Have you ever needed data for a work or academic project? If so, are there any good sites on the internet where you can easily access data? I have had to complete several projects at work where I had to build reports in various BI tool (Qlik and PowerBI). I needed to...

Are you new to Power BI? If the answer is yes, where do you start to learn how to use it? There is a lot of useful information on the Internet, but how do you know if it is any good? Look no further, I have compiled a list of useful resources that I have used over the...

I have used Business Event Analysis and Modelling (BEAM*) many times at work over that last five years.  So, what makes it great and why do I use it time and again? First of all, I should explain what  BEAM* is. What is BEAM*? BEAM* is a flexible methodology allowing...

Importing data At OptimalBI we love to do cool sh!t with data. In my role in data analytics, I like to investigate new data presentation software and had the opportunity to use Amazon QuickSight to see what its data presentation capability was like. What is Amazon...

After having an opportunity to use Power BI at a client site, I thought it would be interesting to have a go at trying to create a Power BI report using Jira data. To access this data dynamically I chose to use the Jira REST Application Programme Interface (API)...