In this issue, we take a look at the buzz surrounding Master Data Management, and ask questions about the hidden aspects of ROI calculations in dashboard deployment.

To discover some fascinating relationships between managing business performance and the impact of social media, check out our article, Three Steps to Monitoring the Impact of Social Media.

For this month's development technique, find out how to share data easily among multiple Klips. Topping off the issue is Allan Wille's Business Systems & Modules 2010 Telesummit for the latest news of BI and dashboard fundamentals, philosophies, best practices, and price points.

Blog Posts

If you’re like me, and subscribe to a number of BI and Dashboard-related newsletters and industry reports, you've probably noticed the increased discussion around Master Data Management (MDM). More...

ROI calculations make for compelling sales tools, and an important way for the vendor to truly understand the value their product delivers. Here’s the catch though: these calculations are almost always focused only on cost-savings, as opposed to demonstrating revenue increase. In other words, the more challenging question is how do you accurately attribute revenue growth back to your dashboard or BI deployment? More...

Related: Lyndsay Wise posts about ROI at BeyeNetwork.

We're nearing an exciting announcement that will make building Klips a more seamless process. Click here to see a sneak peek at what's in store.

Monitoring how blogs, forums, message boards, twitter feeds, and a fast-growing number of other social media affect business is rapidly becoming an essential part of managing performance. But knowing how to do it can be a challenge. More...

Allan discusses BI and dashboard fundamentals, performance measurement philosophies, different types of dashboards, best practices as well as price points. Listen to the MP3 (68min)

Advanced Techniques: Let's say you have three Klips that share a date range and geographic filter. By changing the date range on one Klip, you want the other two to change as well. Learn how to use the Engines.DataPool object to store and retrieve data values that are shared among multiple Klips. More...