Competitive Insights
JUNE 29, 2016
As my research into organisational culture has progressed, I can’t help reflecting on the businesses that I’ve worked in. I don’t believe any of the leaders that I’ve worked with actually achieved a lasting cultural change. One of the reasons that I attribute to this is that none of them managed to stay in their position for more than five. Read More.
Cooperative Intelligence Blog
JUNE 29, 2016
In May, I was honored to give a Win/Loss analysis webinar, as part of the competitive intelligence #IntelCollab series facilitated by Craig Fleisher, Chief Learning Officer at Aurora WDC. You can view the slides and listen to the webinar entitled: Win/Loss Analysis Captures and Keeps New Business. You will get a sneak preview of my soon to be published book, Win/Loss Analysis: How to Capture and Keep the Business You Want.
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BI Insight
JUNE 23, 2016
One of the most powerful features in Power BI and Excel is supporting geospatial visualisations. In Excel we can use Map visualisation in Power View, or use Power Map directly. In Power BI, as you know, there are two built-in visualisations supporting geographic coordinate data, Map and Filled map. They work beautifully if you have … Continue reading How to Overcome Map Related Issues in Power BI, Power View and Power Map.
Elegant BI
JUNE 16, 2016
Business Intelligence: One and Done. Design Once and Use Anywhere. If you take the time to invest in a business intelligence solution, you want one that you can use for a long time. Your users will become familiar with the tools and will depend on them to make decisions, product reports and analyze data. But, on the day you choose your BI tools, you have no way to know every requirement or need that will pop up after you implement the solution.
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Domo
JUNE 15, 2016
You may think you know what Domo’s all about. It brings your data and people together in one place and runs on The Business Cloud, right? But have you ever wondered exactly how Domo can make your 9 to 5 easier? Have you been curious about how Domo turns data into actionable insight? Now is your chance to find out. Beginning tomorrow, June 16 th , we’ll will be hosting daily live Domo demos.
Better Buys
JUNE 16, 2016
Every organization has hundreds of assets. Managing them can get quite complicated and time-consuming. By implementing Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), you can achieve higher asset efficiency and control. What is CMMS? It is an operational tool for managing capital assets of an organization. It also allows you to track tasks that are related to […].
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BI Insight
JUNE 15, 2016
Note: This article has been updated on June 2017 to support latest versions of Power BI Desktop and SSAS Tabular 2017. Update July 2020: While this method still works with Power BI Desktop June 2017 release and SSAS 2017, it potentially doesn’t work with the later versions of Power BI Desktop (Jul 2020) and SSAS … Continue reading Import Power BI Desktop Model to SSAS Tabular 2016.
Elegant BI
JUNE 15, 2016
On June 7 and 8, the ElegantJ BI team attended the Gartner Business Intelligence, Analytics and Information Management Summit in Powai, Mumbai, India. We were honored to be a Silver Sponsor for this Summit. The theme of the Summit was Information & Analytics Leadership: Empowering People with Trusted Data, and the Summit did not disappoint, and it was a really vibrant, exciting experience!
Elegant BI
JUNE 13, 2016
For more than 5 years, ElegantJ BI has partnered with JMC Projects (I) Ltd to help them establish Business Intelligence system for integrated reporting and analytical needs. JMC Projects plans to deploy SAP HANA and would continue to use ElegantJ BI leveraging its interoperability with different systems and dedicated customer service of ElegantJ BI team.
BI Insight
JUNE 8, 2016
Power BI Desktop is a fantastic report authoring tool. I have lots of experience working with Tableau as well and I can say, man, Power BI is growing very quickly. Lots of awesome ideas have been added to Power BI and a lot more is coming. But, It might be a question for some of … Continue reading Connect to Power BI Desktop Model from Excel and SSMS.
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BI Insight
JUNE 7, 2016
Update1: As per April 2018, the process has slightly changes since I wrote this blog post. Now you can find it under “Downloads” tab, under “Servers” section. (Thanks to “David Shannon” for pointing this out.) Update2: Click here to utilise the SQL Server installer. By clicking the link you’ll download an executable file “SQLServer2016-SSEI-Dev.EXE” produced … Continue reading How to Download SQL Server 2016 Developer Edition for Free.
