What is a data warehouse?
What is a data warehouse, and when do you need one? There’s many uses for data warehouses but I’m gonna talk about when we need to use them for dashboards 📊. Usually it’s when the software you want to connect…
Why have a dashboard?
It’s either expected, or unexpected, I can’t decide which, but this is one of the most common questions I get asked!. My dashboard partner, Klipfolio, addressed this question in a good post recently. I’ve pulled out the summary below, you…
What’s the difference between Power BI and Klipfolio?
When using Power BI or Klipfolio as a business dashboard these are biggest differences: Klipfolio refreshes your data more often, starting at 1 hour, with 30 minutes, 15 minute and up to the minute data options also available. Power BI…
Aligning & Engaging your team
I was recently at a seminar when the topic of aligning and engaging your team came up. One golden nugget of advice was that alignment comes through having shared goals. Those shared goals must be communicated to your team as…
What we’ve been learning: My SQL
Wellington High School have an excellent adult education program and I was lucky enough to attend a My SQL course presented by the very knowledgeable and talented Bruno Ferreira. I appreciated that whatever question you asked him he not only…
How To Make Browsing LinkedIn a Joy
Hands up if you find LinkedIn an inspiring place to browse that helps your business and personal goals in real tangible ways! What, you don’t? Read on to find out how to fix that. The problem is YOU Yes, OK…
What we’ve been learning: Delivering Data-driven Insights
Last week I attended a 2 day course at Victoria University Business School. The course was for “data professionals tasked with delivering insights from data to others” which sums up what I do very well! It was a high level…