Posts Tagged ‘Cross-Functional BI’

What Is Data Governance? What is Data Governance? Sometimes it is easier to describe what something is by describing what it is not. This is the approach we will take when describing Data Governance. Data Governance is not: BI Governance because BI Governance deals with an organizations BI Architecture, standards and prioritization requirements. Internet Governance […]

The last in the series about Data Discovery tools discusses the current product offerings.Links to previous posts in the series. (Visual) Data Discovery ( Beauty or a Beast ? ) Data Discovery – Part 2 – Use Cases Lets look at the features that are most useful for a data discovery platform and then identify […]

I recently had the opportunity to work with a client who were facing some trouble with their overall  BI vision, because the data warehouse solution was not mature in the organization and the company’s new 3rd party applications for Call Center and CRM software brings an integrated BI stack with them. The Problem Because of […]

I recently came across couple of articles in AllthingsD where two C level executives have put forth their point of view on what is more critical to business (More data or better algorithms?). I believe since this is a BI blog, we might as a group be more inclined towards the more data argument than […]

This is part 2 of the 3 part series on Mobile BI trends and implementation strategy. Last post discussed the mobile implementation strategies for organizations. This one shifts focus to the current trends in mobile BI. The next post would focus on the current landscape and key product capabilities. The below diagram describes the hype […]

The last of the 4 part BigData trends. This post covers the role of in-memory analytics and some tools that are being used. What is In-Memory Analytics? To put it simple: Performing analysis on the memory/RAM. Flash memory’s price is decreasing  and the RAM can store Terabyte-size datasets. And since 64 bit processors can address […]

This is part 3 of the Big Data Trends i have been covering the past couple of weeks. I covered the changes to the traditional ETL solutions that are increasingly being used in enterprises ( stream processing ). This part covers yet another trend in Big Data. Open source statistical programming and Crowd sourced data […]

In continuation with my previous post on Big Data Trends, I would like to reference couple of Stream processing solutions that are able to process huge volumes of data with low latency. These solutions address the shortcomings of the traditional ETL delivery mechanism. ETL shortcomings ETL and message queue systems address offline reporting and batch […]

Introduction My first blog in nearly 2 years with Perficient. I have been watching this space for a while and have been wondering for some time about potentials topics to blog. I have decided to initially focus my blogs on some interesting Business Analytics technologies which are discussed infrequently. ( Data mining, Predictive Analytics, Text […]

Data model patterns identify common model structures and define how they should look and interact with other parts of the model.  PowerDesigner can assist in this process by automating the setup of objects (tables, columns, mappings) based on the pattern to be applied and ensuring consistency through the use of custom model checks. Stereotypes Anyone […]

In its most basic form, deploying a data model means simply applying the model directly to a database via ODBC or a DDL script.  But that neglects much of that value in your model beyond the physical structure. Here are the steps in our model deployment process.  We’ve scripted these in the build tool, but […]

Here’s a few utility scripts I’ve developed to aid in your XEM scripting: Scope Many functions, especially members of ExtensibleObject, require the “scope” or code of the XEM be included when referencing extended attributes, methods, collections, etc.  I’ve added these lines to the global script section as a helper: ‘ Extension navigation. All references to […]