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We're already doing something like this, although we're currently using MS Power BI and will likely move to Tableau soon. Our job as a company is to make the l

We're already doing something like this, although we're currently using MS Power BI and will likely move to Tableau soon. Our job as a company is to make the lives of business leaders easier, so business intelligence is one way of doing that. We ask a series of questions of the data, build out the visuals and then present findings and make strategic recommendations. We started off doing it for ourselves in the beginning so have been doing it for almost a year now. My business partner has been doing this work previously for a couple of years in a full time role. Happy to do a skype to share info with you. Would be potentially open to sending you some work once we build our portfolio up a bit better too. Finding freelancers to work on this reliably and dependably is quite hard.

infinite8s 10y ago
If you don't mind talking about, would be interested to hear why you guys are moving from PowerBI.
- krmmalik 10y ago
  Sure. There are a number reasons. None of which individually, are huge or significant but as a combination are enough to make us consider something else. 1. Tableau has more polish as a product. The company has been around longer and has more time to refine its craft. Microsoft's product on the other hand while very impressive given how little time they've had in this area is a little clunky in comparison. Also the final visuals just seem to look better and the dashboard has better organisation which makes for a better end user experience. 2. Tableau Talent. There seem to be many more people that know about and have worked with Tableau in comparison to MS Power Bi. Much easier to outsource the work for Tableau than for the Microsoft product 3. Knowledge Base. It constantly seems to be much easier to find answers to common questions with Tableau than with Power BI. Microsoft have taken their typical Microsoft approach with things and it's quite fragmented, as are all their products. 4. Connectors. Not as a big a deal by any means but Tableau generally tends to have more connectors. Microsoft Power BI only just got an Amazon Redshift connector, whereas Tableau has had it for ages. 5. No Mac Client for Microsoft Power BI Hope that helps.
helicalinsight 10y ago
HI Kam I am a DWBI veteran. On the ETL side I have got excellent experience on Talend and kettle. I have expereince on data visualization, data modeling, data warehousing, BI, ETL. please do have a look at some of my data visualizations work. Done using the community (free) version of open source BI tool [Helical Insight](http://www.helicalinsight.com http://www.helicalinsight.com) [Travel Dashboard](http://www.helicalinsight.com/hi/?dir=Travel_Dashboard&file=travel_dashboard.efw http://www.helicalinsight.com/hi/?dir=Travel_Dashboard&file=...) [Sales Dashboard](http://www.helicalinsight.com/hi/?dir=Sales_Dashboard&file=sales_dashboard.efw http://www.helicalinsight.com/hi/?dir=Sales_Dashboard&file=s...) [Infograph](http://www.helicalinsight.com/hi/?dir=CV_Creator/CV_Creator_1&file=CVCreator.efw http://www.helicalinsight.com/hi/?dir=CV_Creator/CV_Creator_...) One of my client implementation was on Envision GLobal. They are into training and leadership domain wherein they conduct training followed by survey on limesurvey. I had done data modeling for their reporting database, created ETL for data loading from limesurvey database into reporting database, created a GUI using which client can themselves trigger and run these ETL with configurable parameters, integration of this into Drupal paltform for end client access etc. Reports were created for each and every individual user talking about his traits as well as comparison with other colleagues (very similar to annual report with images, text, formatted text, charts), ability to edit the report via UI itself, save and email the reports (email scheduling), exporting etc. Also proper user role management and data security was provided. I would love to speak with you and discuss of possible working opportunity with you. You can get in touch with me at nikhilesh(at)helicalinsight.com I am also dropping a mail to you
- krmmalik 10y ago
  Thanks NikhilEsh. I will look out for your email and send across my calendar to you when i get back into the office next week. It'd be good to chat.
mxmpawn 10y ago
Great!, I didn't find your email in the profile. Mine is there, glad to have a skype.
- krmmalik 10y ago
  Hey, your email isn't showing up either. You can email me at kam[at]stratagem[dot]io I'll send you my calendar when i get your email.
vizyourdata 10y ago
Let me know if you need any help with the transition to Tableau. Been addicted for about 3 years now.
- krmmalik 10y ago
  For sure. Would love to share ideas with you. Do you use anything dedicated for ETL? Also, for Tableau do you use the desktop version or server/online?
  - vizyourdata 10y ago
    I generally steer my clients to a BI partner that does the ETL so I can focus on visualization. I use Desktop 10.0/Server 10.0 and some Online depending on the needs. I'll send you an email so you have my contact info.

