In one way or another everyone has a junk drawer in their reporting process. Some call it “Other”, others call it “Miscellaneous”, and a few miscellaneous others call it JDLR (Just Doesn’t Look Right). I have a message for you – that junk drawer might just be your most important treasure-trove of data IF you master its secrets.
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Posts Tagged ‘Analytics’
New Built In Analytics and Dashboards
September 15th, 2014 by
Most of you are used to running analytic reports and having them come back to you in Excel spreadsheets. While we stand by this approach for analytic reports because we feel it put the data in your hands it does have its limitations. Specifically, you cannot readily display a spreadsheet with multiple tabs as a dashboard within the system. With recent releases of CIP we now have a new reporting engine that can both create spreadsheets as usual, but also display within the application for creating dashboards.
You’ll Miss The Best Things If You Keep Your Eyes Shut
July 1st, 2014 by
O.K. I Admit It; Dr. Seuss Inspires Me
While reading Dr. Seuss to my kids for bed tonight I was reminded that the books really are a work of art. Pronouncing those tricky limericks may have been the very first game that was fun to play but impossible to win. However, if you get past the tongue twisters you can find some wisdom for the ages. Tonight the words “You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut” found me while I was reading a bedtime story to my kids. (more…)
Drowning in Data
May 21st, 2014 by
It’s Monday morning, you’re just arriving to work, bleary eyed and not yet fully engaged coming off a weekend that was undoubtedly too short… Getting through your first cup of coffee and scanning through emails when you see a note from your boss –
Jenkins, (let’s just pretend your name is ‘Jenkins’…)
The board is requesting a report to show all recorded employee incidents resulting in injury for the last six months. It seems our insurance premiums are being increased and the board would like the Executive team to present data on behalf of the organization to either keep the premiums as they are or begin shopping for new insurance providers. I need your report on my desk by COB tomorrow.
Thanks,
The Boss