by Alison Rowe | Nov 21, 2019 | Analytics, Business Intelligence, Open Data |
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...
by Alison Rowe | Nov 5, 2019 | Business Intelligence, Microsoft |
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...
by Alison Rowe | Oct 31, 2019 | Business Intelligence, Training |
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...
by Alison Rowe | Oct 10, 2019 | Qlik Sense |
In recent weeks I have been writing training material for an introductory course for Qlik Sense Cloud. The training course is aimed at business users. It teaches the basic data discovery capabilities available in the Qlik Sense Cloud application. It also gets users...
by Alison Rowe | Jul 23, 2019 | Amazon Web Services, Business Intelligence |
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...