I create a number of these reports when starting a new project, monitoring various areas from database backups and overnight data warehouse load, to numbers of expired rows in slowly moving dimensions. These are delivered to my inbox at the start of the day so I know all is well and can move on to more interesting tasks.

I create a number of these reports when starting a new project, monitoring various areas from database backups and overnight data warehouse load, to numbers of expired rows in slowly moving dimensions. These are delivered to my inbox at the start of the day so I know all is well and can move on to more interesting tasks.

Although I love attending the SQLBits SQL Server conference, I always come away with a list of weekend projects and new things to learn.