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Finding existing data

Finding existing data

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Finding existing data

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- [Robin] Our decision makers are starting to realize that they want more access and quicker access to make decisions than how they've done it in the past. Everything we see on reports or Pivots comes from somewhere and without doubt, most of it's in a system or in a database. And that's typically our best starting point. I will say that a fair amount of the reports I've seen through the years that are Pivot-based or have charts, they're often hand-built by the user. Asking questions is such an important part of the process, but not the, "Why are you doing it this way?" question, but more like, "Do you know where this data lives? "How do you get this data? "Are you exporting it? "Or does someone email it to you?" Once you have the answers to these questions, then you can ask additional questions. Like, "Can I export this from the system myself? "Does this system allow us to access "the back end of the tables?" It's also important to know who to ask the questions to. Let's take a look…

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