 2056, Comments: 6)
• My Experience Attending a Free-Con (Views: 1478, Comments: 9)
• SQL Saturday #67 Chicago 2011 Wrap-Up (Views: 2500, Comments: 5)
• SQL Saturday #67 Chicago 2011: Have Fun Storming the Castle! (Views: 924, Comments: 10)
• 24 Hours of PASS: Wrap-Up, Slides, Demos and High-Fives (Views: 1006, Comments: 5)
• SUM (T-SQL Tuesday #016: Aggregate Functions) (Views: 2202, Comments: 4)
• SQL University Women In Technology (WIT) Week: My Name Is Jes, and I'm a WIT (Views: 4063, Comments: 12)
• Creating Mailing Labels in SQL Server Reporting Services (Views: 8555, Comments: 11)
• Come One, Come All to T-SQL Tuesday #016 : Aggregate Functions (Views: 8032, Comments: 42)
• MADPASS Meeting Wrap-Up (Views: 719, Comments: 0)
• Changing a SQL Server Database Owner (Views: 4798, Comments: 3)
• 24 Hours of PASS, WIT Edition: Register! Learn! Listen to Me! (Views: 822, Comments: 0)
• Presenting at the February WI SSUG Meeting (Views: 683, Comments: 0)
• SQL University - SQL Server Reporting Services: Exploring the RSReportServer.config File (Views: 2455, Comments: 5)
• SQL University - SQL Server Reporting Services Configuration Files Overview (Views: 3628, Comments: 7)
• Lessons Learned from Failing the MCTS 70-432 (Views: 2997, Comments: 10)
• 24 Hours of PASS: WIT Edition - Awesome Women I'd Love to Hear Talk SQL (Views: 2757, Comments: 11)
• 2011 Goals: Bring It On (Views: 1592, Comments: 2)
• 2010 Goals: 4th Quarter/Year-End Review (Views: 1405, Comments: 4)
• T-SQL Tuesday #013: What Does the Business Want? (Views: 973, Comments: 3)
• SQL Server: Starting a Server-Side Trace (Views: 2017, Comments: 5)