Enterprise organizations with complex datasets, need to find ways to make their data more accessible and usable. One way to do this is through data visualization, which can help provide reporting that makes data more understandable and actionable. While the bare minimum requirement for data visualization BI software is good data visualization capability, there are more specific features that are often needed.

Data visualization is synonymous with business intelligence. Like dashboards, it’s a core capability of analytics solutions, and it’s important to know its role in the BI process today. Data visualization is the practice of representing information graphically to communicate and contextualize data. It highlights important changes, patterns and trends using a visual format, such as charts, graphs, maps and plots, to help make data easier to understand.

Editor's Note: This post was originally published in November 2010, and has been updated in 2022 for comprehensiveness, with 6 additional key BI features added. Different organizations will invest in a business intelligence (BI) solution for different reasons, depending on their specific circumstances and industry.

The business intelligence dashboard, or BI dashboard, is a paradigm that’s well over 30 years old, and for many, it hasn’t evolved fast enough to address a fundamental limitation. Context. On its own, dashboards are a handy visualized report of key data pertaining to business performance, designed as a way to quickly consume important data at-a-glance.

Yellowfin has again been recognized in the Leader and High Performer quadrants in the 2022 G2 Summer Grid Reports for Small Business, Enterprise and Asia Pacific Regional! At Yellowfin, we're grateful for all the reviews our end-users and customers have provided for us on G2, one of the world's leading independent business software and service comparison sources for user ratings and trusted peer-to-peer reviews.

Business data is continuously growing in complexity and quantity. With so many variables, it’s impossible to scan every dashboard or report with a fine-eye, or track every trend. To get the most insights out of your dashboards and reporting today requires a two-prong approach of both manual analysis and automated analysis - the latter of which requires the integration and use of what is called augmented analytics.

The benefits of embedded business intelligence (BI) solutions is well documented today: Richer context, deeper integration of data within operational application workflows, and better information on hand for data-driven decision-making. However, you need to find effective resources to uncover the true potential of embedded BI. It can make you a lot better at leveraging the solution. In this post, you will find 10 great resources for enhancing your knowledge and skill of embedded business intelligence.

As the business world shifts towards an information economy, more companies are discovering the advantages of having a business intelligence (BI) solution for analytics. Embedded analytics software boosts an organization's main functionality by integrating BI tools and analytical capability directly into software applications, rather than as a separate third-party application.

Today, data drives everything from strategic business decisions to workout plans. As a result, analytics, visualization, and dashboards are becoming necessary in business software, online websites, and consumer apps. With people needing quick access to data for better insights and decisions, embedded analytics has become inevitable in our work.

Another year, another wave of positive user-led ratings and responses for Yellowfin. It's been a tough few years due to the global pandemic, with much uncertainty across many organizations and industries. But this period has also seen businesses seize more opportunities, and adopt solutions that help them respond faster to customer demands - some with better business intelligence (BI) and analytics solutions, as one example.