Smart Data Collective

APRIL 16, 2019

According to a UN study, 55% of the total world population is living in cities and by the year 2050, this figure could rise to a whopping 68%. The modern world is increasingly urbanized and megacities are rising faster than ever before, especially in Asian and African countries. The report highlighted that , at the present rate of development, there will be 43 megacities by 2030 and New Delhi is set to surpass Tokyo, which is currently the world’s largest city.

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BizAcuity

APRIL 28, 2019

According to a Federal Bank report, more than $600 billion of household debt in the U.S. is delinquent as of June 30th, 2017. Out of which, $400 billion is delinquent for more than 90 days. This shows the need to rectify this issue before it becomes a crisis. A crisis that not only poses a serious threat to consumers, as debt accumulates interest, but may also cause trouble for businesses, as there is a chance that it may eat into their revenues.

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ElegantJ BI

APRIL 17, 2019

What Is Business Intelligence and Why is it Important for Business? A business might wonder how to justify the implementation and cost of business intelligence tools when, in fact, it is more difficult to justify the decision NOT to implement a BI solution. A BI solution can provide targeted, concise information with which the business and business users can make fact-based decisions, and it can provide insight into trends and patterns that will help to dictate new product and service decisions,

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BI Insight

APRIL 28, 2019

In some of my old posts, which are most popular ones, I explained how to Export data Power BI Desktop or Power BI Service data to different destinations like CSV, Excel and SQL Server. In this quick tip I explain a very easy way to export the model data as a whole to either CSV … Continue reading Quick Tips: Export Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service Model Data In One Shot with DAX Studio.

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Analyst Catalyst Blog

APRIL 23, 2019

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Smart Data Collective

APRIL 22, 2019

. When you’re presenting data analytics or any technical information to a non-technical audience, it can be difficult. You have to think about the components of a good presentation in general, but also how to simplify complex subjects and information and make them resonate with your target audience. If you’re someone who understands data analytics well or is highly technical, it can be especially challenging to know how to make your presentation work for the needs of an audience which is differ

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BizAcuity

APRIL 19, 2019

Let’s face it, casino gaming is a huge business. It brings more than $500 billion in revenues every year from all around the world and the rise of the internet has fuelled its growth further. Today, online casino games has reached several people across all age groups through popular fantasy games. The case of responsible gaming. But with its growth comes another issue: the need to draw the line before excessive casino gaming becomes a problem, or as we like to call it, ‘irresponsible

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ElegantJ BI

APRIL 12, 2019

Business Intelligence Tools Should Include Cross-Tab Analysis! When you are considering a business intelligence tool, you may not think it is important to consider whether that solution has the capacity to provide cross-tab analysis. Even though cross-tab analysis has been around awhile, it is still very relevant and, when it is paired with other great business intelligence tools, it can be a powerful feature to provide data clarity and support confident business decisions.

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BI Insight

APRIL 18, 2019

XMLA endpoint connectivity for public preview has been announced late March 2019. As at today, it is only available for Power BI Premium capacity users. This sounds like a massive restriction to a lot of people who don’t have a Premium capacity, but they’d love to see how it works. In this article I show … Continue reading What Does XMLA Endpoints Mean for Power BI and How to Test it for Free?

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Tim Mitchell

APRIL 2, 2019

One of my favorite recent additions to SQL Server is the ability to use temporal tables to retain change history. As I wrote in an earlier post on this topic, temporal tables allow one to easily configure a table keep all of the changes (including updated and deleted rows) in a designated history table. In this post, I will share. The post Using Temporal Tables for Slowly Changing Dimensions appeared first on Tim Mitchell.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 24, 2019

A Metaphorical Journey. As we guide clients through organizational Transformation, we apply our System of Transformation incrementally via Expeditions. An Expedition is a “journey” from the current state to a goal state, starting wherever the client organization may be in our Compass model, and striving to reach a milestone in the Transformation that we represent as a “Basecamp,” in keeping with a mountain-climbing or hiking metaphor.

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Smart Data Collective

APRIL 10, 2019

As technology progresses, more companies are producing huge amounts of data as a by-product of their day-to-day operations. While I’m not one to claim that “most businesses are practically drowning” in a sea of data, it’s fair to say that companies wanting a long future had better start taking Big Data seriously. To put this in perspective, many pundits in the field predicted a few years back that Big Data will double in size every couple of years until 2020.

