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# datadive
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Data viz extension for SQL Server Management Studio
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# DataDive 💦
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Data viz extension for SQL Server Management Studio.
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# Status [hacks 💬]
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This add-in was [hacked together](https://twitter.com/Latish/status/1326288025110908929) in a few evenings. It is very ugly written, with a ton of extensibility "hacks" still left around in the code. Run at your own risk!
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# Facets Dive from Google PAIR
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[Facets Dive](https://pair-code.github.io/facets/) is a super cool and useful tool for interactively exploring large amounts of data.
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See more [on YouTube](https://youtu.be/WVclIFyCCOo?t=153)
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## SSMS add-in
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I've used Facets many times and I find it very useful to help me understand the data I'm query from a SQL database, inside of management studio. The results table doesn't give you a very good idea, if any, about how lots of rows are distributed per column, if you have a lot of NULL values or how the relationship between columns are.
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It is easy enough to export a result set as CSV, go to the Facets page and load it. But it would be much nice to have inside of management studio.
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Which is what you can do with this add-in — you simply query your data as you always do, and then click `View in Facets" from the Tools menu and your result set is automatically displayed:
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![img](preview.jpg)
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# Installation
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Download the latest `DataDive.exe` from the [releases](https://github.com/martinnormark/DataDive/releases).
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This is a self-extracting archive. Extract it to `C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18\Common7\IDE\Extensions` - the archive contains the `DataDive` folder.
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It should look like this after correct installation:
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![installed](installed.png)

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