Financial statements in TARGIT are often constructed with comparisons and calculations for more exact formatting. The comparisons can hold elements for current and previous years, quarters, months, or any combination of time you can think of. We have had trouble in the past with adding the actual date to these TARGIT reports, especially if we’re… Read more »
How Important is Big Data Really?
Much is discussed in business intelligence circles about the importance of being able to collect and analyze big data. However, less is spoken of how important it truly is in maintaining a successful business. With thousands being invested in big data tools from businesses of all sizes, it’s pertinent to understand how effective that investment… Read more »
The Pros & Cons of Data Warehouses
Your BI solution’s data warehouse (DW) serves as one of the initial checkpoints for your important business data. Your DW is a repository where your data is stored electronically before the data is able to be reported and analyzed. As a whole, this portion of you BI solution is also in charge of loading, managing… Read more »
Is Your ERP System Doing Enough?
How confident are you in your current data gathering methods? Is it taking longer for your team to interpret your data because you have tricky graphs, charts and projections? When was the last time you considered replacing your enterprise resource planning (ERP) software?
Unified Business Intelligence takes off at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium
The breadth of stuff to see and experience at Unified can be intimidating. Hundreds of exhibitors from bottling to field sensors, engineers to reporters, corks to dorks. Having to have one message for such a varied audience was difficult as everyone comes to data from a different perspective. We unified business intelligence for the attendees.… Read more »
Wine Business Intelligence guy visiting Unified in Sacramento
I’ve heard about Unified in the past, and for the first time I’ll attend Jan 28-30. I’m told the waiting list for vendors is more than a year long to have a booth. That sounds like a lot to me. And some have asked why I’m going to walk the floor if we aren’t selling.… Read more »
Six Ways to Prove the Business Intelligence Data Matches in Your BI Solution!
Are you struggling or worried that the business intelligence solution you spent money on won’t be utilized fully? Are your employees resistant to change, or are you hearing rumblings in the break room that your staff is dreading the use of the new tool and might not trust your business intelligence data? One significant way… Read more »
Filter Reports in Report Manager using Keywords
Microsoft’s Report Manager has already proven its capabilities as a powerful frontend portal, for easy distribution of reports to the business. The folder based interface in a browser makes navigation intuitive and comfortable for most users (even the “technical challenged”!) and allows for great flexibility on security settings down to the individual report, folder or… Read more »
