31 articles in this selection

2011/06/10

Demonstration of a QlikView clone coded in Excel 2003 and VBA.

2009/12/15

List of new features and improvements in BusinessObjects Xcelsius 2008 SP3.

2009/08/10

Building good dashboards isn't difficult, but it's an excellent marketing strategy. A few brainstorms.

2009/08/06

This article will focus on collecting and defining metrics and key performance indicators for executive and operational dashboards. While the techniques discussed here can be used across many different business intelligence requirements gathering efforts, the focus will be collecting and organizing business data into a format for effective dashboard design....

2009/07/17

Desktop-based Business Intelligence with SiSense Prism. Filter, visualize and query at a click of a mouse. Create sleek dashboards and secure interactive reports. Setup and deploy in minutes. Anyone can learn, use and share.

2009/07/08

The IT Dashboard provides the public with an online window into the details of Federal information technology investments and provides users with the ability to track the progress of investments over time. The IT Dashboard displays data received from agency reports to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), including general information on over 7,000 Federal IT investments and detailed data for nearly 800 of those investments that agencies classify as 'major.' The performance data used to track the 800 major IT investments is based on milestone information displayed in agency reports to OMB called 'Exhibit 300s.' Agency CIOs are responsible for evaluating and updating select data on a monthly basis, which is accomplished through interfaces provided on the website....

2009/07/06

Gallery of dashboards

2009/06/30

Enough complaining about the broken bits of Business Intelligence; it's time to highlight the things that are good and right in the industry. Like most industries, the renewal and innovation occurs at the fringe, beyond the comfort zone of established vendors. I've created five categories and a catch-all to capture the solutions and companies (not so much technologies) that are leading the next generation of Business Intelligence....

2009/06/26

With CDF's inclusion in pentaho, the user base has increased a lot. And I'm absolutely sure that the vast majority of the users that download Pentaho have no idea of what they can do with it. Looking back to 1 or 2 years ago the improvements have been huge; We can now develop Pentaho dashboards in 1/10th of the time, being able to focus on content, and not in technology. Still, I have to admit that it's still a steep learning curve to a new users. We are working on a set of samples/tutorials to make it easier for new users to understand how it works - from simple inputs to sparklines in dashboards....

2009/06/26

The Community Dashboard Framework has the goal to make the creation of dashboards using the Pentaho BI Platform as easy as possible.

2009/06/16

A set of free User Defined Functions for Excel to create Sparklines : the simple, intense, word-sized graphics invented by Edward Tufte.

2009/06/16

In this post, we are going to review 7 of the MS Excel Micro-charting Alternatives so that you have a good idea of finding the right micro charting tool for your purpose.

2009/06/16

Dashboard Spy reader Andreas Lipphardt of microcharts.net has been working on some nice excel dashboards that monitor website traffic and use sparklines to provide analysis. He kindly documented some of his excel dashboarding processes and has provided you Dashboard Spy readers with the main content of this post....

2009/06/16

I continue to be amazed by the dashboards being developed by our customers and partners to meet on going business needs. Across every industry and every organization, regardless of size, companies are able to consolidate information into a single, interactive dashboard view. Customers constantly ask me for examples of what other organizations have done, so I decided it was time to assemble a list of the best Xcelsius websites with samples....

2009/06/16

A new report by the Aberdeen Group finds, amongst other things, that companies that are actively using dashboards are able to gain visibility into the metrics that are driving their business are achieving drastically higher performance than their peers.

2009/06/11

The two terms - scorecards and dashboards - have a tendency to confuse, or rather get used interchangeably, but each brings a different set of capabilities. The sources of the confusion are: Both represent a way to track results, Both use traffic lights, dials, sliders and other visual aids, Both have targets, thresholds and alert messages, Both provide linkage or drill down to other metrics and reports....

2009/04/30

In many ways, a business intelligence dashboard is no different than the dashboard in your car. It keeps you informed of your car’s (read: business’) performance and alerts you when you’re running out of gas (read: money). In order to truly benefit your business, a great dashboard needs to be designed to meet four important criteria....

2008/10/21

This article provides tips on ways to display information in a way that is content rich. These methods display information in a way that enhances understanding, highlights important elements, and minimizes distractions.

2008/09/16

Event processing looks like the next big thing in IT, but Gartner analyst Roy Schulte says it comes in three varieties: low-latency BI dashboards, lower-latency Business Activity Monitoring (BAM), and ultra-low-latency complex event processing. Here's how to spot candidate apps, pick the right technology, and start with the right architecture....

2008/07/24

In the realm of data visualization, a great GUI can make all the difference. If content is king, an attractive and intuitive GUI is most certainly the queen.

2008/04/03

Much like Qlikview, but Java based.

2008/03/20

Competing ESP solutions help you navigate rushing rivers of information

2008/02/28

This is a series of posts where I’ll discuss the design of Excel dashboards. I’m starting by how to do it (you can also find 10 tips to improve your Excel dashboard or reviews like this; I’ll keep adding more stuff to this series).

2008/02/20

Something that is often overlooked in report and dashboard development is proper graphical design. When handed a set of tools that is loaded with options, builders often go overboard with whizz-bang 3D charts and fancy gauges that use lots of screen real...

2008/02/08

2008/01/07

Google Analytics helps you find out what keywords attract your most desirable prospects, what advertising copy pulled the most responses, and what landing pages and content make the most money for you.

2008/01/07

Perceptual Edge focuses on the tools and techniques of visual business intelligence to help you make better use of your valuable information assets.

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2008/01/05

Pentaho Corporation provides a full spectrum of open source Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities including reporting, analysis, dashboards, data mining, data integration, and a BI platform that have made it the world's most popular open source BI suite...