September, 2015

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Power BI and Dynamics CRM

BI Insight

Microsoft is building lots of cloud based technologies these days and Microsoft Dynamics CRM is not an exception. With a powerful data visualisation tool like Power BI Microsoft took a great step to integrate Dynamics CRM and Power BI which means you can easily connect from Power BI website and Power BI Desktop to a … Continue reading Power BI and Dynamics CRM.

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Commercial Open Source vs. Proprietary Business Intelligence

ElegantJ BI

Open source BI solutions offer some advantages but there is a long way to go to resolve issues that prevent market adoption. Some open source products are free to use, but vendor support is not free. Other open source BI tools are free for the community edition, but not for the enterprise. Businesses need swift implementation and roll-out, and timely support and should look at Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

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Data is for Closers: Insights from Domo’s Sales Leadership Survey

Domo

When sales leaders have real-time data at their fingertips, they’ll always be more efficient. Whether it’s identifying opportunities, understanding who top performers are, validating forecasts, highlighting neglected opportunities, or developing talent, better and faster access to real-time data generates more revenue. Domo polled more than 400 sales leaders across a range of industries to understand their relationship with data. 73 percent of survey respondents said they would consume data more

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John Dewey on Starting with a Problem to be Solved

Practical Analyst

One of the more valuable lessons I’ve learned is that good solutions begin with a clear understanding of the problem to be solved. By starting with the problem, following up with objectives that articulate the definition of success, and then ensuring that requirements and subsequent solution artifacts and trace cleanly to, and support the original problem, we can avoid the confusion and wasted resources associated with deviating from or adding scope to the solution’s original proble

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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How The Use Of Visual Models Will Significantly Improve The Quality Of Your Requirements

Business Analyst Mentor

I’ve been planning my analysis approach recently and have been recommending the use of visual models to support the business analysis effort. It seemed like a good time to revisit.

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Exceptional Growth Predicted for NZ and AU BI Tools Through 2018

ElegantJ BI

IT decision makers, including CIOs in Australia and New Zealand ranked business intelligence and analytics as their top technology priority for 2015 in Gartner’s annual survey of more than 2,800 CIOs.

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Exceptional Growth Predicted for NZ and AU BI Tools Through 2018

ElegantJ BI

IT decision makers, including CIOs in Australia and New Zealand ranked business intelligence and analytics as their top technology priority for 2015 in Gartner’s annual survey of more than 2,800 CIOs. Click here: [link].

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Do YOU Know What KPI Means?

ElegantJ BI

Do YOU Know What KPI Means? Here’s a quick question: What does KPI mean: A) Kinesthetic Program Information, B) Knife Powder Ingate, C) Killer Pie Ingredients or D) Key Performance Indicators? If your answer was anything other than ‘D’, you are in desperate need of some expert business intelligence consulting. Hey, maybe you answered the question correctly, but you still need expert business intelligence advice and tools!

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Do YOU Know What KPI Means?

ElegantJ BI

Do YOU Know What KPI Means? Here’s a quick question: What does KPI mean: A) Kinesthetic Program Information, B) Knife Powder Ingate, C) Killer Pie Ingredients or D) Key Performance Indicators? If your answer was anything other than ‘D’, you are in desperate need of some expert business intelligence consulting. Hey, maybe you answered the question correctly, but you still need expert business intelligence advice and tools!

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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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Do YOU Know What KPI Means?

ElegantJ BI

Do YOU Know What KPI Means? Here’s a quick question: What does KPI mean: A) Kinesthetic Program Information, B) Knife Powder Ingate, C) Killer Pie Ingredients or D) Key Performance Indicators? If your answer was anything other than ‘D’, you are in desperate need of some expert business intelligence consulting. Hey, maybe you answered the question correctly, but you still need expert business intelligence advice and tools!

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BI Tools for SMEs? Not Just Maybe, But DEFINITELY

ElegantJ BI

Small and medium sized organizations often give up on the idea of business intelligence and corporate performance management, because they believe that the BI tools and solutions are too expensive and complex to implement and that their organizational structure and processes is simple enough to manage without these types of tools. The truth is that small and medium sized companies (SMEs) can get just as much benefit from BI tools as a large organization and these tools can offer a competitive ad

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BI Tools for SMEs? Not Just Maybe, But DEFINITELY

ElegantJ BI

Small and medium sized organizations often give up on the idea of business intelligence and corporate performance management, because they believe that the BI tools and solutions are too expensive and complex to implement and that their organizational structure and processes is simple enough to manage without these types of tools. The truth is that small and medium sized companies (SMEs) can get just as much benefit from BI tools as a large organization and these tools can offer a competitive ad

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Drill Action in Power BI

BI Insight

Two days ago Microsoft added some new exciting features to Power BI with the new Power BI Weekly Service Update. The more exciting one is Drill action in Power BI reports. So from now on we’re able to add a number of fields we’d like to have on the reports with a drill path. That … Continue reading Drill Action in Power BI. The post Drill Action in Power BI 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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BI Tools for SMEs? Not Just Maybe, But DEFINITELY

ElegantJ BI

Small and medium sized organizations often give up on the idea of business intelligence and corporate performance management, because they believe that the BI tools and solutions are too expensive and complex to implement and that their organizational structure and processes is simple enough to manage without these types of tools. The truth is that small and medium sized companies (SMEs) can get just as much benefit from BI tools as a large organization and these tools can offer a competitive ad

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Power BI and SSAS Multidimensional

BI Insight

Update: If you are here to learn how to browse your SSAS Multidimensional model in Power BI please refer to this article. The current article shows you how to refresh data on Power BI service on top of a SSAS Multidimensional instance based on data import scenario. It’s been a while that lots of us are waiting for … Continue reading Power BI and SSAS Multidimensional.

