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Types of Dashboards: Operational, Strategic, Analytical & More

You need dashboards to turn big data into quick, smart decisions. But with operational, strategic, and analytical dashboard options, choosing the right one is crucial for BI success. This post cuts through the confusion to reveal which types of dashboards are the absolute best fit for your organization.

Confluent and Your Data: A Partnership You Can Trust

At Confluent, we know that our platform must provide your business with resilience for your mission-critical applications, and we take that responsibility very seriously. Any unplanned outages can result in lost revenue, reputation damage, or fines. As incidents inevitably happen, your organization needs to know how to maximize your availability with our products.

Qlik Live Stream - Filtering and Focusing Your Data

Join Mike Tarallo this Friday as he explores all the ways you can filter and focus your data in Qlik Analytics — from classic interactive filters and smart search to new 2025 features like chart-level filters! We’ll cover set analysis, drill-down hierarchies, alternate states for comparative analysis, bookmarks, button actions, and even variable-driven inputs. Whether you’re cleaning up your visuals or narrowing your insights to key business metrics, you’ll see just how powerful Qlik’s filtering capabilities can be.

Run Complex Calculations Instantly with Spotter

Run complex calculations with Spotter! Answers to real business questions aren’t always lying in your data table. It often requires understanding of how different metrics collectively form a key business insight. With Spotter you can just do that! Spotter generates complex formulas on the fly when you ask a complex question. This gives you real-time business insights on metrics that aren't even in your data model yet.

Product Spotlight: Go Boundaryless

ThoughtSpot’s Boundaryless: Analytics-Everywhere event redefined what’s possible with data and AI. In this special Spotlight Series session, industry leaders and ThoughtSpot experts came together to unveil how analytics has broken free from traditional dashboards and now lives everywhere—embedded in the tools, workflows, and products people use every day.

7 Finance Reporting Nightmares: Banish Your Fears

If financial reporting nightmares are keeping you up at night, you’re not alone. As the long hours exporting data, running reports, and fixing errors cast dark shadows over your days, take heart and get clear insights into your data with these tips. With tools and processes that save you time, you can mark yourself safe from these scary financial reporting situations.

The True Cost of Real-Time Data Streaming

Thanks to ever-increasing adoption technologies like Apache Kafka and Apache Flink, the continuous movement and streaming of real-time data has transformed how modern businesses operate… but is the cost of data streaming worth it? From powering personalized recommendations to enabling instant fraud detection, streaming is often seen as synonymous with innovation and competitive advantage. But like any investment, the cost-benefit equation has to make sense.

Process Runner - Excel-Powered SAP Automation

Stop copying and pasting data into SAP. Process Runner turns Excel into your SAP automation powerhouse—no coding required. See how it works: Results our customers see: ✓ 90% reduction in data processing time ✓ Zero coding required ✓ Works in familiar Excel interface ✓ Prevents errors before they hit SAP. If your finance, procurement, or operations teams are drowning in manual SAP data entry, this is for you. Update vendor records, process journal entries, or manage complex data migrations—Process Runner transforms hours of work into minutes.

Lenses 6.1 - Kafka connectivity to your Copilot & self-service data replication

Here at Lenses we’re as always laser-focused on making engineering streaming apps and managing Kafka, not just less stressful, but delightful. 6.1 is another big step forward. It starts with the Lenses MCP Server. It connects your AI assistant such as Cursor and Claude, bringing the knowledge of the internet with the context of your Kafka environment. It has the power to transform the work of engineers building and managing streaming apps.