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Data Modeling Business Intelligence

First Impressions from Agile Data Warehouse Design

Agile Data Warehouse Design is a 2011 attempt at applying the principles of agile to the practice of data modeling. This is the first post in a series on the ideas from the book.

Cedric Chin October 29, 2020
Using Holistics

Holistics October 2020 Product Updates

We've shipped 3 new features this month: Metric Sheet, Point Map and Adhoc Export.

Di Hoang October 28, 2020

Top BI & Reporting tools for Amazon Athena

Amazon Athena has been largely famous for its ability to query large dataset stored in Amazon S3. Since Athena is server-less, you …

October 26, 2020
Business Intelligence

The Four Flavors of Goodhart's Law

Goodhart's law says that 'when a measure becomes a target, it fails to become a good measure. Here are four ways that occurs.

Cedric Chin October 15, 2020
Business Intelligence

A Short Story About SQL’s Biggest Rival

A short story about SQL's better rival: Michael Stonebraker's storied query language, QUEL.

Cedric Chin October 07, 2020

Chartio limitations and top 5 alternatives

Update Mar 2021: If you're looking for a direct Chartio replacement upon their reecnt Atlassian acquisition, check out Holistics Chartio …

Khai To October 01, 2020
Business Intelligence

Top 5 Data Books To Read in 2020

Stuck at home during the pandemic? We give you Holistics's top five data books to read in 2020.

Cedric Chin September 30, 2020
Business Intelligence

Why is Data Analytics So Far Behind Software Engineering?

Why does data analytics and business intelligence lag behind the best practices and tooling of software? Two anecdotes and a theory.

Cedric Chin September 24, 2020
Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence Lessons from Softwar: A Portrait of Larry Ellison And Oracle

What we can learn from Softwar, a book about Larry Ellison's attempt to take over the enterprise software world.

Cedric Chin September 10, 2020
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