In our most recent Power BI implementations, we had a client come to one of our consultants and say “I have a meeting with the board next week. I have used Power BI in the past and I like it, but I don’t have time build the reports I need. What can be done?”. Using…
Heavy equipment dealers, along with nearly every industry across the board, are caught up in information and system overload. If left unmonitored, it can be a major deterrent to the success of any business. Although every new piece of data available is not critical when it comes to better decision making, there are a few…
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Call it Business Intelligence, BI, or Big Data, the simple fact is that business intelligence solutions are now vital to effectively running a business. While there used to be terms associated with large enterprises up until fairly recently, as BI technology has advanced, deployment, licensing, and support options have increased making it more affordable for…
Though there are a multitude of advantages that a cloud BI system has over a traditional on-premises analytics infrastructure, there are seven major ones that apply to businesses of all sizes and industries: Automatically consolidate your most critical data. What is Business Intelligence without the intelligence? Cloud BI and analytics solutions are able to pull data…
A common trick used in BI360 with the Data Warehouse is to utilize account attributes such as parent and child to speed report execution. This is easy in the Data Warehouse since you can easily add attributes to a dimension. But did you know you can use the same methodology if you are reporting directly…
Cube Functions inside Excel are really powerful tools for cube reporting, especially when you realize that you can leverage MDX within the functions to make some very useful calculations. Today, I will describe how you can use the CUBESET function to calculate Month To Date values, even when there are no MTD defined measures. First, let’s…
An estimated $57 billion is being spent on Business Performance Management (BPM) this year, but organizations are still struggling to manage the execution of their strategic goals. If you are part of one of those organizations, it might be time for a new Performance Management System, like the Balanced Scorecard.
