by sazmoodley | Apr 30, 2015 | Business Intelligence (BI), Data Management, General BI and Data Management, Learning Center, Ms Excel, Olation, Software
The Business Intelligence market, as we see it, is the following: Problems: Disconnected Data and Applications, Repeated Manual Tasks, Slow Processes Most companies have significant problems integrating data between end-user tools such as Excel, Access,...
by sazmoodley | Apr 14, 2015 | Business Intelligence (BI), Ms Excel, PowerOLAP, Reporting
Crunching numbers, generating reports, consolidating data across departments—these are always very lengthy and cumbersome when done manually. To make matters worse, reports that take so lo-o-o-o-ng to complete, of course, turn out to have outdated...
by sazmoodley | Mar 16, 2015 | Business Intelligence (BI), Ms Excel, PowerOLAP
A new project always sounds exciting. With all the numbers and financials flowing in, your natural instinct is always to resort to Excel for managing your data. The next thing you know there is a team of people coordinating Excel entries into the same spreadsheet....
by sazmoodley | Oct 30, 2014 | Budgeting, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Analysis, General BI and Data Management, Ms Excel, OLAP, PowerOLAP, Reporting
Folks, there is a LOT you can do with PowerOLAP. Even people who have been using it for years aren’t fully aware of all the capabilities available within PowerOLAP. Perhaps you are a user of PowerOLAP but you generally access the same reports all the time. In...
by | Oct 17, 2014 | Big Data, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Analysis, Ms Excel, OLAP, PowerOLAP, Reporting
Yes, it’s Maradona, Maracana, and Multidimensionality Using PowerOLAP to Analyze World Cup Data It started with a limerick. Exactly why I decided to express in a 5-line poem the ridiculously named “hand of God” incident, when Diego Maradona punched the ball into...
by | May 21, 2013 | Business Intelligence (BI), Ms Excel, Software
Business Intelligence projects are supposed to offer a quick solution that help organizations to make better informed decisions, attain data security, and discover ways to increase profitability. However, when BI implementations become never-ending, (near-completion...