I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat

On May 10th, 1940, Winston Churchill gave a speech before the British Parliament. It was his first after having taken upon himself the task of forming the government to replace that of Neville Chamberlain. This speech later became known as the “Blood, toil, tears and sweat” speech. (It is interesting to note that we often refer …

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Adding Holidays to the Time Dimension

Honoring Passover – A BI tip for the holidays! Someone at your organization will probably want to perform BI data slicing based on the holidays. Examples may include: “all sales made during the holiday period”, or “the number of work hours by employees in department X without weekends and holidays”. So how can we filter …

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