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Category: Business Analytics

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Developing your first Analytics app in Tableau CRM

3 Dec 2021
I am excited to have completed the draft copy of my book, Creating Actionable Insights Using TableauCRM, which will be launched on December 29 of this year. As a teaser, I wanted…
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Are you confused about Einstein, Tableau, and TableauCRM? Read this:

31 Oct 202031 Oct 2020
If you're like me, you had a "What in the world!?" moment when Salesforce announced the renaming of Einstein Analytics as TableauCRM. Whoa! As if people weren't confused enough already,…
Business Analytics

Tableau or Einstein Analytics – which is best for you?

20 Jun 202022 Jun 2020
It's all about getting value from data – right? Sounds simple, but one of the many challenges faced in this quest is the plethora of Business Intelligence (BI) tools available…
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Do your Salesforce reports live in spreadsheets?

8 Apr 20208 Apr 2020
Here is an all-too-common scenario for businesses and organisations which have their precious data stored in Salesforce: Step 1: Data analyst runs 25 Salesforce reports – based upon various objects,…
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Riding the Analytics Wave

15 Feb 202015 Feb 2020
I was stuck. While building out Salesforce Financial Services Cloud for InFusion360, I was knee-deep in reports and dashboards. Talking about being a data-driven organisation is easy – becoming one is…
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The Ten Commandments of Dashboard Design

22 Jun 201929 Jan 2020
1. Thou shalt tell a story with thy data Great analytics tell a story. The data speaks to the consumer, informing them, and empowering them to make smart decisions. Here…
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How to build FABULOUS analytics dashboards

13 Apr 201913 Apr 2019
In 2004 Stephen Few, a data visualization expert, wrote an article for Intelligent Enterprise magazine that defined a dashboard as “a visual display of the most important information needed to…
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Why do you need Tableau CRM when you have Salesforce reports and dashboards?

8 Jun 20187 Jan 2022
You're using Salesforce, the #1 CRM in the world. It comes with best-in-class native analytics, providing powerful, customisable reports and dashboards. It's working really well for your team or business.…
Business Analytics

When you ask the wrong questions, you always get the wrong answers

15 Apr 201816 Apr 2018
Business analytics is a booming industry, expecting significant growth in 2018 and looking to break through the US$25B mark. Many companies are investing heavily in analytics, with the promise of…
Business Analytics…

Analytics: Does the reality match the hype?

16 Dec 201718 Dec 2017
Why all the fuss? You would think that data anayltics is an obstreperous power that threatens to disrupt the status quo of business, economics, industry, and life as we know…
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