What Makes a 'Data Hero'? ‘Superheroes’ are figures like Superman or Spiderman who possess superior crime fighting abilities which they use to beat up the bad guys and benefit society around them. Following that line of thinking, a “Data [...]
Reporting for Management: BI-based Analytics It’s a typical complaint voiced by managers: “Why can’t I get the insight I need from my ERP reports?” To answer this question, you need to understand how standard ERP reporting works, and how [...]
DataSelf BI-based Reporting: Benefits . . . and BeneficiariesWhen evaluating the merits of BI-based Reporting™ software, it’s typical to consider the following questions:Why do you need it? (What business pains are you trying to address?)What does the software do?How does [...]
The Truth Hider: Uncovering Reporting's Single Version of the Truth If you look back upon the most notable ‘arch-villains’ who battled Batman, the one that seems most appropriate to criminally-bad reporting is The Riddler. Renamed – only slightly – [...]
The Superpowers that Create Data Heroes The moment was iconic. In the 1989 Batman Movie, Batman (played by Michael Keaton) rescues Vicki Vale (Kim Basinger) from the Joker (Jack Nicholson) using one of his utility belt tools. With [...]
DataSelf is Looking for more Data Geeks! (...We are hiring!) We are excited to announce that DataSelf is hiring! We are looking for Data Geeks to join our team in the following positions: Azure Synapse Analytics - Remote [...]
BI-based Reporting - Eye Opening Statistics At DataSelf, we LOVE data as much as you do – and we thought you might be interested to learn about some key trends in BI-based reporting. The following statistics are drawn [...]
Business Reporting: What do companies REALLY want? We recently surveyed both technical and non-technical staff regarding what they wanted to improve the most in their ERP system’s reporting module. The results of the survey were surprising – not [...]
The Lurking Legacy Data Monster, and what to do about it. Analysts calculate that a staggering 65% of all businesses either have adopted a new ERP system within the last 3 years or are considering adopting a new [...]
Business Intelligence Versus BI-Based Reporting "The Value of reports relies on the quality of your data." With the increased use of Business Intelligence tools over the past decade, people seem to have forgotten that as powerful as BI technology is, [...]