Oracle Analytics allows customers to get insights on data with a couple key deployment options; cloud (OAC) and on-premises (OAS). This should cover most needs, but there are a couple of specific reasons for a desktop version. First, if you just want to try things out you can download the desktop version. One great wayContinue reading “Tips and Tricks and When to Use Oracle Analytics Desktop”
Category Archives: General
Be ‘Responsive’ to a Point
By default Oracle Analytics data visualization projects are responsive by default and this is great so authors generally don’t have to worry about device, device size, or screen resolution. Right? Above is an example of some to the beautiful screenshot I see on social media showing off an authors work, but this sort of layoutContinue reading “Be ‘Responsive’ to a Point”
Ready for Launch
With little to do in my spare time I am now able to finally do this blog consolidation that has been at the bottom of my todo list for many months. The plumbing part is all complete and here is what you need to know. More content is on the way! This clean up neededContinue reading “Ready for Launch”
A Fresh Start
For a few years I have been trying to find time to launch a new and organized place to me to share some of my knowledge on data. I have been at this game for more than 20 years and my blogging and ‘underground’ days started decades back when I was writing about and postingContinue reading “A Fresh Start”
Goodbye Browser Tab Hell
In older versions of Data Visualization each project launch, data set edit, or really anything would launch a new browser tab. Well this ending up leading to some bad issues including making it hard to find the right page, multiple instances of the same thing, and worst of all, closing tabs before you hit save.Continue reading “Goodbye Browser Tab Hell”
I’m Sorry, Big Data – Size Does Not Matter…
OK this is going to be one of my soapbox posts, so consider yourself warned. I have been doing a fair amount of reading on big data, visualizations, and analytics in general and I have come to a clear conclusion. “The value of data should not be measured in bytes, it should be measured basedContinue reading “I’m Sorry, Big Data – Size Does Not Matter…”
Consumer Apps Will Drive How End Users Consume Data and Analytics
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” Dr. Seuss Now that we have that out of the way lets talk about what happing with data and analytics right now. Basically, in a nutshell it is hot, and everyone wants data, even if they don’t know it. As a result the buzz wordsContinue reading “Consumer Apps Will Drive How End Users Consume Data and Analytics”
5 Things I Would Rather do on a Mobile Phone
A lot of us, especially those in the business world and those born before 1990 still cling to the desktop; and when in the office I use my laptop most of the day. However there are some specific things I would rather do on my mobile phone regardless what situation I am in. Here areContinue reading “5 Things I Would Rather do on a Mobile Phone”
Fitness Apps and their Impact on Enterprise BI
Folks who really know me outside of work know that I am a bit of a fitness freak. In fact ‘obsessed’ has been used to describe me, and to fuel this obsession I love to collect personal fitness data and have been doing it for years. There are a ton of tools for this andContinue reading “Fitness Apps and their Impact on Enterprise BI”
The Data Viz Underground 