Answers
The world is changing fast.
Questions pile up.
Long-form answers to the questions we get asked most, written by the people here who do the work.
The questions
Do any of these sound familiar?
- Why your AI can’t answer questions about your own dataBecause your data has the answer. It just isn’t ready to give it.
Rob CollieFounder and CEO - Why business reports have looked the same for ten yearsBecause the tools only knew how to make one kind of report.Rob CollieFounder and CEO
- What a data strategy consultant actually doesMost of them hand you a plan. The good ones hand you working data first.
Kristi CantorDigital Content Manager - Why most AI pilots never make it to productionMost of them never had one real job to do.Rob CollieFounder and CEO
- Is Power BI still worth investing in now that there’s AI?More than ever. The semantic model is what makes an AI’s answers right.Rob CollieFounder and CEO
- Why nobody trusts the numbers in your Power BI reportsBecause the model underneath was never designed. It just grew.Rob CollieFounder and CEO
- Do we actually need Microsoft Fabric?Probably, just not first. Build the reports people use, then let them tell you what Fabric has to do.Rob CollieFounder and CEO
- Fabric, Snowflake or Databricks: how do you choose?Start from where your people already work. If that is Power BI, Fabric usually fits best.Rob CollieFounder and CEO
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