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Why Your “AI Strategy” Might Be Missing the Foundation
Many teams feel the pressure to modernize reporting quickly. The result is a rush to buy tools, spin up dashboards, and promise smarter insights to leadership. What often happens next is disappointment. Reports do not match finance numbers, definitions shift from...
AI Reporting: What It Actually Means (and What It Doesn’t)
“AI reporting” is everywhere. Vendors promise magic; dashboards claim to be AI‑powered. But most organizations don’t need a science experiment; they need trusted, timely decisions. If your team is still stitching together spreadsheets from ERP, CRM, databases, and...
Spreadsheets to AI: How to Work Smarter
Everyone is talking about AI. From predictive insights to next‑gen automation, it seems like the future is already here. Yet in reality, most organizations are still stuck pulling data manually from spreadsheets, ERPs, CRMs, and APIs. Here’s the uncomfortable truth:...
The Hidden Cost of Manual Reporting
In today’s digital-first economy, speed and accuracy define competitiveness. Yet, many businesses still rely on tedious manual reporting — pulling fragmented data from ERP systems, CRMs, spreadsheets, databases, and APIs. This isn’t just inefficient; it’s dangerous...
Qlik Sense vs Qlik Cloud: Maximize Your ROI
In today’s data-driven economy, analytics platforms aren’t just about dashboards — they’re about enabling smarter, faster decisions that fuel real business growth with ROI. Choosing between Qlik Sense (on-premise) and Qlik Cloud (cloud-native) isn’t simply a technical...
Building Data Infrastructure That Scales With Your Growth
For IT leaders and cloud architects, scalability isn’t just about adding storage or compute—it’s about designing a data infastrucutre that can sustain velocity, variety, and volume without sacrificing performance, governance, or cost efficiency. Most infrastructures...
Are you a Data Engineer or Data Scientist?
In today’s data-driven economy, businesses depend on skilled professionals to turn raw information into actionable insights. Two of the most critical roles are the data engineer and the data scientist. While these titles are often mentioned together, their...
Top 8 Data Integration Challenges in Education and How to Solve Them
Schools and universities run on many systems—SIS, LMS, assessments, finance, alumni, and clinical programs. Without data integration, insight stays trapped, reports conflict, and decisions slow down. With the right data integration plan, these systems tell one story...
Why Your ERP, CRM, and BI Tools Need Better Data Integration
Most businesses run on three core systems: ERP for operations, CRM for customers, and BI for insights. Without ERP, CRM, and BI Data Integration, data gets trapped in silos and critical context is lost. Effective data integration connects these systems so information...
Transform Patient Care: Powerful Healthcare Analytics for Results
How Data Analytics Improves Patient Outcomes In today’s healthcare world, data is transforming the way providers deliver care. At Arc Analytics, we see every day how smart use of healthcare analytics leads to better patient outcomes, more efficient operations, and...
Signs Your Organization Needs a Data Consultant Now
When Is It Time to Call a Data Consultant? Every organization wants to turn data into a competitive edge, but for many in healthcare, education, state government, and small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the path isn’t always clear - you're partnered with a strong...
How Qlik Cloud Improves Public Safety Outcomes
In the complex and critical realm of public safety, timely and insightful data is the bedrock of effective decision-making. From anticipating potential threats to optimizing emergency responses, the ability to rapidly analyze vast amounts of information can quite...
Adding Tabler Icons to Qlik Dashboards
Qlik doesn’t really allow for icons. When creating dashboards in Qlik Cloud, it can be very helpful to add icons to spruce up KPIs, titles, and tables. There are hundreds of use cases for adding some visual flair using icons, but it can be cumbersome to add icons to...
Building A Robust Data-Driven Culture
In today's fiercely competitive business landscape, data has moved beyond the realm of simple record-keeping to become the very engine of strategic advantage. Organizations that can effectively harness the insights hidden within their data streams are demonstrably...
What to Expect From a Data Analytics Consulting Partner
Navigating the world of data analytics can feel like trying to decipher an ancient language. You know the potential is there – those hidden insights that can propel your business forward – but unlocking them often requires a skilled guide. That's where a data...
Connecting to Qlik Sense with Python
Use the Qlik Platform SDK in Python to extract data from Qlik charts
Interpreting Formats in a Field When Several Are Possible
We look at how to use the Alt() function for efficient data type interpretation in an ambiguous field.
Using Geo Functions to Aggregate Coordinates
Learn how to use Qlik Geo functions to aggregate coordinates.
JavaScript Bookmarklets that supercharge Qlik Sense
Learn how to use JavaScript bookmarklets to automate your Qlik tasks.
Qlik Cloud Updates: Bar Chart Font Styling
Qlik Cloud updates for January 2023.