Viva Insights In the ever-changing landscape of work, having data-driven intelligence is paramount for individuals, managers, and leaders. Viva Insights takes signals from across M365, Exchange, and teams and uses them to identify trends. From those trends, MS applies a ton of workplace insights gleaned from academic and hands-on research to derive from that data […]
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Azure Databricks – Capacity Planning for optimum Spark Cluster
Overview: Today the terminology “Data Analytics” becomes a buzz across all industries & enterprises. Every organization strongly believes Data Analytics greatly helps to get insight & accelerate the business strategies in order to grow & lead in their fast and ever-changing markets. Azure Databricks: Azure Databricks is a data analytics platform optimized for the Microsoft […]
IBM Cloud Pak for Data- Data Science MLOPS
IBM Cloud Pak for Data- Data Science MLOPS: I have been Learning, exploring and working on IBM MLOPS for Data Science and wanted to share my learning and experience here about IBM’s Cloud services and how they are integrated under one umbrella named IBM Cloud Pak for Data. First, let’s understand what IBM Cloud Pak […]
COGNOS IS BACK!
Setup: This article is for those of you who like me, have lamented and long suffered the downturn that Cognos endured beginning with the introduction of Cognos 11.0.2 in May 2016. To set the stage, I led the first global implementation of Cognos 10 in 2010. I was a Cognos evangelist. I appeared with then […]
Analytics with Incorta using 3rd Party Tools
Incorta provides a comprehensive platform for data Acquisition, Data Enrichment, and Data Visualization. It can be a one-stop for all your data needs, but it can also be combined with other BI Visualization tools to enhance the experience even further. Incorta provides a Postgres connection to connect other 3rd party Visualization tools like Power BI, […]
Appian World 2022 and Intelligent Document Processing (IDP)
This is the final post in a series covering the new products released to the public by Appian during Appian World 2022. Read the second blog here. Appian Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) Every day organizations must sort through numerous documents to find specific data they need to start a task or to influence business […]
[Vlog] Perficient + Lokavant: Proactive Clinical Trial Operations
Param Singh: Hello, everyone. My name is Param Singh, and I’m the director of the clinical operations solution practice here at Perficient life sciences. And I want to welcome everyone to today’s video session where we’re going to give an intro to the value of the Lokavant platform and get a chance to briefly see […]
Demystifying the Journey to Enabling Analytics in the Cloud: Gateway to Innovation 2022 Recap
On May 4th, IT professionals from around the region gathered in St. Louis to attend the 2022 Gateway to Innovation conference. The conference provides a unique opportunity for attendees to network, learn, and gain inspiration from regional successes and national speakers. With over 1,500 attendees, Gateway to Innovation is the region’s premier single-day event […]
Why Implement Incorta Analytics for Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP Reporting?
Oracle Cloud ERP offers several built-in tools for reporting. While native reporting tools like Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI) and Oracle BI Publisher are well-suited for specific types of operational reporting, they do have limitations when it comes to performing complex and enterprise-wide reporting. It is therefore crucial to complement the Oracle Cloud ERP application […]
Appian World, New Products Released and Takeaways
This is a series covering the new products released to the public by Appian during Appian World 2022. Appian World is a place where businesses and technology leaders can connect, share ideas, learn about innovative business solutions, listen to featured speaker Malala Yousafzai, and hear about new products on the market from Appian. […]
A tour of PowerQuery’s M language
In a previous post, I introduced PowerQuery and demonstrated how to perform various SQL-like operations. This article gives a tour of PowerQuery’s M language that underlies each query. let and in If you select a query and click on the “Advanced Editor” button in the Home tab, you’ll see something like this: This is the […]
Data exploration with PowerQuery
Microsoft’s PowerQuery is a neat tool that allows one to perform SQL-like operations on Excel tables. When investigating a database, I actually prefer using PowerQuery over raw SQL for a couple reasons: PowerQuery displays result sets that are much easier to look at than the a typical SQL plaintext result set. It’s easy to immediately […]