To some, the term “business intelligence” may seem like a hilarious oxymoron, but the term is actually not used to describe how smart a business or its owner is.  Instead, it’s used to describe a number of different computer programs that are used to gather, analyze, and report on a business’s data.  Business intelligence, or BI as it’s often called, is made of things such as…

Regardless of your level of experience with data, you need to know about predictive analytics.  This type of analytics involves sifting through existing data to see if there are any patterns to be discerned.  If there are, you then look to see if these patterns can be used to determine any trends or even predict how a scenario will turn out.  Predictive analytics aren’t…

There's nothing more frustrating than having your point of view ignored in professional discussions. You've put a lot of time into analyzing the situation, and have important insights to add, but nobody is listening! It's particularly frustrating when it's about the project you're working on, since it's so annoying to implement a design that you don't…

How often are you stuck waiting for someone else to pull data for you? There's nothing worse than missing a deadline because someone else didn't do a 30 second query. Never again - here are the basic queries that will get you numbers instantly for pivoting, graphing, and other applications of your analysis skills, as applied to an imaginary table of sales data:

 

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