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BI Cubed: Data Lineage on OLAP Anyone?

Octopai

How much time has your BI team wasted on finding data and creating metadata management reports? However, over time new technologies and tools developed to ease data reporting and analysis. This is how the Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) cube was born, which you might call one of the grooviest BI inventions developed in the 70s.

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Navigating Data Entities, BYOD, and Data Lakes in Microsoft Dynamics

Jet Global

Consultants and developers familiar with the AX data model could query the database using any number of different tools, including a myriad of different report writers. The SQL query language used to extract data for reporting could also potentially be used to insert, update, or delete records from the database.

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Understanding Data Entities in Microsoft Dynamics 365

Jet Global

For organizations considering a move to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management (D365 F&SCM), or for those in the early stages of an implementation project, defining a clear strategy for curating data is a key to developing a comprehensive approach to reporting and analytics. What Are Data Entities?

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Prevent Customer Churn: Customer Retention in the Transition to Microsoft D365 F&SCM

Jet Global

You might measure those costs in different ways, including actual dollars and cents, staff time, added complexity, and risk. There are numerous soft costs involving risk and potential business disruption. Reporting as a Key Cost-driver. In other words, switching costs are not just about money.

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Financial Intelligence vs. Business Intelligence: What’s the Difference?

Jet Global

A new paradigm in reporting and analysis is emerging. There was always a delay between the events being recorded in financial systems (for example, the purchase of a product or service) and the ability to put that information in context and draw useful conclusions from it (for example, a weekly sales report).

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2019 Highlights in Metadata Management

Octopai

What a flashback to see all that we’ve achieved this year in data governance, risk and compliance, data analysis and reporting. Expanded our support of Microsoft OLAP cube , an innovative open-source feat. Metadata is everywhere and its success depends on deploying the right resources for its management.

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CCPA 2020: Getting Your Data Landscape Ready

Octopai

Octopai’s metadata discovery and management suite provides visualization tools that empower you to see and report everything about sensitive customer data. You can evaluate and mitigate compliance risks. You can’t do this easily without automated data lineage tools. Not Yet CCPA Compliant? On the Horizon: Federal Data Privacy Law. .