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#SmartDay Andalucía en acción!
We took part in the round table about Big Data during the first SmartDay in Seville together with entrepreneurs, start-ups and the entire digital economy environment of the Andalucía region. https://smartday.andaluciaemprende.es/
Free MicroStrategy training in Seville (students and unemployed only)
Espacio RES (@espacio_RES) is organizing in Seville a 2 week Business Intelligence course with MicroStrategy and SQL Server. SELECT CONVERT(DATE,’20161114′,112) AS [Start Date], CONVERT(DATE,’20161127′,112) AS [End Date] The course is free for students and unemployed professionals. The classes will be held in English from Mon to Fri (9am – 2pm). I will be the main teacher,Read More
A map, a map! My kingdom for a Choropleth map! (Power BI)
One of the most fascinating aspect of Business Intelligence is the power to picture data in an easy to understand way. I personally like maps a lot, not the google or bing type with lots of circular points which give very low added value to the information, but the Choropleth maps. Those shaped areas withRead More
How to revoke access permission from Google account
If you granted access to some of your data in Google (analytics, calendar, contacts, etc.) to some external application (like Xobni for example); you may want -at some point- to revoke them as you no longer use that application. To do that click on the gear icon and select “Account settings” go to your accountRead More
SELECT ‘MicroStrategy’ FROM DUAL;
I often use the DUAL pseudo table in Oracle to generate constants or execute functions, like in SELECT SYSDATE FROM DUAL; Appearently there is no easy way to convince MicroStrategy to use DUAL in FROM clause because it doesn’t appear in the list of available tables. Until now I used to create a Logical view withRead More
MicroStrategy and LinkedIn
With custom SSO it is possible to allow users log into MicroStrategy using their LinkedIn account. By leveraging the OAuth API offered by the social network we can authorize and create new users without previously knowing their names. Once validated and connected it’s simple to use they user ID to retrieve profile, groups or evenRead More
MicroStrategy Personal Cloud
MicroStrategy released a beta version of its Personal Cloud service. I personally find it amazing! Give it a try http://tinyurl.com/3jyoyh6 MicroStrategy Cloud Personal is a free service that lets you explore your data on your own. Upload your data and share your insights on the web and through mobile devices. It’s quick, easy and it’sRead More
MicroStrategy and Windows 8 (2)
If you try to install MSTR Intelligence Server onto Windows 8 Preview, the setup will run smoothly with no error, but the service won’t start: the reported error is Failed to start service. Unexpected error occurred. The dependency service or group failed to start The Intelligence Server depends on several Windows services (more details inRead More
MicroStrategy and Windows 8 (1)
Trying to install MicroStrategy Desktop on Windows 8 Developer Preview you may get this error: MSTR setup tries to install .NET framework. Windows 8 come with .NET 4 and you also have the option to enable 3.5.1 in the operating system. For further details see the article: http://techdows.com/2011/09/enable-net-framework-3-5-1-on-windows-8-developer-preview-to-run-applications.html After enabling .NET framework you should beRead More