To our valued users and partners, Happy New Year from the Yellowfin team, and welcome to our 2023 recap! As we step into 2024, I want to take a moment to reflect on the past year and the remarkable journey Yellowfin has been embarking on and provide our followers with insight into how we have approached the ever-evolving market of business intelligence (BI) and embedded analytics.

AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA, January 25, 2024 - Yellowfin, a leading global provider of business intelligence (BI) and data analytics software, is proud to celebrate 20 years of innovation in the business intelligence (BI) and data analytics industry. Founded in 2004 with a mission to make data accessible and actionable for everyone, Yellowfin has grown into a global force, empowering businesses of all sizes to unlock the power of data and gain a competitive edge.

In the previous blog, the Yellowfin Japan team used Yellowfin's Data Transformation Flow feature to create a database of the CSV file of order history data. In this article, the team will demonstrate how to leverage the database for analysis by processing and formatting said data using native Yellowfin features, including View and Report Builder.

In this blog series, Yellowfin Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Brad Scarff breaks down some of the coolest and most unique features of the Yellowfin embedded analytics suite. Advanced query generation is the use of sophisticated technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and natural language to streamline complex data analysis.

Moving into 2024, many organizations want to amplify their use of data in the business to win over executives and line-of-business users alike to become more data-driven. But in the age of information overload, simply presenting data is no longer enough.

In our previous How to Design a Dashboard in Yellowfin: Part Two article, the Yellowfin Japan Team covered how to design a complete image of a dashboard, from start to finish, in our visual-based canvas interface. In this article, the team will demonstrate the necessary process to create the final dashboard.

2023 was a year of significant developments in the fields of business intelligence (BI) and analytics. With a 50% rise in overall adoption of self-service BI solutions, continued focus on data governance and data security, and ever-evolving integration of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) in analytics, many businesses have transformed their use of data considerably.

In our previous How to Design a Dashboard in Yellowfin: Part One article, we covered the the fundamental considerations to take when preparing your dataset, creating a concrete design and selecting the best types of data visualizations to represent dashboard data.

A Custom Function is a feature in Yellowfin calculated fields that can be used to define a calculation in advance and use that formula by simply specifying arguments. Using Custom Functions, you can define calculations that cannot be created in calculated fields, or define frequently used calculations to save time when creating calculated fields.