July, 2016

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Query Azure SQL Data Warehouse in SSMS and SSDT

BI Insight

A while ago I wrote a blog post about Azure SQL Data Warehouse and Power BI which I explained how to install a new instance of Azure SQL Data Warehouse and how to visualise your Azure SQL DW data in Power BI. In this post I explain how to query an Azure SQL DW in … Continue reading Query Azure SQL Data Warehouse in SSMS and SSDT. The post Query Azure SQL Data Warehouse in SSMS and SSDT appeared first on BI Insight.

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Business User Involvement in Data Analysis is CRITICAL to Business Success

ElegantJ BI

In the study, 85% of respondents indicated that end user data preparation is “important to critical” with 65% considering it “very important to critical.” Your Business Need Self-Serve , Deep Dive Analytics and BI Tools.

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If It Was My Organization

Agile Coach

Taking an idea from The Feedback Wrap , this post was written on a beautiful Sunday night by the pool on the eve of Agile 2016, and after a skimming of “ Why Business People Speak Like Idiots “ I’m in a mellow mood, but feeling a little annoyed with whole world of Agile lately. Remember when good leadership was good leadership? Now it HAS TO be Agile leadership.

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10 Tips for Creating an Agile Product Roadmap

Roman Pichler

1 Focus on Goals and Benefits. Whenever you are faced with an agile, dynamic environment—be it that your product is young and is experiencing significant change or that the market is dynamic with new competitors or technologies introducing change, you should work with a goal-oriented product roadmap, sometimes also referred to as theme-based. Goal-oriented roadmaps focus on goals or objectives like acquiring customers, increasing engagement, and removing technical debt.

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Individual Development Plan Template

There’s no way around it: sometimes employees need your help. Use this free template to clarify expectations, share resources, and set a timeline. Best case scenario, this process helps them improve. Worst case, your great recordkeeping keeps you compliant even if they move on. Download the template today!

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Smooth sailing to revenue growth: Why high-performing sales leaders are leveraging analytics.

Domo

Like many energetic sales leaders, when Domo’s VP of Corporate Sales Jeff Skousen starts his day, it’s with a workout—and in his case, that typically means a long mountain bike ride. But before he even gets on the trail, Jeff kicks off his day by looking at 5 “hot” metrics that are front and center in his Domo app. This helps him to take immediate action on both potential issues and opportunities to help his growing sales team close deals more effectively.

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Business User Involvement in Data Analysis is CRITICAL to Business Success

ElegantJ BI

In the study, 85% of respondents indicated that end user data preparation is “important to critical” with 65% considering it “very important to critical.” Your Business Need Self-Serve , Deep Dive Analytics and BI Tools.

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Analyse Power BI Data in Excel

BI Insight

A while ago I wrote a blog post about Power BI Publisher for Excel. Today I want to explain some new features added to the publisher. In this post you learn how to analyse Power BI data in Excel. Using the new Power BI Publisher for Excel, not only can we pin an Excel range … Continue reading Analyse Power BI Data in Excel. The post Analyse Power BI Data in Excel appeared first on BI Insight.

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Mobile BI for Business Users is Too Expensive – Myth#5

ElegantJ BI

Debunking Common Business Intelligence Myths Myth #5: It is Expensive and Time-Consuming to Give Mobile BI to Business Users There is no way to avoid the hype and claims swirling around the business intelligence market today. But, if your organization is trying to institute a self-serve BI initiative, choose a new BI tools solution or change from one BI solution to another, it must first debunk the myths surrounding the market and dispense with the market hype.

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Mobile BI for Business Users is Too Expensive – Myth#5

ElegantJ BI

Debunking Common Business Intelligence Myths Myth #5: It is Expensive and Time-Consuming to Give Mobile BI to Business Users There is no way to avoid the hype and claims swirling around the business intelligence market today. But, if your organization is trying to institute a self-serve BI initiative, choose a new BI tools solution or change from one BI solution to another, it must first debunk the myths surrounding the market and dispense with the market hype.

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Business Valuation Software: Free Guide to Valutico Platform

Explore our free guide to Valutico, the platform that revolutionizes automated report generation, offers access to 1 million M&A transactions, enables quick benchmarking, and streamlines the entire valuation process. With Valutico, you gain access to: 30-Minute Valuations: Rapidly producing accurate results. 3TB of Financial Data: The expansive data you need at your fingertips.

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Mobile BI for Business Users is Too Expensive – Myth#5

ElegantJ BI

Debunking Common Business Intelligence Myths. Myth #5: It is Expensive and Time-Consuming to Give Mobile BI to Business Users. There is no way to avoid the hype and claims swirling around the business intelligence market today. But, if your organization is trying to institute a self-serve BI initiative, choose a new BI tools solution or change from one BI solution to another, it must first debunk the myths surrounding the market and dispense with the market hype.

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ElegantJ BI Enhances Self-Serve BI Tools in Version 4.3 of Its Business Intelligence Solution

ElegantJ BI

ElegantJ Bi is pleased to announce the release of version 4.3 of the ElegantJ BI Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management (CPM) suite. The release of ElegantJ Bi v4.3 represents another step on the path to enhanced self-serve BI tools to support the transition of business users to true citizen data scientists. The ElegantJ BI version 4.3 release includes major features and enhancements.

