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Category Archives: BI At Large
Medicare Advantage Enrollment Dashboard
About a month ago, my colleague, Josh Tapley (http://data-ink.com/) and I set out to build an Xcelsius based BI application. Our goals were to demonstrate the capabilities of the technology, when combined with some fundamental data warehousing and BI techniques … Continue reading
An Elegant Solution to a BI Problem
My wife thought it was strange that I got excited when I looked at the cash register receipt as we left the shoe store. Usually a receipt is the beginning of a discussion about why we spent more than we … Continue reading
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Would you pick strong planning or strong execution for your BI project?
If you had to choose, would you pick strong planning or strong execution for your BI project? Any project can be thought of along the lines of planning and execution. BI projects are of course no exception. Some projects emphasize … Continue reading
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Shana Tova
Today is the first day of the Jewish Year 5772 (תשע״ב). Last night, we celebrated Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New year. The Jewish calendar is lunar based, not solar based, which is why it is not “aligned” with the civil, … Continue reading
Navigation and context in your BI implementation
I wrote about the importance of navigation in any BI application, whether it is a report or a complex dashboard, in various prior posts. Recently, i realized that discussing navigation without mention of context is incomplete. When talking about context … Continue reading
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Charting the future of gambling in Massachusetts
As someone who lives in Massachusetts, near Boston, i had mixed feelings today about the House approval for casino gambling. On the one hand, i am certainly hopeful about the introduction of a new industry into the area. The expected … Continue reading
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Tagged Mass Casino Law, Xcelsius animation, Xcelsius randomized Series
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If you build it – people will come?
In the 1989 phenomenal hit Field Of Dreams, Kevin Costner’s character, Ray Kinsella, hears a voice instructing him to build a baseball field. Later on in the movie, James Earl Jones, who plays Terence Mann, tells Ray Kinsella “If you … Continue reading
Can Cognos fraud detection software detect Cognos fraud?
I’ve been following the media coverage of the Cognos bribery case with the Massachusetts speaker of the house, Sal DiMasi, with great curiosity. Dimasi was recently convicted. But, what strike me as being very interesting is how IBM was able … Continue reading
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Tagged Cognos fraud, IBM fraud, Massachusetts speaker of the house, Sal Dimasi
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Mobile BI to replace reports push model
I first published this post on Technorati as Mobile BI to Replace Reports Push Model BI Content is typically distributed in either a push model or a pull model. In a traditional pull model, content is generated on the BI … Continue reading
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Tagged BI, Business Intelligence, Dashboards, Mobile BI, Mobile Business Intelligence, Reports
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