Exploring the world of Business Intelligence

Data visualization and Reporting has become one of the hottest trends in the current business world. There are multiple BI tools for data visualization in the market with Tableau and Power BI leading the race. These are two very powerful tools that can provide insights by visualizing the existing data and using it for development of the business. Tableau enables the users to create interactive and meaningful visualizations in the form of dashboards, stories, and worksheets to outlay business insights for better decision-making process within organizations. It is also very user-friendly in a way that a non-technical user can also create these dashboards or use them in the decision-making process. The tool is robust enough that it can input data from multiple sources and has a wide range of functionalities that could deal with any type of data. The data inputted into the tool is either identified as a dimension or a measure. Dimensions provide qualitative information and measures...

Vantage West is the second largest credit union in the southern part of Arizona with more than $1.7 billion in assets. The credit union has a wide range of financial offerings from business loans to accounts to local consumers and businesses in Arizona. The credit union is 60 years old and started off in a one-room barrack at Davis-Monthan Air Force with the mission to help Tucson’s airmen and their families. The company had gone through many changes, acquisitions, and even changes the name from DMAFB to Vantage West in 2006. Currently, the credit union has 16 branches and close to 30 ATM outlets spread across different regions in Southern Arizona. The most profitable department for Vantage West Credit Union has been the Consumer Lending department and it contributes to 75% of the overall revenue. The department handles all direct and indirect auto loans, credit cards, accounts, mortgage loans, Home equity loans, and business credit cards. From this list the of products the one that ...