Business Intelligence Holistics: Data Analytics for the App Generation We live in the age of apps — and therefore, the age of data. This presents us with an unparalleled opportunity for data analytics, as well as an unparalleled challenge! Here's how to not get left behind.
Business Intelligence When Should You Get a Data Warehouse? Occasionally, we get asked “when should we consider getting a data warehouse?”. The answer is a lot simpler than you think!
Business Intelligence Top 5 Affordable and Open-source Alternatives to Looker in 2019 Looking for the best affordable and open-source alternatives to Looker? We take a look at the top 5 Looker alternatives.
Business Intelligence When Measuring Performance, Find Lines in the Sand One of the most useful ideas from the 2013 book Lean Analytics is the notion of 'lines in the sand' — concrete values that tell you how well you're doing on a metric that matters.
Business Intelligence Lean Analytics Part 2: The Stages of a Data Driven Startup In Part 2 of our summary of Lean Analytics, we cover the five stages of a data driven startup, and the book's tips for creating a data-driven culture in your company.
Business Intelligence Lean Analytics Part 1: An Introduction to Analytical Thinking In the first part of our comprehensive summary of Lean Analytics, we examine the basics of analytical thinking, explore six startup business models, and examine the metrics that matter the most to each.
Business Intelligence The Two Types of Operating Indicators In operational analytics, you're either looking at a leading indicator, or you're looking at a lagging trend indicator. Here's why this particular categorisation is so useful.
Business Intelligence Beware What You Measure: The Principle of Pairing Indicators When you're implementing company-wide analytics, it's easy to fall into the trap of measuring only one metric. Don't. The principle of pairing indicators is why.
Business Intelligence A Quick Way To Get On Top Of Your Company’s Data: Create a Spreadsheet-Based Data Dictionary! A data dictionary is a document that assists you in navigating your team's mountain of data. We show you how to create a spreadsheet-based data dictionary with Excel and dbdiagram.io.
Data at Work How Data Analytics Helps MyanLearn’s Operations: Holistics Data Platform (Guest Post) As we are still a very small startup, we do not have a dedicated data team but we want to democratize data access. Holistics plays a big role in our company by providing visualization and reporting features via connecting with our database.
