Date archive for July, 2010

  • Datamartist V1.3.0 Value Distribution data profiling

    This video gives a quick (under two minute) look at the Datamartist data profiler’s ability to explore the distribution of numeric values in a data set by counting the number of values that fall into a series of equal size buckets. It highlights the datamartists calculation, visualization, selection and drill down features using a simple […]

    7/26/10 • (0)

  • How the general ledger can become a data warehouse

    Many companies today rely on the general ledger as key part of their management reporting, well beyond the obvious financial information. This has often been shaped by how companies first adopted information technology. In some firms, their management reporting systems reflect the fact that as information technology began to be used extensively by business, often […]

    7/20/10 • (3)

  • V1.3.0 Public beta released

    Come and get it while its still warm! The next release of Datamartist, a data profiling and data transformation tool (think ETL and data profiler rolled into one) is now available in BETA as a public trial download. UPDATE: V1.3 has been released- thanks to all our Beta testers! The currently released version 1.2.6 is […]

    7/13/10 • (0)

  • When the right tool is not a standard tool.

    Phil Simon (@philsimon) tweeted a link to an article in the Harvard business review that talks about the dangers of being “overly tool standardized” within an organisation that I thought was very interesting. Now, of course, standards are needed, and for a broad range of tools its counter productive (and horrifically expensive) to let everyone […]

    7/12/10 • (1)

  • A simple ETL tool with data profiling tools built in

    Datamartist is a new idea in ETL and data profiling tools. It gives people who are serious about getting at their data a powerful, simple to use, right sized tool. Easy to install Easy to use ETL features and data profiling capability Avoid using the wrong tool for the job Enterprise ETL tools (Extract Transform […]

    7/07/10 • (0)