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BizAcuity

APRIL 15, 2019

Marketing as we know has come a long way. What started off through simple ‘word-of-mouth’ is now becoming smarter, efficient and more personalised with the advent of technology. Of late internet has opened up several avenues to reach out to a wide range of audience. And the most recent developments in machine learning, business analytics and more have made affiliate marketing more powerful and efficient than ever before.

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ElegantJ BI

APRIL 29, 2019

BI Software Adds Value to Every Organization! In spite of the fact that trade publications and business conferences have been talking about business intelligence and BI software for years, there are still some business executives and business owners that do not understand how business intelligence tools can help the organization achieve its goals and stay ahead of the competition.

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BI Insight

APRIL 28, 2019

Update 2021 March: You can now export the data direct from Power BI Desktop using my tool, Power BI Exporter. Read more here. In some of my old posts, which are the most popular ones, I explained how to Export data Power BI Desktop or Power BI Service data to different destinations like CSV, Excel … Continue reading Quick Tips: Export Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service Model Data In One-Shot with DAX Studio.

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Userzoom

APRIL 16, 2019

Frowned upon at the movies, beloved in research. Welcome to our UX 101 education series about the different types of studies and research methodologies you can use with the UserZoom platform. In this article we will introduce readers to the exciting world of think out loud (TOL) studies! What is a Think Out Loud (TOL) study? TOL is a study that is used to get verbal feedback from participants.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 15, 2019

One of the key ways to keep work moving forward is to avoid working on too many things at the same time. Ideally, a person should finish what they’re working on before starting anything else. Similarly, a team should complete the work item or ticket or story (or whatever they call it) they’re working on before picking up the next one. At a larger scale, a software delivery organization should limit the number of projects in flight concurrently, and strive to “stop starting and

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Smart Data Collective

APRIL 24, 2019

Manufacturing is a more powerful and essential part of our industries and economies than ever. But setting these vital enterprises up for maximum success and unrivaled innovation takes information — and that means gathering data. If you represent a manufacturing concern and you’re wondering about the benefits of capturing and analyzing operational data , you’ve come to the right place.

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Sisense

APRIL 24, 2019

In organizations that operate without a data warehouse or separate analytical database for reporting, the only source of the latest and up-to-date data may be in the live production database. When querying a production database, optimization is key. An inefficient query may pose a burden on the production database’s resources, and cause slow performance or loss of service for other users if the query contains errors.

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ElegantJ BI

APRIL 29, 2019

BI Software Adds Value to Every Organization! In spite of the fact that trade publications and business conferences have been talking about business intelligence and BI software for years, there are still some business executives and business owners that do not understand how business intelligence tools can help the organization achieve its goals and stay ahead of the competition.

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BI Insight

APRIL 18, 2019

XMLA endpoint connectivity for public preview has been announced late March 2019. As at today, it is only available for Power BI Premium capacity users. This sounds like a massive restriction to a lot of people who don’t have a Premium capacity, but they’d love to see how it works. In this article I show … Continue reading What Does XMLA Endpoints Mean for Power BI and How to Test it for Free?

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Userzoom

APRIL 23, 2019

Brands have an ‘insight blind spot’ when it comes to understanding user behaviour on third party Marketplaces like Amazon, eBay and the plethora of online third party ecommerce sites where they could have a presence. Sometimes the only data they get from the Marketplace is absolute sales or maybe a single conversion metric. Meaning they can’t answer those questions, that are crucial to increasing sales, such as: Which product images are most appealing to shoppers?

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Juice Analytics

APRIL 4, 2019

Preet Bharara, former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, shared some thoughts on writing his new book "Doing Justice" (from the New York Times Book Review podcast — starts at 21:30). These lessons mirror the challenges we see when we think about the distinction between making good visualizations and crafting data stories. Anything of length is difficult in a different way.

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Smart Data Collective

APRIL 12, 2019

Cloud technology is starting to have a major impact on the communications sector. Klaris Chua, a cloud communications expert, wrote a detailed overview of the trends in cloud communications in Martech Advisor. Most of her discussions focused on the implications of cloud solutions for email and interconnected apps. However, there is a growing demand for cloud VoIP services too.

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Data Pine

APRIL 12, 2019

Projects are one of the cornerstones of a successful business. Sector or industry aside, strategic initiatives focused on specific areas of the business are what helps drive an organization forward, growing, progressing, and evolving year after year. Also, implementing effective management reports will create a data-driven approach to making business decisions and obtaining sustainable business success.

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This article focuses on my experience starting as a customer service representative and working myself up to become a lead analyst in my organization. I did not start with many special skills or talents but I wanted to reflect on what did help me.