Category Archives: Data Integration

Designing Cognos Insight

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Thomas Manchego

One of the most powerful parts of Cognos Insight is the ability to add different themes to your workspace.  This can cause your widgets to pop out a little more, and give a little more color.  Sometimes we want a … Continue reading →

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How to Work With Dates in Cognos Insight

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Thomas Manchego

Dealing with dates in Cognos can sometimes be a daunting task.  Dates should be straightforward, but sometimes they take extra work to get what you want.  Your data is designed to list the date of the transaction, but maybe you … Continue reading →

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Let’s Make A Deal! Intuition, Analytics, and Answering the Right Question

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Gerrit Goewey

I was wandering around YouTube one weekend looking for something mentally stimulating when I came across the Monty Hall problem.  For those who are not familiar, the problem is named after the host of the gameshow Let’s Make A Deal.  … Continue reading →

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Big Data, What is it Exactly? Datamensional’s Take

Posted on July 11, 2012 by joseph

Joseph A. di Paolantonio Benjamin B. Goewey Much of the current hype in Data Management & Analytics today is around the concept of Big Data, and Hadoop is at the center of the hype storm. The other two hot areas … Continue reading →

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Setting Up Logging Tables for PDI both Locally and on Server

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Benjamin Goewey

When running an ETL in Pentaho Data Integration (Kettle), logging is normally done in a log file on the local system.  When running an ETL through Carte or the BI server, it will add the information to their own separate … Continue reading →

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