Business Intelligence
Why Measuring Cash Flow is More Important Than Measuring Profitability
Why your CEO is so obsessed with cash flow metrics, and what you can do to help as an analytics person in your company.
Business Intelligence
The Two Philosophies of Cost in Data Analytics
There appears to be two philosophies today when it comes to managing costs in a modern data stack. We explore what they are.
Business Intelligence
Business Fundamentals
Developing an Intuitive Understanding of the SaaS Quick Ratio
An explanation of the SaaS Quick Ratio that focuses on the intuition behind the metric. Written with the data analyst in mind.
Business Intelligence
Data Modeling
OLAP != OLAP Cube
There's a tendency for people to conflate OLAP with OLAP cube. We take a quick look at how this happens, why it shouldn't, and why it matters if you're a data practitioner.
Business Intelligence
Data Modeling
The Rise and Fall of the OLAP Cube
A definitive history of the rise of the OLAP cube, how it's affected our industry, and what comes after.
Using Holistics
How to Create Data Models from External Data Sources in Holistics
In Holistics, you are now able to create data models on top of external data sources like MongoDB and Google Sheets. Here's a video tutorial on how to do exactly that.
Business Intelligence
Judge Your Company: Using The Three Levels of Data Analysis For Data Career Decision-Making
Data team careers are different from equivalent careers in software engineering, product management, or UI design. Here's how to evaluate prospective employers as part of your data career.
Business Intelligence
Hire Your Data Analysts First
In the past, setting up an analytics department meant hiring data engineers first. But in a cloud-first world, you can and should hire data analysts first. Here's why.
Using Holistics
Data at Work
Custom SQL with Tableau? No Problems
Using custom SQL for your Tableau workbooks is usually a really bad idea. Here's how using Holistics with Tableau makes this a non-problem.