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Self-Service Business Intelligence


3 Best Practices for Implementing Self-Service Data Preparation

Selecting the right data preparation solution can seem like an overwhelming task, but it doesn't have to be if you keep these three best practices in mind.

Top Trends in BI and Self-Service Visual Analytics

Organizations need to seek the right balance of freedom and oversight that enable users to get their work done self-service style. Here are four trends that will help organizations achieve that goal in 2017.

Data Digest: Starting Analytics Projects, Data Wrangling, Governing Self-Service BI

How to get started with data analytics, improve your data wrangling, and set expectations for data governance in self-service BI.

Will Embedding Analytics Increase Adoption?

A recent survey report states that access to self-service is rising, but adoption is falling. However, their findings imply that overall use is relatively steady.

Adjusting Metadata Management to the New World of BI

Implementing an updated strategy for metadata will be critical as users move toward self-service BI and analytics.

The Hyperconvergence of Microsoft BI and Analytics

Microsoft's cloud-based BI and analytics stack isn't just evolving -- it's converging with its established, on-premises BI and analytics stack.

CASE: A Clue About How Self-Service Could Ultimately Evolve

Do the high-level lessons of the computer-aided software engineering craze of the 1980s apply to self-service? The effects of CASE tools are similar to self-service tools, and the fate of CASE suggests how self-service might ultimately evolve.

Data Digest: Protect IoT, IoT Data Integration, Why Choose Self-Service

Learn how to protect your IoT devices from attacks, how to prepare data integration strategies for IoT, and why enterprises are choosing self-service analytics tools.

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