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Despite this, many organizations are stifled by information silos. HR doesn’t connect with IT and marketing doesn’t talk to finance. As jobs become more specialized and analytics more pervasive, individuals tend to protect information that is relevant to their responsibilities.

They fail to recognize the benefits of synthesizing information across departments.

They say sharing is caring.

Information silos often arise because of the way organizations are structured.

Departments are typically responsible for one domain, with information flowing up and down the hierarchy. Managers are programmed to act in the interest of his or her department which limits the

incentive for cross-functional collaboration.

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Modern companies recognize the benefits of sharing information

across departments. They are implementing analytics software

that anyone can use to overcome organizational silos.

When all areas of the company are empowered with analytics, sharing insights becomes an

integral (and technically feasible) part of the job.

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Example of cross-departmental collaboration:

Product innovation and engineering teams can engage sales data to see what designs and offerings have been successful in the market.

They can also analyze customer service data to find common complaints that point out product flaws.

Source: “Data Discovery: Strategies and Quantifiable Benefits. September, 2014. Aberdeen Group, Inc.”

alone has no intrinsic value.

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What matters is how you put data to use and leverage the insights.

One way to maximize the impact of your discoveries is to share them with others.

Read on to learn how.

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5 ways of reporting your BI insights

2. Cloud sharing1. Embedded charts 3. Data storytelling

4. Printing & exporting 5. Social collaboration

1. Embedded charts

Embedded charts: Seamlessly incorporate interactive charts from your BI tool into any webpage

We are not talking about static screen grabs reproduced as images. Embedded charts are fully interactive and link back to your original analysis. When your data changes, so do your data visualizations.

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• Create stunning visualizations that can be incorporated into any blog post, webpage, portal, or web application

• Increase mindshare and bring data analytics to non-traditional places on the web (blogs, articles, etc.)

• Demonstrate real time findings through interactive charts that update along with the original data source

Embedded charts allow you to:

2. Cloud sharing

Cloud sharing: Quickly share your BI work online

You no longer have to export and save your application on your desktop in order to share it with colleagues. Now, you can give someone access to your application through secure, online sharing while maintaining full interaction and analysis.

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• Securely grant someone access to your application• Collaborate on the same analysis with a small

workgroup without interruption• Eliminate version control issues since changes

update instantaneously for each user

Cloud sharing allows you to:

3. Data storytelling

Data storytelling: Present findings with an analytic context

Extend your analysis beyond PowerPoint presentations. With data storytelling you can create persuasive stories in which analytics snapshots are organized along a guided pathway that is linked to the original source data.

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• Capture your analysis at a specific point in time with the ability to show the selections you had made when you first came to your conclusion

• Apply visual effects to draw attention to important values

• Move seamlessly between presentation mode and the live analysis to answer unforeseen questions without interruption

Data storytelling allows you to:

4. Printing & exporting

Printing & exporting: Generate, schedule, and distribute custom reports tailored to different recipients.

Printing and exporting your analysis is more sophisticated than hitting CTRL+P. It means you can deliver the right reports, to the right users, at the right time, in the format that best fits your audience.

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• Save and incorporate charts, sheets, or stories into any reporting format

• Create stunning reports in popular formats such as PowerPoint, Excel, and Word as well as pixel perfect and HTML based reports for web publication

• Schedule, generate, and deliver custom reports to a variety of recipients, in a variety of ways

• Enable on-demand printing based on current selections

Printing & exporting allows you to:

5. Social collaboration

Social collaboration: Collaborate with others without having to leave the application.

Social collaboration means you can capture conversations, securely share information, and review decision results without sending a single email. If selections are made in the app, the view updates for everyone, accelerating decision-making.

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• Create and swap bookmarks with other users so they can see exactly what you saw when you conducted your analysis

• Create in-app decision notes to highlight context, engage in conversation, share app snapshots, or add annotations about how the data was acted upon

• Share apps to invite participants to live, interactive sessions where users can share selections and test scenarios together

• Share links to apps via social media and enterprise social software without breaching security policies

Social collaboration allows you to:

At Qlik,® we believe insight should be available to everyone.

There is no one-size-fits-all way of delivering information which is why your BI tool needs to be flexible enough to enable all types of reporting.

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Not only must insights be viewable on any device, they need to be shared in a way that is optimal for your audience.

Sometimes that means inviting others to share your view, sometimes it means exporting what you are seeing.

But one thing is clear: your insights will have little impact if you keep them to yourself.

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