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Power BI Learning Resources
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...
New Zealand premiere of Data Science Pioneers documentary
Join us for the first public screening of this documentary in New Zealand. Cut through the hype and see what is means to be a data scientist. Featuring our very own Shaun McGirr, now Head of Data Science and Business Intelligence at Cox Automotive UK, this one hour...
4 reasons why BEAM* is great for those who work with data
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...
Electric Garden: My First IoT Device
Probably you know that our boss Victoria supports many digital initiatives across New Zealand. One day she has shared with us one of the latest Digital Future Aotearoa initiative called Electric Garden. This is an Internet of Things solution for garden monitoring...
Foghorn is back in Wellington this summer! But where else should it go?
Last summer we brought you Foghorn, an email notification service which lets you know when a cruise ship is due in Wellington harbour. Well, it's back this summer too! You should have received some notifications in the last week or so if you're already signed up, but...
How To Index With SAS
We like making life a little bit easier here at OptimalBI and one of the ways we have found to do that is by making quick how to guides. The standard text bullet point style guides isn’t what we do, we do cool sh!t. Below is a guide we have on the SAS function Index....
Qlik NPrinting – What is it?
A lot of Qlik Sense customers I interact with have heard of NPrinting, yet never had the opportunity to see it in action so I thought it would be great to put together a blog on what NPrinting is, and how it can help! What is NPrinting? NPrinting is an add-on which...
Qlik Sense Training – building a demonstration app
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...
It’s Ada Lovelace day – and we should all know more about this amazing woman
Earlier this year in a Christchurch auditorium packed with girls, their mothers, fathers and brothers - I learned just what a big deal Ada Lovelace was from the live performance show ADA ADA ADA. And WOW what a show it was. Employing the power of a programmable LED...
How to Count with SAS
We like making life a little bit easier here at OptimalBI and one of the ways we have found to do that is by making quick how to guides. The standard text bullet point style guides isn’t what we do, we do cool sh!t. Below is a guide we have on the SAS function Count....