Microsoft offers more than 20 tools in its BI and data warehouse ecosystem. If your organization uses the Microsoft platform to build its business intelligence and data warehouse solutions, understanding these assets…
Groups play an important part in everyday Tableau use, allowing you to get around the inconsistencies that arise when pulling data from various sources. Groups let you create custom combinations and hierarchies so you can use data in a way that makes sense for your particular analysis needs. Watch our step-by-step demo of how to create a Tableau worksheet that leverages a group.
Hierarchies in IBM Planning Analytics are a great tool for providing summarized information that does not exist in the underlying cube. But like Clint Eastwood’s character in Sergio Leone’s epic spaghetti western, this good guy can be tough and gritty in places. Read on for our take on the good, the bad and the ugly with this powerful feature.
On an almost monthly basis Microsoft puts out a new, feature filled release of Power BI. You can read the official Microsoft take on the newest changes, but check here for our real-life evaluation of the most notable features in the August 2018 release.
Dashboard Starters for data sources like Salesforce and Marketo are a great new feature from Tableau. But they only work with Tableau extracts, which have limitations. We show you how to get around the tricky task of swapping out a reporting database for Tableau’s default extracts.
Business Strategy & Perspectives
The recent 2018.1 release of Tableau (released in May 2018) saw a convergence of functionality between Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server/Tableau Online. In this blog, we examine remaining functionality differences between the products.
In the recent release of Tableau Online 2018.1, Dashboard Starters for common enterprise applications were introduced. Seven of these Dashboard Starters are built to work with Salesforce data. We love the idea of these pre-built dashboards but discovered a few hitches when we tried to use them. We share 18 lessons we learned – along with some fixes.
Business Strategy & Perspectives
There are many options for preparing data for use in Tableau, from built-in tools to third-party platforms. We look at the options and provide five factors to take into account when determining which ones are best suited to the task at hand.
With all the capabilities that have been added to Cognos Analytics, it can be unclear as to which is the right choice, a report or a dashboard? There is no simple answer—the choice depends on the business use case. Read on for a reference guide that compares the differences to help you decide the best tool for your needs.
Business Strategy & Perspectives
On April 24, 2018, Tableau rolled out Tableau 2018 with three new license types. The Creator, Explorer and Viewer licenses vary in their capabilities, access to tools and pricing. In this blog, we clarify what each license can and cannot do so you can get the best bang for your Tableau buck.
