How to Pick the Best KPIs to Exploit Self-Service BI

By | Self-Service BI
Pick the best KPIs for your business to reveal actionable data through self-service business intelligence.How do you get actionable data out of your datasets using self-service business intelligence? You’ll need to know what questions to ask, and for that, it’s necessary to understand the organization’s key metrics.

Businesses collect all kinds of data that they need to analyze. Without the right tools, only a data scientist could determine what data to use, analyze it and then format it for delivery to decision makers. Businesses now use self-service business intelligence software to deliver actionable data to users for analysis to reveal insights.

But you still need to know what data to use and to determine that you need to pick the right Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). These key metrics allow end users to assess the situation then make decisions based upon them. Read More

Sensor Data Expands Possibilities for Business Intelligence

By | Industry Trends, Self-Service BI

Businesses collect data with sensors and scanners, utilizing self-service BI to analyze that data for insight.In the past to track a product from the warehouse to the customer, kept track by filling out forms on clipboards that were coupled with spotty end user records. Today those workers might hold a smartphone or tablet to do the job. By installing sensors, including cameras and RFID tags, that data might even get entered into a database automatically. Workers and managers can track everything on shelves and use self-service BI tools to draw insight from analysis of the data. Read More