Guides

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Do Your Users Hate Your Dashboard and Reporting Solution?

When users express frustration with BI tools, it’s often because they are stuck with one of two types of scenarios: tools that require extensive development and database knowledge, or tools that claim to be “for everyone,” but are still too complex for the average user to work with.

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Top 5 Challenges of Embedded Reporting

Dashboards, reports, and interactive visualization tools have become requirements for all organizations that hope to get the most from their Business Intelligence tools. Software vendors, SaaS providers, and agencies must be able to give their customers […]

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Embedded Analytics Buyers Guide

In this guide, we’re going to give you the knowledge to help you successfully navigate the choppy waters of buying BI software and how to select the best embedded analytics vendor for you.

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Lack of Access To Mission-Critical Data

Information security has never been more critical. Legacy BI tools have built-in security features designed to protect sensitive data from being accessed by certain types of users. Unfortunately, most of these features are either too limiting […]

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One: The Challenge of Branding

This part shows you how important branding is to every business, especially in finding the best methods and practices for embedded reporting that can greatly benefit your company. Branding is a key component of usability. Each […]

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The Cost And Licensing Of Embedded Analytics Software

Understand your budget from the get-go, don’t invest time and energy into vendors that don’t offer demos or trials, and do the math when it comes to long-term costs. Get all the facts about your prospective vendor and product up-front to avoid wasting your time dealing with high-pressure sales pitches and other time-consuming (and wasting) processes.

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Does The Embedded Analytics Software Support My Architecture Or Tech Stack?

We’ll explore how to determine if a prospective platform can support your company’s tech stack. The biggest takeaway of this chapter is to get all the facts about the product up-front, so you won’t waste your time and money dealing with vendors who cannot offer you exactly what you need.

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Not Being Able To Access Data On The Go

Previously, we talked about how the lack of access to important mission-critical data can lead to the collapse of your company as a whole, especially in embedded analytics. Employees need access to information when they need […]

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Two: The Challenge of Keeping Critical Data Secure

In the last part, you learned the importance of keeping your branding intact in embedded reporting, and how it becomes a challenge for some people. The security of an organization’s data is of paramount importance, and […]

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Can The Embedded Analytics Software Properly Integrate With My Existing Data Model?

This chapter will explore how to effectively and seamlessly integrate your chosen software with your existing data model. The last thing anyone wants to deal with is a potential roadblock with data storage and integration later on down the road after the platform has already been invested in.