In business you sometimes need to review the numbers for the past month as well as the months prior to it. That is called the “year to date” or a cumulation. This article will show how you can handle [...]

You can often make processes much more efficient by focusing on changes. Loading a data warehouse, for example, is much faster when you concentrate on new and modified records (i.e. delta load). Video [...]

Many regular sources of information follow specific conventions or guidelines regarding the content and order for reporting things. Standards for form and content make it easier to create and use reports [...]

The vast, built-in library of analysis methods is one of the strengths of DeltaMaster. Although the special algorithms, heuristics, and report formats in Miner mode usually stand out the most, the software [...]

The Brockhaus encyclopedia, once known throughout Germany as the epitome of a reliable information source, is now a thing of the past: The printed version was discontinued in 2014. New media and Internet [...]

A general rule of writing says that the most important message belongs at the top, for example, in the heading or at the beginning of an explana­tion. That’s how we learned it, and that’s how we [...]

You certainly have seen files names with appendages such as “final v2” in your email inbox or on a server – names that reveal the authors’ premature hope that they would soon be moving on to other [...]

When people emphasize you have to look to the future, they often want to distract from something bad that has recently happened. In those cases, you should look back and analyze what exactly has gone [...]

You don’t just create reports for your own personal use, but rather to spread the news to everyone involved. To do that, you often need the prevalent document formats in addition to the DeltaMaster-specific [...]

Overview and detail are both important in management information – and especially a smooth transition between them. You probably already know that from the interactive visualizations and analytic methods [...]

When it comes to planning, no one wants to start from zero. It is easier to begin with numbers that you already have – whether they come from past periods, similar market segments, or divisions that [...]

When you are striving to standardize reporting, you will have to address the topic of terminology sooner or later. In other words, things with the same meaning should have the same name. Tech­nical requirements [...]

Plans are an expression of a company’s intentions. How did we get where we are today, and where are we headed from here? You can’t shape the future any way you wish. But if you don’t have a plan [...]

Big sports events are also big for the media and manufacturers of consumer electronics. The FIFA World Cup, for example, triggered two breakthroughs in German television – as a mass medium through the [...]

Working with maps in reporting isn’t always easy. They can often be deceiving because they seem to suggest that the largest geographical area is the most important one. If you only need to visualize [...]

When you think about sophisticated analysis in DeltaMaster, the first thing that probably comes to mind is Miner mode with its complete analytic library and elegant, interactive visualizations such as [...]

Back in mid February, many newspapers and business magazines reported on what they soon dubbed the “Chart of Doom”. This chart circulated quickly and was discussed intensively in Internet forums and [...]

In a road atlas, it is a matter of course: You can view all of Europe as well as individual countries, metropolitan areas, cities, and detailed downtown views all in the appropriate scale. Depending on [...]

If a report is read and understood or even triggers a reaction doesn’t just have to do with the quality of the underlying data. The design plays a key role as well. In this series you learn how you [...]

Desktop publishing, which emerged in the 1980’s, revolutionized the process of producing print templates and suddenly made cutting and pasting obsolete. All that remains is the term “cut and paste” [...]

If a report is read and understood or even triggers a reaction doesn’t just have to do with the quality of the underlying data. The design plays a key role as well. In this series you learn how you [...]

If a report is read and understood or even triggers a reaction doesn’t just have to do with the quality of the underlying data. The design plays a key role as well. In this series you learn how you [...]

If a report is read and understood or even triggers a reaction doesn’t just have to do with the quality of the underlying data. The design plays a key role as well. In this series you learn how you [...]

Many of you already know that DeltaMaster ReportServer offers reliable, automated assistance in updating, assembling, and exporting masses of reports. But did you know that it is an expert at creating [...]

When you take a trip, you can still count, measure, and analyze your numbers – provided that you pack your bag (and laptop) with DeltaMaster, a few reports, cockpits, and the respective data. Things [...]

In applied Business Intelligence, the e-mail inbox has so much potential. We can use the subject line to highlight select KPIs or other interesting things that are contained in the attached reports. Many [...]

In management reporting, there are some areas in which all of the results are very close to each other, for example, when you are working with sell through rates, service levels, or other percentages [...]