Analysis is deeply embedded in organisations; all accountants expect some level of analysis from you, even if it is as simple as “Total Monthly Sales”. The open secret of the analytics industry is that those “What happened” or Descriptive Analytics will never go away. In fact, they will continue to make up the vast majority...Read More

Scrooge became vaguely aware of the inside his eyelids being lit up as the sun shone through the window. As he lifted his head from his pillow, he wondered what on earth might happen next. He wasn’t sure whether he’d been asleep or actually on some wild escapade it had all felt so vivid. He...Read More

Ebeneezer is visited by the ghosts of Data Present and Data Future, but will their insight help to change his ways?[/caption] Apparently, today was a good day; sitting in her stunningly minimalist office, the only thing that disturbed her was the steady flash of lights as the computers processed people’s requests. Life was great, no...Read More

Ebeneezer sat there rubbing his hands with glee as the phone rang off the hook. “Hello, Ebeneezer’s taxis… name, where from, where too?” Rather than chancing their arm, people seemed to like that a taxi would turn up right on time, just for them. He also liked that he got to have minimum exchange with...Read More

When I decided I wanted to start a Power Platform Consultancy, I was doing it with very mixed feelings. Across my career I have worked with many of the big consulting firms as well as smaller consulting firms. I have had mixed experiences, and one of the things I wanted to make sure was that...Read More

Intelligent use of time implies wisdom, so when we talk about time intelligence patterns, what does it mean and how can we apply it to our analysis? Time Intelligence is the practice of applying your calendar or time dimension to your measures. Think about your sales, understanding the value of a sale is great and...Read More

Ask any experienced Data Professional, “What’s the most important table in Analytics?” They will all tell you the same table, but with many different names. “Dates”, “Calendar” and “DimDates”… to name a few. The Calendar in Analytics is so important because most report packs have an element of comparison across dates. The converse of that...Read More

The last three weeks have been introductions for many into the world of what is needed to achieve business success as far as your data is concerned. This topic is one where the certainties are normally the legal limits of what you can do. In other words, it can be a tricky landscape to navigate....Read More

What kind of environment have you been cultivating at work, how is your data literacy? Are you aware of the rationale behind the data your organisation collects, why and how? What do you understand about your data? If we take the term improving the health of your data culture, have you any idea of the...Read More

Ethics, its massive, it’s a word that is on everybody’s lips. It implies fairness and justice, equality. Ethics is – “the philosophical discipline concerned with what is morally good and bad and morally right and wrong”, so it intersects hugely with values and bias. Remember morals are defined by values and values are defined by...Read More