Data Warehousing
Articles on Data Storage, Data Warehousing Management,Trends and News
Unlocking the Games: The Power of OLAP Cubes in Sports Analysis
Rugby fans, prepare to be exhilarated! PARIS Tech has teamed up with David Newton, a luminary in the world of finance and the founder of Newton Carmen, a prestigious Fractional CFO firm. Together, they've fashioned something extraordinary - an OLAP model tailored...
Top-Down Bottom-Up Budgeting with PowerExcel
What happens it that first the Finance team creates the budget from the bottom up, and then senior management delivers top-down directives. Meeting those directives requires adjustment, often leading to a time-consuming and demoralizing cycle in Excel to complete the budget.
Retail OTB (Open to Buy) Planning with PowerExcel
OTB (Open-to-Buy) is a forward-looking metric based on future projections. In retail, it involves assessing current stock and estimating the exact amount of stock needed to achieve a predetermined target. It’s a blend of sales forecasting and stock planning, requiring accurate data and meticulous calculations.
Boost Workforce Planning with PowerExcel Technology
In this article, Gareth Jones from PARIS Technologies discusses the challenges faced by companies when managing their payroll and workforce planning. Payroll planning is crucial for businesses, but it is often difficult to optimize due to the limitations of...
Infographic: 5 Signs You are in Excel Hell
Check out this cool infographic! Submitted to OLAP.com by the folks at PARIS Technologies. They’ve mapped here 5 warning signs that you and your professional team are living in Excel Hell.
Solving Spreadsheet Challenges with EPM in the Cloud
Little more than 5 years ago, prospects would balk at the idea of working with business solutions in the Cloud.
Does anyone else remember? Putting key company information, especially financials, into the “Cloud” was considered too risky. In addition, it was natural to ask, How easily can I reach my data when it’s in the Cloud, as compared to reaching it in my local environment?
Accessing data through a browser seemed much shakier than simply double-clicking on
Excel is Not a One-stop Shop for your Data Needs
Excel is everywhere and it has proven to be a valuable resource to every company across the globe. The problem is that many companies are using spreadsheets as their main line of communication internally. Excel is great at displaying all of the raw data you could possibly dream of, just ask any Data Analyst, who eats, sleeps and dreams of never-ending spreadsheets.
27 Opinions and the Future of Excel
“Excel is one of those applications that the business world cannot live without.” So says one of 27 Excel experts commenting on Microsoft’s Power BI Suite and its effect on the great wide world of spreadsheet users. As Excel lovers, we couldn’t agree more! There’s a...
