What can I do for your business?
Direct Data Areas
Help you ultimate out of control Excel spreadsheets utilizing Tableau.
Organize your company data into a database where needed.
I can manage your Tableau environment along with your Tableau visuals if needed.
Turn your data into problem-solving visual dashboards utilizing Tableau and Tableau Prep.
Create a set of KPIs to analyze your data and help drive business decisions utilizing Tableau.
Help you retrieve and report on data from the vast databases now available on the cloud utilizing Tableau.
Help you store data to the cloud if 1. Data is getting too large to store locally, 2. Data needs to be
accessed by others outside your network, 3. Business requires access to external data along with
internal data. Tableau has the tools to accomplish these tasks.
Strategic Data Consulting
Along with the technical work I can assist with the big picture. With my background as an IT Manager, I have good insights into all IT areas. Whether you are a small business or a mid-size company I can help you take a high-level view of your company strategy and your data assets. A strong data strategy will help your company become a data-driven company.
With years of IT Manager experience, I will be able to provide advice in areas other than databases or data visualization reporting.
Please see the page on Tableau Software for data-driven companies.
Everyone’s data needs are different and cannot fit into one standard solution. Below are just a few different cases.
Here are some examples:
Case 1:
If all your data is local and you don’t have any need for cloud or external data then you would set up an internal data environment with internal reporting that is easy to execute and maintain. Tableau Prep Builder comes from Tableau Software and I believe is the best ETL tool to use for any data source connections especially if you are utilizing Tableau Desktop or Tableau Server. The best way to get from your data sources (Excel, csv, SQL Server, Oracle, up to 40 different APIs) (?all the way?) to visualization reporting is by utilizing one vendor and that single vendor can now be Tableau Software.
Case 2:
If you have local data, cloud/external private data, and external public data then pulling all your data together requires a data ETL tool like Tableau Prep Builder with Tableau Server/Desktop reporting. This will streamline your data and build a clean and easy-to-maintain data reporting environment.
Case 3:
If you are looking to use public and purchasable data and place this data in a cloud data warehouse type location like Snowflake or AWS Redshift then Tableau Prep Builder can pull it all together and Tableau Reporting can analyze and output data to users at any location around the world.
Summary:
These are only a few examples and many other combinations exist. But in all cases, the end goal is to get your data working for you and your bottom line!
Take time to define your data strategy and plan out your desired data outcome. No matter what your database structure is or how your data is organized you need to integrate the below key points.
Listen: Identify what questions you are going to answer with the data you have and what data you’ll need to get to answer others.
Assess: Understand whether your data is in need of work or if it’s ready to be used in reporting.
Integrate: Centralize data sources, pap their relationships, and ensure they’re at the same level of detail.
Build: Test the transformed data with your current source of truth.
Educate: Establish internal capabilities and training for Prep usage.
Save time by having all your data in one place, and in one application, without needing an expensive data warehouse.
Answer these questions:
How do we quickly get value from my data by using data ETL and data visualization tools?
How do we select the right data visualization platform that will support our future needs and budget?
How do we reduce the learning curve of using a new or technical platform?
How do we ensure our data used is accurate, plus represents what’s actually happening in our business operations?