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Too Big for Excel? An Alternative for Analysis

Dataiku

With 1 terabyte hard drives available by "fit" I mean it's too big to process on your laptop. The term means many things to many people. The best definition I've heard is data that won't fit on your laptop.

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A Guide To Starting A Career In Business Intelligence & The BI Skills You Need

datapine

This all-encompassing branch of online data analysis is a particularly interesting field because its roots are firmly planted in two separate areas: business strategy and computer science. There is so much flexibility and variety when doing BI that other IT-related paths seem too bland or streamlined for my liking.”.

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Better Know a Visualization: Understanding Parallel Coordinates Charts

Juice Analytics

Jon Peltier’s chart of baseball players below offers a simple example in Excel. This isn’t too surprising as parallel coordinate charts can become very dense and difficult to comprehend. The big picture can be seen in the patterns of lines; individual lines can be highlighted to see detailed performance of specific data elements.

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A Complete Guide to Creating Stunning Data Reports

FineReport

Every day you receive various requirements from the business department, do data collection, analysis, and presentation, and make a lot of reports with all your energy. Using Excel to make reports is easy to get stuck, and data changes frequently and it is easy to cause problems. Its designer is modeled after Excel.

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Reporting Solutions: A Complete Guide

FineReport

For most companies, the staffs spend 50% time on data collection, 30% time on checking and approving the data, 15% time on developing and publishing the reports, and 5% on business analysis. However, it is evident that the value of data collection for business decisions is minimal, but the value of data analysis is the greatest.

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Financial planning & budgeting: Navigating the Budgeting Paradox

IBM Big Data Hub

Why budgeting feels like a marathon Just like marathon training takes months of preparation, crafting a budget involves a lot of data collection, metrics analysis, resource allocation and collaboration. When the budgeting process takes too long, the data it’s based on might become less relevant.

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The People’s Data Catalog: Alation Featured as Top Choice in Eckerson’s Latest Report

Alation

The Behavioral Analysis Engine (BAE) observes how people use data to better serve them. Analysts and knowledge workers alike have more time to spend on analysis and the kinds of challenging tasks they find rewarding and meaningful. Where do those suggestions come from? The result? Data Governance: Access with Compliance Guidance.