6 Factors to consider in a self-service BI tool
Data analytics over the past few years have been democratised and made accessible to everyone. You no longer have to acquire special skills just to be able...
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Are you a slave to your SmartList?
SmartLists are great, aren't they...SmartLists are a powerful tool in Microsoft Dynamics GP. Their ability to take you straight in to the detail you require,...
Survive and Thrive with budget planning and BI software
Organisations are constantly in the battle to improve the use of resources in what can be described as the survive and thrive pendulum. On one...
Power BI for medical research institutes
A complex web of income streamsImagine a business where some income can be allocated for any purpose and other income must be allocated for specific...
What is Lineage View in Power BI?
Lineage view is a feature within the Power BI Service which gives a single relational view of all the data and visual building blocks of...
Power BI Feature Focus: Load Data from a Folder Source
What is the Load Data from a Folder Source feature in Power BI?The Load Data from a Folder Source feature allows you to combine multiple...
5 free resources to help you learn Power BI
Organisations are increasingly leaning on data analytics and visualisation tools to help them navigate the forever changing business landscape. Power BI helps businesses uncover insights from data to understand what happened, why it happened, and plan the...
The Power BI approach to surfacing Analytical Accounting data in Dynamics GP
The Analytical Accounting (AA) module within Microsoft Dynamics GP enables the setup of dimensions to analyse financial data beyond the general ledger accounts, without having...
Power BI Feature Focus: Natural Language Q&A
What is the Natural language Q&A feature in Power BI?The Natural language Q&A feature in Power BI allows you to type your question in the...
Business Forecasting: How to avoid tripping on the Black Swan
One might suggest that finding the end of a rainbow is easier than the task of predicting the future. However, with each business planning cycle,...
7 signs Excel is a budget planning liability
In a previous blog, we discussed just why Excel is now a liability to your budget, planning, and management reporting process, including providing an example...
When does Excel become a liability to business planning?
Imagine a successful and growing organisation who have used an Excel model to construct their annual budget plan for many years. However, in the past...