Elegant BI
JUNE 3, 2016
Astral pipes opted for ElegantJ BI over big BI vendors like SAP, Salesforce and IBM for its ease of use and self-serve features. Biren Parikh – AGM IT said it not only generates visually pleasing reports from scattered data sources but also provides insights on how their distributors, sales and marketing staffs are operating and executing their sales.
Elegant BI
JUNE 9, 2016
When thinking of business intelligence , 61% of people interviewed by technology business research in the US, thought of operational efficiency.
Elegant BI
JUNE 29, 2016
ElegantJ BI helped a leading publicly listed Pharmaceutical business in India consolidate data and support business intelligence integration and analysis across all of its locations, with accurate, timely reporting, across all functional areas. The client wished to build multidimensional information architecture for data extraction, data mining and ad hoc reporting and satisfy statutory regulations and define and monitor KPIs for performance management, and to reduce the existing IT department w
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BI Insight
JUNE 23, 2016
One of the most powerful features in Power BI and Excel is supporting geospatial visualisations. In Excel we can use Map visualisation in Power View, or use Power Map directly. In Power BI, as you know, there are two built-in visualisations supporting geographic coordinate data, Map and Filled map. They work beautifully if you have … Continue reading How to Overcome Map Related Issues in Power BI, Power View and Power Map.
BI Insight
JUNE 15, 2016
Note: This article has been updated on June 2017 to support latest versions of Power BI Desktop and SSAS Tabular 2017. Update July 2020: While this method still works with Power BI Desktop June 2017 release and SSAS 2017, it potentially doesn’t work with the later versions of Power BI Desktop (Jul 2020) and SSAS … Continue reading Import Power BI Desktop Model to SSAS Tabular 2016.
BI Insight
JUNE 8, 2016
Power BI Desktop is a fantastic report authoring tool. I have lots of experience working with Tableau as well and I can say, man, Power BI is growing very quickly. Lots of awesome ideas have been added to Power BI and a lot more is coming. But, It might be a question for some of … Continue reading Connect to Power BI Desktop Model from Excel and SSMS.
BI Insight
JUNE 7, 2016
Update1: As per April 2018, the process has slightly changes since I wrote this blog post. Now you can find it under “Downloads” tab, under “Servers” section. (Thanks to “David Shannon” for pointing this out.) Update2: Click here to utilise the SQL Server installer. By clicking the link you’ll download an executable file “SQLServer2016-SSEI-Dev.EXE” produced … Continue reading How to Download SQL Server 2016 Developer Edition for Free.
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Better Buys
JUNE 22, 2016
Technology is accessible to more people than ever before. When it comes to learning, solutions now use effective psychology strategies that are sure to make an impact. Experts have found that whether in a classroom or workplace, structured learning is best applied alongside unstructured learning as well. This is the premise of social learning. According to Albert […].
Better Buys
JUNE 6, 2016
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Domo
JUNE 28, 2016
See the 5th edition of Data Never Sleeps here When I started Domo, there were two billion internet users globally, and another four billion who had cell phones. Those numbers may seem impressive, but they pale in comparison to the connectedness of today’s world. Fast forward five years: The global internet population has grown by more than 60%, and there are more mobile devices on the planet than people.
Domo
JUNE 23, 2016
You’ve seen what Domo can do. How it brings together your data and your people in ways that help you make better business decisions every single day. How it gives insights in real-time so you can take action when it counts. You’ve even gotten a glimpse of Domo in action through our Daily Dose demo series. But maybe you’re still trying to decide if Domo is really worth the investment—or still trying to convince your boss that it is.
Speaker: Marius Moscovici, CEO Metric Insights & Mike Smitheman, VP Metric Insights
While the proper governance of data is clearly critical to the success of any business intelligence organization, focusing on data governance alone is a huge mistake. Organizations continually fail to generate ROI on their governance initiatives because they are too narrow in scope. To be effective, Business Intelligence (BI) governance must cover both data and visualizations.
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