The best advice for a company starting with self-service is to start with the 'low-hanging food'.

The best advice for a company starting with self-service is to start with the 'low-hanging food'. Don't even consider the most complicated processes, like predictive analysis (see section 9) but start with simple steps; Play with the data, and get familiar with the easy functions first. Learn to know your data before taking the jump into more advanced analytics.

Learn to use self-service analytics with these simple tips:

  1. Try out free trials to compare different solutions and to find the best tool for your company's needs.
  2. Start with one or two people testing the tools, even if the number of users would eventually be dozens, if not hundreds.
  3. Start with known and simple data to play around, learn your data and explore the tools with time.
  4. Start with the basic functions; Don't overthink or plan too much ahead. The time for data governance and predictive analytics will come later.
  5. Don't restrict your test group too much; Let people play with the data and get creative. They might discover something you've never even considered before!
  6. Take the use out of the fast-growing community and online sources.
  7. You can learn by trial and error, but it can be a long and frustrating road. Once you've explored the tools for a while, consider a kick start training from self-service professionals like Affecto.
  8. Have fun - data is not your enemy but your best friend!

The Self-Service Analytics solutions we recommend:

Qlik Sense - See the whole story that lives within your data

Qlik Sense is a next-generation application for modern, self-service oriented analytics. It supports the full spectrum of BI use cases across an organisation, including self-service visualisation and exploration, guided analytics apps and dashboards, custom and embedded analytics, and reporting, all within a governed framework that offers enterprise scalability and trust for IT.

Tableau - Make your data make an impact

Tableau's mission is to help people see and understand data. Tableau is a platform that makes visual analytics intuitive, allowing people to quickly answer questions with data and share insights across their organisation. Global enterprises, early-stage startups, governments, and nonprofits all use Tableau to transform their data into actionable insights.

Alteryx - Enjoy the thrill of solving

Alteryx is a leading platform for self-service data analytics - that enables business analysts to access, prep, blend and analyse all the relevant data that they need, without any need for coding, and allows data scientists & citizen users alike to gain valuable insight in hours not weeks.

What is trending in the world of self-service analytics?

Downloading our trend report you'll find out the recent changes, the future changes as well as the benefits and challenges of self-service analytics. This trend report will not only give you reasons why you should start using self-service right now but also how to get started with SSA with a few simple steps.

Are you ready to take your business to a whole new level? Download the report now!

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