Our financial year came to a close at the end June and Yellowfin had another solid year of growth. There was consistent growth across all regions – in Europe, Japan, APAC and the US.

When I speak to people who are thinking about implementing BI, they are often overwhelmed by all the things they could measure. Many start by wanting to measure everything, which doesn’t necessarily help them. That’s because there’s an inherent cost in measuring things – everything you report and track creates an ongoing burden that your organization has to maintain. That’s why it’s important to be selective about what you measure from the get-go.

Makeover Monday is a global initiative started by Tableau to encourage people to build visualizations. It involves releasing a new dataset each week and letting people reimagine the way it is visualized. It’s a really interesting experience and anyone can participate.

The third edition of Yellowfin Bytes brings you an exciting inclusion made to the Data Transformation module. Users have been exploring Yellowfin’s very own lite version of an ETL tool in the form of this module, ever since its introduction in Yellowfin 7.4 last year. We have since been enhancing this functionality by adding new steps, calculations, configurations, and more.

Out of the hundreds of BI analysts I’ve interacted with over the years, there are five that stand out as exceptional. To me, they stand out as the big-picture thinkers who have a clear passion for the BI space. Rather than just thinking mechanically about vendors, they’re focused on the broader role and evolution of data analytics and BI as a whole. This is my list of the top five data analysts to follow.

101 resolved items. 21 enhancements. All to improve your experience with the Yellowfin platform and get to the Why faster.