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Case Study: Construction, Infrastructure Co. Achieves Integration & High Performance with ElegantJ BI

ElegantJ BI

A Construction and Infrastructure Company in Saudi Arabia engaged ElegantJ BI to help them simplify a complex ERP structure of transaction and operational data including HR, Finance, Accounting, Purchasing, and Subcontracting data. ElegantJ BI provided a short implementation and training cycle and a 100% browser-based solution suitable for all users, across all locations and departments, and comprehensive technical and end-user training.

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Case Study: Construction, Infrastructure Co. Achieves Integration & High Performance with ElegantJ BI

ElegantJ BI

A Construction and Infrastructure Company in Saudi Arabia engaged ElegantJ BI to help them simplify a complex ERP structure of transaction and operational data including HR, Finance, Accounting, Purchasing, and Subcontracting data. ElegantJ BI provided a short implementation and training cycle and a 100% browser-based solution suitable for all users, across all locations and departments, and comprehensive technical and end-user training.

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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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Case Study: Construction, Infrastructure Co. Achieves Integration & High Performance with ElegantJ BI

ElegantJ BI

A Construction and Infrastructure Company in Saudi Arabia engaged ElegantJ BI to help them simplify a complex ERP structure of transaction and operational data including HR, Finance, Accounting, Purchasing, and Subcontracting data. ElegantJ BI provided a short implementation and training cycle and a 100% browser-based solution suitable for all users, across all locations and departments, and comprehensive technical and end-user training.

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Power BI and Dynamics CRM

BI Insight

Microsoft is building lots of cloud based technologies these days and Microsoft Dynamics CRM is not an exception. With a powerful data visualisation tool like Power BI Microsoft took a great step to integrate Dynamics CRM and Power BI which means you can easily connect from Power BI website and Power BI Desktop to a … Continue reading Power BI and Dynamics CRM.

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Commercial Open Source vs. Proprietary Business Intelligence

ElegantJ BI

Open source BI solutions offer some advantages but there is a long way to go to resolve issues that prevent market adoption. Some open source products are free to use, but vendor support is not free. Other open source BI tools are free for the community edition, but not for the enterprise. Businesses need swift implementation and roll-out, and timely support and should look at Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

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Commercial Open Source vs. Proprietary Business Intelligence

ElegantJ BI

Open source BI solutions offer some advantages but there is a long way to go to resolve issues that prevent market adoption. Some open source products are free to use, but vendor support is not free. Other open source BI tools are free for the community edition, but not for the enterprise. Businesses need swift implementation and roll-out, and timely support and should look at Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

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The Young BA

This article focuses on my experience starting as a customer service representative and working myself up to become a lead analyst in my organization. I did not start with many special skills or talents but I wanted to reflect on what did help me.

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Drill Action in Power BI

BI Insight

Two days ago Microsoft added some new exciting features to Power BI with the new Power BI Weekly Service Update. The more exciting one is Drill action in Power BI reports. So from now on we’re able to add a number of fields we’d like to have on the reports with a drill path. That … Continue reading Drill Action in Power BI. The post Drill Action in Power BI appeared first on BI Insight.

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Power BI and SSAS Multidimensional

BI Insight

Update: If you are here to learn how to browse your SSAS Multidimensional model in Power BI please refer to this article. The current article shows you how to refresh data on Power BI service on top of a SSAS Multidimensional instance based on data import scenario. It’s been a while that lots of us are waiting for … Continue reading Power BI and SSAS Multidimensional.

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Don’t Rob Your Users: Give Them Good Old-Fashioned Ad-Hoc Analytics

ElegantJ BI

Today’s business managers and owners are savvy enough to know that self-serve business intelligence is the way to go. Business users need data visualization, monitoring and analysis if they are going to help the organization to achieve the best results and compete in the market. You want to provide true data democracy in your organization and since most BI tools vendors are pitching the benefits of self-serve BI, one might assume that real self-serve BI tools are available from every vendo

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Don’t Rob Your Users: Give Them Good Old-Fashioned Ad-Hoc Analytics

ElegantJ BI

Today’s business managers and owners are savvy enough to know that self-serve business intelligence is the way to go. Business users need data visualization, monitoring and analysis if they are going to help the organization to achieve the best results and compete in the market. You want to provide true data democracy in your organization and since most BI tools vendors are pitching the benefits of self-serve BI, one might assume that real self-serve BI tools are available from every vendo

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Facilitate Risk Management for Medical Devices within Azure DevOps

In this whitepaper, we will describe how to facilitate risk management for medical devices directly in Azure DevOps. In particular, we will focus on how manufacturers can achieve ISO 14971 compliance and overcome key challenges in the process.