infinite8s 10y ago

If you don't mind talking about, would be interested to hear why you guys are moving from PowerBI.

krmmalik 10y ago
Sure. There are a number reasons. None of which individually, are huge or significant but as a combination are enough to make us consider something else. 1. Tableau has more polish as a product. The company has been around longer and has more time to refine its craft. Microsoft's product on the other hand while very impressive given how little time they've had in this area is a little clunky in comparison. Also the final visuals just seem to look better and the dashboard has better organisation which makes for a better end user experience. 2. Tableau Talent. There seem to be many more people that know about and have worked with Tableau in comparison to MS Power Bi. Much easier to outsource the work for Tableau than for the Microsoft product 3. Knowledge Base. It constantly seems to be much easier to find answers to common questions with Tableau than with Power BI. Microsoft have taken their typical Microsoft approach with things and it's quite fragmented, as are all their products. 4. Connectors. Not as a big a deal by any means but Tableau generally tends to have more connectors. Microsoft Power BI only just got an Amazon Redshift connector, whereas Tableau has had it for ages. 5. No Mac Client for Microsoft Power BI Hope that helps.

helicalinsight 10y ago

HI Kam I am a DWBI veteran. On the ETL side I have got excellent experience on Talend and kettle. I have expereince on data visualization, data modeling, data warehousing, BI, ETL. please do have a look at some of my data visualizations work. Done using the community (free) version of open source BI tool [Helical Insight](http://www.helicalinsight.com http://www.helicalinsight.com) [Travel Dashboard](http://www.helicalinsight.com/hi/?dir=Travel_Dashboard&file=travel_dashboard.efw http://www.helicalinsight.com/hi/?dir=Travel_Dashboard&file=...) [Sales Dashboard](http://www.helicalinsight.com/hi/?dir=Sales_Dashboard&file=sales_dashboard.efw http://www.helicalinsight.com/hi/?dir=Sales_Dashboard&file=s...) [Infograph](http://www.helicalinsight.com/hi/?dir=CV_Creator/CV_Creator_1&file=CVCreator.efw http://www.helicalinsight.com/hi/?dir=CV_Creator/CV_Creator_...) One of my client implementation was on Envision GLobal. They are into training and leadership domain wherein they conduct training followed by survey on limesurvey. I had done data modeling for their reporting database, created ETL for data loading from limesurvey database into reporting database, created a GUI using which client can themselves trigger and run these ETL with configurable parameters, integration of this into Drupal paltform for end client access etc. Reports were created for each and every individual user talking about his traits as well as comparison with other colleagues (very similar to annual report with images, text, formatted text, charts), ability to edit the report via UI itself, save and email the reports (email scheduling), exporting etc. Also proper user role management and data security was provided. I would love to speak with you and discuss of possible working opportunity with you. You can get in touch with me at nikhilesh(at)helicalinsight.com I am also dropping a mail to you

krmmalik 10y ago
Thanks NikhilEsh. I will look out for your email and send across my calendar to you when i get back into the office next week. It'd be good to chat.

mxmpawn 10y ago

Great!, I didn't find your email in the profile. Mine is there, glad to have a skype.

krmmalik 10y ago
Hey, your email isn't showing up either. You can email me at kam[at]stratagem[dot]io I'll send you my calendar when i get your email.

vizyourdata 10y ago

Let me know if you need any help with the transition to Tableau. Been addicted for about 3 years now.

krmmalik 10y ago
For sure. Would love to share ideas with you. Do you use anything dedicated for ETL? Also, for Tableau do you use the desktop version or server/online?
- vizyourdata 10y ago
  I generally steer my clients to a BI partner that does the ETL so I can focus on visualization. I use Desktop 10.0/Server 10.0 and some Online depending on the needs. I'll send you an email so you have my contact info.