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BI Fundamentals

[Checklist] How To Know When You’re Overspending on Business Intelligence Software

Here are five signs you’re spending more on business intelligence than you should be. If more than one or two sound familiar, it might be time to switch...

5 min read

BI Fundamentals

What’s the Difference Between Business Intelligence and Business Analytics?

Business Analytics, or BA, and Business Intelligence, or BI, each of these has specific tools and methodologies for making sense of the data that you...

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BI Fundamentals

Best Dashboard and Reporting Options for BMC ITSM Remedy

We’ve coupled our industry experience with knowledge we’ve gained through talking with consumers and compiled this list of top dashboard and reporting...

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BI Fundamentals

Best 5 Alternatives To Crystal Reports (Plus 1 Bonus Option)

What are some of the alternatives to Crystal Reports? Here we take a look at five, plus we have one bonus option to take a look at below.

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BI Fundamentals

5 Higher Education Metrics You Should Be Monitoring (And Why)

Tracking key performance indicators the right way will help you achieve your overall goals. For higher education institutions, we cover some of the big...

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BI Fundamentals

What’s the Difference Between Quantitative and Qualitative Data?

So when it comes to qualitative vs quantitative data, what’s the difference and how do you get hold of it? And what’s the best way to use each data type...

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Use Cases

6 Use Cases for Public View Documents in DashboardFox

You may not realize how powerful the public view document licenses are or how to use them to their full potential. Here are six use cases so you can see...

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BI Fundamentals

Selecting A BI Tool: [Checklist] How To Avoid The Pitfalls of Buying Business Intelligence Software

  Here at DashboardFox, we work with a lot of customers who are in the market to buy business intelligence (BI) software. We see customers who are at...

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BI Fundamentals

Everything You Need to Know About the Real Cost of Microsoft Power BI

In this guide, we’ll be exploring the hidden costs of Microsoft Power BI, as well as some of the negatives of Power BI to consider.

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BI Fundamentals

What is Big Data and Do I Have It?

Not exactly sure what big data is? You’ve got plenty of company. At 5000fish we’re frequently asked “What is big data?” and “Is DashboardFox a big data...

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BI Fundamentals

Definitive Guide: How to Choose the Right Data Visualization For Your Use Case

Let’s dive in and explore how to determine the right data visualizations for any purpose your business has.

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BI Fundamentals

The Top 6 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Channel Partner Management

In today’s business environment, it is critical for businesses to have a robust network of partners in order to grow and scale. These partners include...

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