by XTIVIA | Feb 7, 2014 | Blog, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Enterprise Java
Occasionally JasperServer throws of errors in the Domain usually because of change in the Data Model. The actual error may not be obvious at first: Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the actual error: Sometimes you only get a message saying ‘There was an...
by XTIVIA | Jan 7, 2014 | Blog, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Perspectives
Economic considerations are at the heart of any business decision. They not only affect how we implement business intelligence (BI) solutions but also what we can do—and we give up other opportunities in the process of doing so. Here are three principles I have...
by XTIVIA | Oct 2, 2013 | Blog, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Perspectives
As professionals working in the business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing field, if we’re not posing questions of our data warehouse, we’re asking ourselves questions–especially about how to do our job better or maximize the value of our warehouse. Here...
by XTIVIA | Feb 13, 2013 | Blog, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing
Lately, we at XTIVIA have seen a marked uptick for interest in open source ETL tools. Each customer situation is unique, but I would like to propose a few factors that you should review before making the decision: Incumbent Tool Set: Decisions around your choice...
by XTIVIA | Feb 6, 2013 | Blog, Data Warehousing, Databases
We all worry about the performance of our servers. It is what separates the DBA’s from the pretenders. You just never know just what setting will be the one that makes the big difference. The worst part is, the setting that works today may...
by XTIVIA | Aug 29, 2012 | Blog, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Portals
Part 2: Personalization and Security A previous blog post in this series introduced the Liferay dashboard framework that XTIVIA has developed as serviceware that is available for purchase by our Liferay implementation customers. This post will continue the...
by XTIVIA | Aug 21, 2012 | Blog, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Portals
A requirement that is often found in enterprise IT environments is the need for “dashboards” that provide integrated, highly visual (e.g., chart-driven) representations of key data to executives, analysts and key decision makers. In addition to the data...
by XTIVIA | Jul 30, 2012 | Blog, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing
We get quite a few questions around Dashboards and Scorecards. I think it is good to enumerate the differences between the two so that when you are ready to implement you don’t lose sight of the differences. So, without further ado, here are the differences that...
by XTIVIA | Jun 28, 2012 | Blog, Data Warehousing
Changing business condiitions drive changes in business requirements (sometimes like wildfire, utterly unpredicatable) I have been through this situation numerous times, as I am sure you have been as well. So how to respond to these changing conditions? What if we...
by XTIVIA | Jun 28, 2012 | Blog, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing
Several weeks ago USAToday actually published an article about business intelligence on the front page. The story started with a discussion of a solar panel manufacturer so you had to read a little more to find out that the story really was about BI. I was...
