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Decoding Data Analyst Job Description: Skills, Tools, and Career Paths

FineReport

Data analysts leverage four key types of analytics in their work: Prescriptive analytics: Advising on optimal actions in specific scenarios. Diagnostic analytics: Uncovering the reasons behind specific occurrences through pattern analysis. Descriptive analytics: Assessing historical trends, such as sales and revenue.

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Five Steps for Building a Successful BI Strategy

Sisense

And every business – regardless of the industry, product, or service – should have a data analytics tool driving their business. As the Global Team Lead of BI Consultants at Sisense, I can say that the projects I’ve worked on where a BI strategy was involved, were more successful than projects without a strategy.

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What Is Embedded Analytics?

Jet Global

Their dashboards were visually stunning. In turn, end users were thrilled with the bells and whistles of charts, graphs, and dashboards. When visualizations alone aren’t enough to set an application apart, is there still a way for product teams to monetize embedded analytics? Yes—but basic dashboards won’t be enough.