Business Intelligence
Slice n' Dice: A Self-Service Story
What self-service analytics is, and why it is important. Explained using a story of a pizza restaurant. If you enjoyed this comic …
Business Intelligence
Feature Release
Introducing Holistics AI: Your Thought Partner for Self-Service Analytics
We’re introducing a simpler, faster way to explore data in Holistics: you just need to chat with Holistics AI.
Business Intelligence
The Goldilocks Rule of Getting Data Driven
Have you ever played table tennis? Imagine you’re a recreational table tennis player. You’re not great, but you’re not …
Business Intelligence
The 4 Types of Data Scales
Numbers aren't all created equal; they fall into four distinct categories known as data scales. Understanding this, you'll learn how to handle each type correctly to make your data work for you.
Business Intelligence
The Self-Service Analytics Maturity Scorecard
The industry seems split on what "self-service analytics means". Benn Stancil suggests it's more of a "feeling, …
Business Intelligence
Metrics Deserve Better Composition Than What SQL Allows
If you have dabbled in the Software Engineering world, you may think this post is about the catchphrase: “Composition over Inheritance” and …
Data Modeling
Business Intelligence
The Three Types of Fact Tables
A concise tour of one of the basic components of Kimball dimensional data modeling. We explore the three types of fact tables, and then analyze why they have lasted the test of time.
Business Intelligence
4 levels of Analytics-as-Code
How did Analytics-as-Code evolve? We explain the history behind the movement, and present the 4 levels of analytics as code over the years.
Business Intelligence
You’re a Data Leader About to Get Laid Off. Here’s What You Can Do
As of this article’s publication, over 15,000 data and analytics professionals have been laid off since January 2022.* The job …
Business Intelligence
Death to Dashboards, Really?
Are dashboards really 'dead'? A response to a vendor trend that seems rather premature.
Business Intelligence
The Emotional Needs of Dashboarding
Treating your dashboards like a product means thinking about ALL of your user's needs — rational or otherwise.
Business Intelligence
Nailing An Analytics Interview Case Study: 10 Practical Strategies
10 practical tips/strategies I extracted myself when doing analytics case study as part of job interview process.
Business Intelligence
The Two Forms of Metrics: Interval vs Point
In actual business conversations, the metric's form is sometimes ignored and implicitly understood. Understanding this concept gives you much better clarity in dealing with metrics.
Business Intelligence
The Future Of Self-Service BI Is AI-Guided
What does the future of self-service business intelligence look like?
Business Intelligence
The skills chasm of the data analyst career
Why are so few data analysts get good at business problem-solving?
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