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ElegantJ BI Enhances Self-Serve BI Tools in Version 4.3 of Its Business Intelligence Solution

ElegantJ BI

ElegantJ Bi is pleased to announce the release of version 4.3 of the ElegantJ BI Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management (CPM) suite. The release of ElegantJ Bi v4.3 represents another step on the path to enhanced self-serve BI tools to support the transition of business users to true citizen data scientists. The ElegantJ BI version 4.3 release includes major features and enhancements.

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ElegantJ BI Enhances Self-Serve BI Tools in Version 4.3 of Its Business Intelligence Solution

ElegantJ BI

ElegantJ Bi is pleased to announce the release of version 4.3 of the ElegantJ BI Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management (CPM) suite. The release of ElegantJ Bi v4.3 represents another step on the path to enhanced self-serve BI tools to support the transition of business users to true citizen data scientists. The ElegantJ BI version 4.3 release includes major features and enhancements.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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CPAs, Finance Pros and Auditors Can Use BI Tools to Ensure Actionable, Fact-Based Decisions

ElegantJ BI

As the business intelligence solution market evolved, many enterprises struggled to determine and establish the best use for these tools. In the beginning, BI tools were isolated to users in the analyst or IT community where reports and analysis were produced on request. This information was shared with executives and senior managers, and was not accessible to business users or financial, accounting or auditing professionals within the organization.

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CPAs, Finance Pros and Auditors Can Use BI Tools to Ensure Actionable, Fact-Based Decisions

ElegantJ BI

As the business intelligence solution market evolved, many enterprises struggled to determine and establish the best use for these tools. In the beginning, BI tools were isolated to users in the analyst or IT community where reports and analysis were produced on request. This information was shared with executives and senior managers, and was not accessible to business users or financial, accounting or auditing professionals within the organization.

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CPAs, Finance Pros and Auditors Can Use BI Tools to Ensure Actionable, Fact-Based Decisions

ElegantJ BI

As the business intelligence solution market evolved, many enterprises struggled to determine and establish the best use for these tools. In the beginning, BI tools were isolated to users in the analyst or IT community where reports and analysis were produced on request. This information was shared with executives and senior managers, and was not accessible to business users or financial, accounting or auditing professionals within the organization.

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Query Azure SQL Data Warehouse in SSMS and SSDT

BI Insight

A while ago I wrote a blog post about Azure SQL Data Warehouse and Power BI which I explained how to install a new instance of Azure SQL Data Warehouse and how to visualise your Azure SQL DW data in Power BI. In this post I explain how to query an Azure SQL DW in … Continue reading Query Azure SQL Data Warehouse in SSMS and SSDT. The post Query Azure SQL Data Warehouse in SSMS and SSDT appeared first on BI Insight.

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Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu

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Analyse Power BI Data in Excel

BI Insight

A while ago I wrote a blog post about Power BI Publisher for Excel. Today I want to explain some new features added to the publisher. In this post you learn how to analyse Power BI data in Excel. Using the new Power BI Publisher for Excel, not only can we pin an Excel range … Continue reading Analyse Power BI Data in Excel. The post Analyse Power BI Data in Excel appeared first on BI Insight.

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Why Executives Don’t Go to Agile Conferences

Agile Coach

I worked at an organization years ago that was almost put under by a postal strike. Let’s say at the time, cash flow was a problem. The owner had to put in a substantial chunk of his own savings to make payroll, all because of a 3-ish week strike. Let’s say the owner had a little more to worry about than ‘ being Agile ‘ I remember when the Agile Alliance did their first executive forum at the big annual Agile 20XX conference.

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8 Tips for Collaborating with Development Teams

Roman Pichler

Manage the Product, not the Team. Focus on your job as the product manager or product owner, and manage the product, not the team. Provide guidance on the product, including its market, value proposition, business goals, and key features. But let the ScrumMaster or coach tackle people, process, and organisational issues; let the development team figure out what needs to be done to implement the user stories and other product backlog items.

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Welcome to the Data Buffet! Self-Serve BI Tools to Satisfy Every Appetite

ElegantJ BI

What if you paid for a self-serve buffet but you were only allowed to eat the items someone else picked for you, or you could only go to certain self-serve stations, while others were off limits? You wouldn’t be happy! Especially if you had to pay full price for the experience! So, what about the world of ‘self-serve’ business intelligence?

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Data-Backed Secrets for Minimizing Discounts & Maximizing ROI Post-Holiday

Use data to turn one-off holiday shoppers into repeat buyers and effortlessly drive more sales throughout the year. Our guide will give you an in-depth understanding of what triggers your customers to buy and breaks down campaign examples from leading B2C brands.

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Welcome to the Data Buffet! Self-Serve BI Tools to Satisfy Every Appetite

ElegantJ BI

What if you paid for a self-serve buffet but you were only allowed to eat the items someone else picked for you, or you could only go to certain self-serve stations, while others were off limits? You wouldn’t be happy! Especially if you had to pay full price for the experience! So, what about the world of ‘self-serve’ business intelligence?

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Welcome to the Data Buffet! Self-Serve BI Tools to Satisfy Every Appetite

ElegantJ BI

What if you paid for a self-serve buffet but you were only allowed to eat the items someone else picked for you, or you could only go to certain self-serve stations, while others were off limits? You wouldn’t be happy! Especially if you had to pay full price for the experience! So, what about the world of ‘self-serve’ business intelligence?