Turning Power BI into a BI Superpower with DataSelf There’s no doubt about it – Business Intelligence tools like Microsoft Power BI™ are the next great thing when it comes to reporting and analytics. However . . . Power [...]
A Single Version of the Truth: The (Super)Power of One When many people hear the phrase “a single version of the truth”, they may be tempted to view it as nothing more than marketing jargon. “SVOT” (as it’s come [...]
What Makes a 'Data Hero'? ‘Superheroes’ are figures like Superman or Spiderman who possess superior crime fighting abilities which they use to beat up the bad guys and benefit society around them. Following that line of thinking, a “Data [...]
Reporting for Management: BI-based Analytics It’s a typical complaint voiced by managers: “Why can’t I get the insight I need from my ERP reports?” To answer this question, you need to understand how standard ERP reporting works, and how [...]
The SMB Analytics Wire – June 2024 The Superpowers that Create Data Heroes Everyone has their villains to fight…in business some of the biggest and baddest are the ‘Reporting Villains’. The Data Monster prevents strategic [...]
DataSelf BI-based Reporting: Benefits . . . and BeneficiariesWhen evaluating the merits of BI-based Reporting™ software, it’s typical to consider the following questions:Why do you need it? (What business pains are you trying to address?)What does the software do?How does [...]
Understand, Anticipate and Respond to Sales Fluctuations with DataSelf’s Year Over Year Variance Report Consistency. If only sales were consistent. Customers whose sales totals stayed high, items whose popularity didn’t wane, and salespeople who were equally successful with all their [...]
The Truth Hider: Uncovering Reporting's Single Version of the Truth If you look back upon the most notable ‘arch-villains’ who battled Batman, the one that seems most appropriate to criminally-bad reporting is The Riddler. Renamed – only slightly – [...]
The Time Eater: Reporting in Seconds, not Days If there’s one thing that all superheroes have in common it’s timing. Seconds before a crash, moments before an explosion, and in the twinkling of an eye, a crisis is averted. [...]
The Programming Pig: Overcoming Reporting's Technical Bias In The Superpowers that Create Data Heroes, we introduced the four main ‘villains’ of bad reporting and the ‘data superpowers’ needed to overcome them. Last week we battled The Data Monster, and [...]