July 17, 2020

Four Ways to Implement a Universal Semantic Layer

If you have been following our content for a while, you are most likely familiar with the concept of a Universal Semantic Layer™. What are the options for delivering one? In a recent webinar, I shared four ways.  Option #1:…

Posted by: Dave Mariani

July 1, 2020

The Cost of Bad Data

According to Gartner, decision-making based on inconsistent data is responsible for an average of $15 million per year in losses to the enterprise. Why? Enterprises today are using a variety of tools for KPI reporting that rely on varying subsets…

Posted by: Kayla Chiara

June 24, 2020

Use These Four Resources to Become a Universal Semantic Layer Pro

You are probably familiar with the concept of a semantic layer. According to Wikipedia, “a semantic layer is a business representation of corporate data that helps end users access data autonomously using common business terms. A semantic layer maps complex…

Posted by: Kayla Chiara

May 4, 2020

Self-Service Business Intelligence. What’s Holding You Back?

Imagine the scenario. You are a marketing manager and you want to get a list of customers to focus on in your next upsell campaign and your primary BI tool is Excel. You are happily slicing and dicing the data…

Posted by: Andy Mott

January 13, 2020

Data Liberation: The Rise of True Self-Service Analytics

In an ever-accelerating information age, the companies most likely to succeed are the ones that not only glean the most profitable insights from their data, but do it faster and more nimbly than their competitors. In fact, according to ESG,…

Posted by: Matthew Toomey

January 8, 2020

How to Achieve True Big Data Analytics with Today’s Data

In order for big data analytics to work optimally, data must be consumerized–that is, it must be readily available to all stakeholders across the organization in a self-service manner, while ensuring reliability and security.  What are the most common barriers…

Posted by: Matthew Toomey

October 18, 2019

Should You Build or Buy Your Universal Semantic Layer?

It only makes sense that organizations are investing in universal semantic layers.  Providing analysts and business users universal access to data that can be understood by their BI tool of choice has become mission-critical. And that’s exactly what a universal…

Posted by: Matt Baird

March 4, 2019

How a Unified Semantic Layer Can Help Business Intelligence

Research shows that the average enterprise has at least 6 to 10 Business Intelligence tools. Microsoft Excel, the world's most prevalent analysis tool is used by 1 Billion users. Other companies like Tableau, Qliktech, MicroStrategy or Business Objects have had…

Posted by: Ashley Huang