May 19, 2021

How Third-Party Data Modeling Enables Smarter Decisions

While the use of external data has been around for a long time in some industries, the demand for more data sources continues to grow across all verticals. In fact, research by Forrester and Pitney Bowes found that 92% of…

Posted by: Cort Johnson

July 17, 2020

Four Ways to Implement a Universal Semantic Layer

If you have been following our content for a while, you are most likely familiar with the concept of a Universal Semantic Layer™. What are the options for delivering one? In a recent webinar, I shared four ways.  Option #1:…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

July 1, 2020

The Cost of Bad Data

According to Gartner, decision-making based on inconsistent data is responsible for an average of $15 million per year in losses to the enterprise. Why? Enterprises today are using a variety of tools for KPI reporting that rely on varying subsets…

Posted by: Kayla Chiara

June 24, 2020

Use These Four Resources to Become a Universal Semantic Layer Pro

You are probably familiar with the concept of a semantic layer. According to Wikipedia, “a semantic layer is a business representation of corporate data that helps end users access data autonomously using common business terms. A semantic layer maps complex…

Posted by: Kayla Chiara

May 4, 2020

Self-Service Business Intelligence. What’s Holding You Back?

Imagine the scenario. You are a marketing manager and you want to get a list of customers to focus on in your next upsell campaign and your primary BI tool is Excel. You are happily slicing and dicing the data…

Posted by: Andy Mott

January 22, 2020

What Is Agile Data Modeling?

Data modeling is the act of assembling and curating data for a particular analytical goal, typically performed by data engineers. Agile data modeling describes a more simplified provisioning of data models, allowing business users to create their own models. This…

Posted by: Matthew Toomey