The Importance of Planning and Forecasting in BI
The budgeting and forecasting process for most organizations is long and tedious and occurs on an annual basis, at least. Companies try to do it more often to improve accuracy and aim to ultimately implement a procedure for continuous planning, rolling forecasts, and...
How to Cut Data Preparation Time for Visualization Tools
Data Visualization tools have democratized data exploration and analytics, giving business users a way to access and utilize data without depending on the IT department. Self-service BI tools like Tableau, Qlik, PowerBI, etc. are remarkable data visualization tools...
5 New Things to get Excited about in Version 18
You asked and we listened! Version 18 of PowerOLAP® and Olation® comes with enhancements and new features that we know both new and existing users will want to get their hands on. Here’s our top 5 features to get excited about in Version 18. 5. PowerOLAP Portal...
Can we really “Stop using Excel”?
An article from the Wall Street Journal recently stirred up a commotion in the Finance world. The article is about Microsoft Excel. Read it here: Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs A few days after, the astonished author wrote another article on all the...
People – The driving force to a successful data analytics program
In most data analytics projects, much focus is put on the tools that need to be implemented. Understandably so, since choosing the right tools for your organization’s BI stack is crucial in defining the data analytics process. Not to mention, the cost of such tools...