Implementing Self-Service BI with Sisense: Key Steps and Insights
Discover how our team transformed a backlog of data requests into a seamless self-serve BI platform using Sisense. From gathering requirements to ensuring robust data security, we share our journey and the key steps to empower stakeholders with easy access to the insights they need. Learn how to leverage Sisense for a more efficient and effective BI solution.Connection Tool - Programmatically Remove Unused Datasource Connections, and List All Connections
Managing connections within your Sisense environment can become complex over time, if there are a large number of connections, and connections are often added, and replace earlier datasource connections. In some scenarios unused connections can accumulate, potentially cluttering the connection manager UI with no longer relevant connections. Although unused connections typically represent minimal direct security risk, it's considered best practice to maintain a clean, organized list of connections, and in some scenarios it can be desired to remove all unused connections. Sisense prevents the deletion of connections actively used in datasources, safeguarding your dashboards and datasources from disruptions. However, inactive or "orphaned" connections remain after datasources are deleted or a connection is replaced, potentially contributing to unnecessary UI complexity in the connection manager UI. Connections can be of any type Sisense supports, common types include various SQL connections, Excel files, and CSV files, as well as many data providers, such as Big Panda. This tool can also be used to list all connections, with no automatic deletion of unused connections.Sisense's Journey to Automated Testing with Playwright
This article aims to delve into the rationale behind our decision, explore the benefits of Playwright over other frameworks, and provide insights into the structure of our test framework based on Playwright. By sharing our experience, we hope to offer valuable guidance to other teams seeking to optimize their testing processes with a robust and efficient automation solution.
Interactive Time Period Comparison with BloX & Custom Actions
Here is a use case on how to leverage BloX widgets in Sisense to create an interactive dashboard for comparing any KPI between two different time periods. This solution allows users to select two months (or any two time periods) and dynamically calculates the percentage change in the KPI between these selected months.
