Data Management & Warehousing

Tag: Reporting

  • Inspirational Data Visualization

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    Data visualization has come of age – there is now no excuse for not only having good information but also for presenting it in an engaging and informative way. Here we look at a number of sites that can inspire and inform the way you present your information. Nathan Yau has a blog called Flowing Data that gathers…

  • Using the right data model in a data mart

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    An internal training presentation from March 2012 that looks at how the choice of technology affects the choice of data modelling strategy It start with a review of the current state of the art: The concept of a Data Mart as the data access interface layer  for Business Intelligence has been around for over 25…

  • Creating Graphics for BI Reports in Ruby on Rails

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    So your manager wants reports with sexy graphs – what are your options and what are the pros and cons I have found eight usable packages with different considerations OpenFlashChart This is a series of libraries including one for Ruby that allow the generation of great looking charts that are very dynamic (see the demo…