Building performant reports is a critical aspect of data analysis and presentation. With the increasing amount of data generated every day, it’s essential to have reports that are not only informative but also fast and reliable. Here are some tips to help you build performant reports: ▪Overall ▪If it is slow in the data source,...Continue reading
Data visualization is an essential aspect of data analysis, as it provides an effective way of communicating insights and findings to a wide audience. The market is overflowing with several data visualization tools, and it can be challenging to choose the right one. In this article, we will compare three popular data visualization tools: Power...Continue reading
Spotfire is a powerful tool for businesses to unlock the full potential of their data. With its intuitive user interface and wide range of features, it offers a comprehensive solution for data analysis and visualization. In this blog, we will take a closer look at what Spotfire is and how it can help organizations to...Continue reading
Connecting to Snowflake using Azure AD SSO (Single Sign-On) from the Alteryx ODBC driver can be a bit tricky, but with the right steps, it is definitely doable. In this blog post, we will walk through the process of setting up SSO with Snowflake and Alteryx, so that you can easily connect to your Snowflake...Continue reading
DBeaver is a popular open-source database management tool that allows you to connect to various database systems, including Snowflake / AzureAD. This blog post, will show you how to connect DBeaver to Snowflake / AzureAD. Connecting to Snowflake: Launch DBeaver and click on the “New Connection” button in the toolbar. In the “New Connection” wizard,...
The Snowflake UI’s History tab is a great tool for basic monitoring and viewing your query history. However, if you’re looking for more detailed information, you may want to consider querying the Query_History view directly or using Snowflake‘s dedicated Information Schema table functions. These functions, known as QUERY_HISTORY_BY_*, allow you to retrieve information based on...Continue reading
Power BI is a powerful tool that allows users to create and share interactive reports, dashboards, and other data visualizations. However, sometimes users may encounter a problem when trying to toggle a report to be included in an app. Specifically, the ‘Include in App’ column may be greyed out, preventing the user from including the...Continue reading
We are generating more and more data all the time, but if you can’t use that data to make better decisions you are wasting it. The decisions that work well with analytics, then, are those that are made repeatedly, allow for some time to do the analysis, and are important enough to justify an investment....Continue reading
Business intelligence (BI) is a set of techniques, tools, and processes that organizations use to analyze and interpret data from various sources. The goal of BI is to provide businesses with insights that can help them make better decisions and improve their operations. If you ask any business intelligence expert about business intelligence architecture, they...Continue reading
It is important to effectively communicate data and insights to stakeholders, including employees, investors, and customers. This is especially true when dealing with large data sets, as they can be overwhelming and difficult to understand. That’s where info-graphic representation comes in. Info-graphic representation, or the use of visual elements such as charts, graphs, and maps,...Continue reading