Bridging Predictive Analytics and Performance Management

Update note on June 10, 2023: This blog is very old and much has changed since 2010. Performance Point is no longer a thing, Predictive Analytics is now Machine Learning. However, the main message about the importance of the Strategy Map still stands. The notion of a Strategy Map as the primary BI object of … Continue reading Bridging Predictive Analytics and Performance Management →

Analysis Services Data Mining Mental Blocks

Originally published on http://eugenea.spaces.live.com/blog on January 30, 2009. Since the very fun days when I worked in the Analysis Services product team (1998), I was fascinated by what was then a brand-new project named "Aurum". Aurum is latin for gold, and the root of gold's chemical symbol, Au. The result of project Aurum is known since 2000 as … Continue reading Analysis Services Data Mining Mental Blocks →

Sample of my SSAS/MDX Workshop

Analysis Services is a difficult subject that at first glance can appear to be a relatively simple subject. After all, most people can learn within an hour or two how to create Pivot Tables in Excel and slice and dice through it like a pro. However, as one's requirements become more sophisticated, one eventually runs … Continue reading Sample of my SSAS/MDX Workshop →