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The Complete Digital Analytics Ecosystem: How To Win Big

Occam's Razor

We can start to create some lovely music, and it will come via the use of custom reports – one of my favourite features in any digital analytics tool. Notice I did not say standard reports, those barely cross the bar of data puking. I said custom reports. So, demand custom reports even on day one if you can.

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Ten Hidden Gems In Google Analytics: Do Smarter Web Data Analysis!

Occam's Razor

I recommend that periodically you gather folks around you for lunch, pull up Adobe Analytics on the big screen in the conference room, let each person expose one hidden report or feature. In that context, Real-Time reports are an impressive feat of engineering by the team at Google. There is a difference between reporting and analysis.

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Move Beyond Excel, PowerPoint And Static Business Reporting with Powerful Interactive Dashboards

datapine

In essence, in this post, we will explain all the details needed for dashboard reporting and creation, compare interactive vs. static reporting, and provide tips and tricks to make your business perform even better. Interactive Dashboards vs. Static Reporting. With modern reporting tools , there is no need to do so.

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It's Not The Ink, It's The Think: 6 Effective Data Visualization Strategies

Occam's Razor

Ten years, and the 944,357 words, are proof that I love purposeful data, collecting it, pouring smart strategies into analyzing it, and using the insights identified to transform organizations. Too many bars, inside them too many slices, odd color choices, all end up with this question: what the heck's going on here?

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Web Analytics 101: Definitions: Goals, Metrics, KPIs, Dimensions, Targets

Occam's Razor

Metrics almost always appear in columns in a report / excel spreadsheet. I might use other metrics in my reports, say Visits or # of Videos Watched or whatever. It is rare, even with the best intentions, that you'll create targets for all the metrics you'll report on. This is a crude way to think about it but.

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Empowering Analysis Ninjas? 12 Signs To Identify A Data Driven Culture

Occam's Razor

12: Almost all reporting is off custom reports. #11: 7: 25% of all analytical effort is dedicated to data visualization/enhancing data's communicative power. #6: 6: All automated reports are turned off on a random day/week/month each quarter to assess use/value. #5: Reporting Squirrels vs. Analysis Ninjas.

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What Is Embedded Analytics?

Jet Global

But many companies fail to achieve this goal because they struggle to provide the reporting and analytics users have come to expect. that gathers data from many sources. These tools prep that data for analysis and then provide reporting on it from a central viewpoint. These reports are critical to making decisions.