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Rail companies use data analytics daily to run everything from operations and maintenance to making key business decisions based on intelligence from the collected data. In the last 10 years, the emergence of the digital railway has incurred a demand for Big Data techniques to respond to an overwhel

What if you need to present real-time data in a Power BI dashboard? In this post I will give you an overview of two different approaches to address the requirements for real-time reporting. Power BI Streaming First and easier option is to create a Streaming dataset in Power BI, and then write s

In the wake of Carillion will the accountancy profession now embrace enhanced analytics for auditing? Data analytics enables auditors to manipulate an entire data set not just a sample, 100% of the transactions in a ledger and interrogate the relationships across many multiples of ledgers from al

As Elastacloud is diversifying into its product set it's allowed me to evaluate some of the problems with organisational adoption of data science. The last 18 months have been very prolific in this respect for me as we've had some big customers that just can't achieve anything with data science and

The last few weeks I have been using Power BI and searching through ideas the community have highlighted as potential features. For examples, I will use a fictitious company that sell GPU's & CPU's online and in a shop. 1 - Drill Down Multiple Visuals Simultaneously Drill Down is a great pa

What is the GDPR? The GDPR is the European Union’s new data protection law. It replaces the Data Protection Directive (Directive”), which has been in effect since 1995. While the GDPR preserves many of the principles established in the Directive, it is a much more ambitious law. Among its most notab

Successful agencies focus on improving their client’s account performance as measured by website traffic, number of signups, or any number of other metrics. If they are managing the client’s Search engine marketing, they spend their time optimising keywords and bids, ad copy and targeting. If the

Maintaining sufficient quantities of drinking water on board an underway vessel is a critical safety element for the crew members and general operation of the vessel. While sea water may be satisfactory for cleaning decks and flushing toilets, fresh water must be maintained for human consumption an

Have you considered publishing and integrating your Power BI reports, dashboards and tiles into your custom application? In this post I will give you an overview of Power BI Embedded, and how far you can use it as the reporting and analytics tool for your application. What is Power BI Embedded?

Critical Project Cost Accounting The construction industry is responsible for undertaking some of the biggest and most expensive projects on Earth. Huge amounts of resources and work go into major construction projects and of course this means that huge volumes of data are generated. Number crunc

Industry 4.0 is the termed coined for the new approach to the fourth industrial revolution enabling “smart” manufacturing using technology that was previously not available Every manufacturer has the potential to integrate machine learning into their operations and become more competitive by ga

The legal system generates a huge and ever-increasing amount of data. In the UK there are in excess of 100,000 new court cases each year which increases the body of knowledge that a lawyer has to get to grips with to do their job. Judicial ruling, precedents and interpretations of legislation all

In today’s Omni-channel environment a ‘knowledge deficit’, not only hinders an organisation’s understanding of the status quo, but also impedes its ability to engage on a personal level with its customers. Plus, with the volume of data only increasing, time is of the essence when it comes to harn

The legal system generates a huge and ever-increasing amount of data. In the UK there are in excess of 100,000 new court cases each year which increases the body of knowledge that a lawyer has to get to grips with to do their job. Judicial ruling, precedents and interpretations of legislation all