Well, to be precise, our blog is hosted on Ghost, and we have just upgraded to version 5.0 which includes search, see here. 0:00/1× What does this mean? Well, now you don't have to use external search engines to find pages on the Rittman Mead

23% of UK workers are considering ditching WFH to save on heating bills!!! Was the title of a news article that appeared on my phone at the end of August. Back then, and I say back then because the rate at which things are changing in the UK make a

Introduction One of the most common pitfalls in data science is investing too much time investigating a dead-end. It happens to the best of us; you're convinced that you've found something amazing and profound that will revolutionise the client's business intelligence...And then, in

OAC Semantic Modeler features native version control with Git

There are a few reasons to like the Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) paired with the new Semantic Modeler: * It works in the cloud. I mean, it actually works. (Check my blog post [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2022/07/giving-oac-semantic-modeller-a-try/] for an overview of Semantic Modeler.) * It has a native,

Last week I attended the second Oracle Analytics Summit at Skywalker Ranch [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywalker_Ranch]. The last Summit was in 2019 and attended by Jon Mead and he summarised the experience here [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2019/07/oracle-analytics-summit-2019/]. The purpose of the event is

Generating Informatica PowerCenter Content - the Options In our blogs we have discussed the options for Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) content generation here [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2021/03/sql2odi-part-one-convert-a-simple-select-statement-to-an-odi-mapping/] and here [https://www.rittmanmead.com/blog/2017/03/accelerating-your-odi-implementation-rittmanmead-style/] . Our go-to method is to use the ODI Java

As data becomes increasingly available in the world today the need to organise and understand it also increases. Since 80% of data out there is in unstructured format, text mining becomes an extremely valuable practice for organisations to generate helpful insights and improve decision-making. So, I decided to experiment with

It started well… we left the pontoon in strong winds and heavy rain. Before the start of Fastnet everybody has to sail past an entry gate with storm sails or equivalent flying. The winds were strong enough to sail with them and a bit of engine assist so we enjoyed