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SAPHCM

What SAP's Fosway 9-Grid placement is worth to a buyer

SAP publishing its own Fosway Strategic Leader placement is marketing, which is fine. The Wilson quote and the PostNL payroll numbers are the useful parts.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 20, 2026 4 min read

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SAPAnalytics

Procurement's influence fell 23 points in one year

SAP's fifth Economist Enterprise survey shows collaboration confidence climbing since 2023 while influence over digital transformation dropped to 68%.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 19, 2026 4 min read

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WorkdayHCM

Workday's frontline survey puts a cost on every shift offer

Workday and DailyPay say 78 percent of frontline workers price out gas, commuting and childcare before accepting a shift. Your scheduler knows none of it.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 19, 2026 5 min read

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WorkdayHCM

Workday is a Leader in a new workforce management quadrant

Workday is a Leader in the first Gartner workforce management quadrant. A first edition changes how much weight that position can carry in a shortlist.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 19, 2026 5 min read

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OracleAI & Agents

Oracle reported agent executions, so we did the math

Oracle says 2,300 agents ran 3.5 million times last quarter. Divide one by the other and the number you get is worth a look before you plan your own rollout.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 18, 2026 5 min read

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OracleAutomation

Oracle Health's patient flow numbers need a second month

San Juan Regional's bed-assignment and EVS response times dropped sharply one month after go-live. The third metric in the same release barely moved.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 18, 2026 4 min read

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SAPAnalytics

SAP's new spend tool, and the confidence it can't fix

Procurement's confidence in working with the rest of the business fell 16 points in a year. A new SAP tool answers a narrower question.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 17, 2026 5 min read

Analysis and architecture

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WorkdayAnalytics

Planning next to the ledger or in a model of its own

A plan only means something next to actuals, and a separate model only earns its keep if planners can change it. Dimension ownership decides which one works.

Elliot ParkSeptember 25, 2026 6 min read

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SalesforceData

Salesforce Data Cloud earns its place next to the action

Data that drives segmentation, routing or an agent belongs next to the action. Data that only feeds a report is a second copy you pay to keep.

Amani ReedSeptember 25, 2026 6 min read

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SAPData

SAP analytics close to the source or in your warehouse

SAP numbers are only correct because of the logic around them. Decide which questions need that logic and which cross systems SAP never sees.

Noah ValeSeptember 23, 2026 6 min read

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MicrosoftAnalytics

When Dataverse reporting needs more than Power BI

Most reporting on Dynamics 365 and Dataverse data never needed a data platform. Copying it out earns the cost only when history, joins or scan volume demand it.

Elliot ParkSeptember 22, 2026 6 min read

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WorkdayAnalytics

Keep people analytics in Workday until you need a join

Workday already enforces who may see whose record. Copying worker data out buys you joins and hands somebody the job of rebuilding that access model.

Elliot ParkSeptember 22, 2026 6 min read

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MicrosoftSalesforceAnalytics

A metric two people cannot reproduce is a governance gap

Two analysts pull the same headline figure and get different answers because the filter, the date field and the definition were never written down or owned.

Elliot ParkSeptember 20, 2026 6 min read

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OracleAnalytics

Where Oracle Fusion reporting stops and a warehouse starts

OTBI and BI Publisher belong on open work. Once a request needs closed periods or data Fusion never held, build the extract instead of the report.

Elliot ParkSeptember 18, 2026 6 min read

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MicrosoftAnalytics

Cut every Power BI tile that cannot name a decision

A Power BI tile earns its place by naming the decision it changes, the value that triggers it, and the person who acts. Everything else is a report.

Noah ValeJuly 9, 2026 6 min read

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MicrosoftSalesforceAnalytics

Who gets to define revenue in Power BI and Data Cloud

Sales, finance, and operations each hold a correct definition of revenue. A semantic model picks one and hides the rest, so name a steward before it does.

Elliot ParkJune 4, 2026 6 min read

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MicrosoftSalesforceAnalytics

How two departments agree on one number and keep agreeing

Two correct figures for the same measure differ on timing, population or attribution. Find which one, write the definition down, then name an owner.

Elliot ParkSeptember 27, 2026 6 min read

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OracleAnalytics

Why NetSuite saved searches get slow and how to fix them

Most slow NetSuite saved searches read far more than anyone needs and throw it away. Fix the date bound and the filter placement first.

Noah ValeSeptember 24, 2026 7 min read

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MicrosoftAnalytics

Power BI row-level security for Dataverse data

A Power BI import carries everything the refresh account could read. Rebuild the row filters, maintain the mapping table, and test as a restricted user.

Elliot ParkSeptember 23, 2026 7 min read

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WorkdayAnalytics

What actually makes a Workday custom report slow

Most slow Workday reports retrieve far more than the question needs and then discard it. Fix the data source and the filters before you touch the columns.

Priya NwosuSeptember 22, 2026 7 min read

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WorkdayHCM

Stop Workday calculated fields from multiplying

Three tenure calculations, three headcount numbers, one leadership meeting. A method for auditing Workday calculated field sprawl before reports time out.

Amani ReedSeptember 19, 2026 6 min read

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MicrosoftAnalytics

Write the analytics questions before the Dataverse schema

Power BI can only answer what the Dataverse model was built to hold. Write the leader's questions first, with the decision, grain, and freshness each needs.

Noah ValeAugust 10, 2026 6 min read