Analytics

In this Blog Post we will see methods of writing Spark DataFrame into tables and creating views, for essential tasks for data processing and analysis. Before diving into this blog have a look at my other blog posts discussing about creating the DataFrame and manipulating the DataFrame. Creating DataFrame: https://blogs.perficient.com/2024/01/10/spark-scala-approaches-toward-creating-dataframe/ Manipulating DataFrame: https://blogs.perficient.com/2024/02/15/spark-dataframe-basic-methods/ Dataset: The […]

A common symptom of organizations operating at suboptimal performance is when there is a prevalent challenge of dealing with data fragmentation. The fact that enterprise data is siloed within disparate business and operational systems is not the crux to resolve, since there will always be multiple systems. In fact, businesses must adapt to an ever-growing […]

Oracle Fusion HCM Analytics, a part of Oracle Fusion Data Intelligence Platform (DIP) (earlier known as Fusion Analytics Warehouse), equips various management levels with deep insights to effectively manage the workforce across the organization. DIP is to the most part a ready-to-use data and analytics solution that is typically implemented in a matter of weeks. […]

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the promise of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) looms large, offering enticing opportunities for innovation, efficiency, and growth. However, alongside its transformative potential, AI brings with it a host of complexities and challenges that can give even the most seasoned executives pause. A majority of organizations are not fully embracing […]

As we’re all aware, generative AI has come to revolutionize our lives, our daily routines, and particularly the way we work. It’s as simple as choosing your preferred AI assistant and integrating it into your everyday tasks. Major companies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and OpenAI are in a race to develop increasingly precise AI systems […]

In the current digital era, every business is bound to have a website to scale its business. Hence it becomes very important and crucial for a business owner to understand how users interact with a website. Why is it important to understand how the user engages with a website? Business owners need to understand user […]

Perficient is at the forefront of managing and developing applications for numerous clients in the healthcare sector. This article focuses on pharmacy benefits management (PBM) organizations, including: Challenges faced by PBMs Value PBMs provide How Perficient leverages its talent pool of business analysts, developers, architects, and process managers to provide technical solutions to address industry […]

The Essence of a Metric Store: A metric store is a centralized repository designed explicitly for managing metrics definitions and data. Sitting snugly between your upstream data warehouses and downstream business applications, this innovative layer fundamentally transforms how metrics are handled. It’s a pivotal component in a headless BI architecture, enabling metrics to be defined […]

Now that the dust has settled, the team has had the chance to Re:flect on the events and announcements of AWS re:Invent 2023. Dominating the conversation was the advancement and capabilities of Generative AI across several AWS Services, while not losing sight on the importance of application modernization and cloud migration. Perficient walked away with […]

Getting started in the “Headless BI” (Business Intelligence) world can be an exciting and transformative journey for any organization. If you’re new to this concept, don’t worry! This post will guide you through the basics and offer practical steps to kickstart your Headless BI journey. Understanding Headless BI Firstly, let’s demystify the term. Headless BI […]

On Operational projects that involves heavy data volume load on a daily basis, there’s a need to monitor the DB Disk Space availability. Over a period of time, the size grows occupying the disk space. While there are best practices to handle the size by adopting strategies of Purge for outdated data and add buffer/temp/data/log […]

Often there’s a need to monitor the OS Disk Drive Space availability with the Drive holding ETL operational files (log, cache, temp, bad files etc.). Over a period of time, the # of files grows occupying the disk space. While there are best practices to limit the # of operational files and clear them from […]