Free Downloads Archives | LightsOnData https://www.lightsondata.com/category/free-downloads/ Practical resources, online courses, free articles and videos for data management, data governance, data quality, and business intelligence Thu, 30 Jun 2022 18:44:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/www.lightsondata.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/LOD-logo-favicon2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Free Downloads Archives | LightsOnData https://www.lightsondata.com/category/free-downloads/ 32 32 142004744 How to empower your developer with a report template https://www.lightsondata.com/empower-developer-with-report-template/ https://www.lightsondata.com/empower-developer-with-report-template/#respond Wed, 20 Feb 2019 21:43:57 +0000 http://www.lightsondata.com/?p=819 I’m very lucky to always work with wonderful teams and colleagues. If there is anything that we can do to make everyone’s work easier and effective, we all jump at that opportunity. That’s also the case with helping and empowering Report Developers, or Business Intelligence Developers, Programmer Analyst, whatever your synonym is for their title […]

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]]> https://www.lightsondata.com/empower-developer-with-report-template/feed/ 0 819 3 ways to get data on charitable and tax-exempt organizations https://www.lightsondata.com/3-ways-get-data-charitable-tax-exempt-organizations/ https://www.lightsondata.com/3-ways-get-data-charitable-tax-exempt-organizations/#respond Wed, 19 Dec 2018 21:25:16 +0000 http://www.lightsondata.com/?p=749 Any fundraising shop would have some data on foundations and other charitable organizations who made a gift in the past, are a future prospect, etc. Depending on how many charities you have in your database and how many new ones you are bringing, it can become cumbersome to keep track of: Their status as a […]

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]]> https://www.lightsondata.com/3-ways-get-data-charitable-tax-exempt-organizations/feed/ 0 749 How to create an inventory of your data sources https://www.lightsondata.com/how-to-create-an-inventory-of-your-data-sources/ https://www.lightsondata.com/how-to-create-an-inventory-of-your-data-sources/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2018 20:56:21 +0000 http://www.lightsondata.com/?p=435 A data sources inventory is meant to record basic information about the different systems across and/or outside your ecosystem from which you are capturing, producing, acquiring or procuring data. The data sources tend to be well known to their end users and administrators, but not so much to the organization as a whole. I believe […]

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]]> https://www.lightsondata.com/how-to-create-an-inventory-of-your-data-sources/feed/ 4 435 Learn how to create a MDM change request https://www.lightsondata.com/mdm-change-request-template/ https://www.lightsondata.com/mdm-change-request-template/#respond Thu, 10 May 2018 00:25:11 +0000 http://www.lightsondata.com/?p=318 Managing and securing your organization’s master data is crucial for supporting any organizational goals which rely on data – so all of them!!! It’s also important for today’s business to work with their master data in an accurate, efficient, and well understood way.  As such, the process for managing change requests to either add, remove, […]

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]]> https://www.lightsondata.com/mdm-change-request-template/feed/ 0 318 11 essential elements of a communication plan https://www.lightsondata.com/11-essential-communication-plan-elements/ https://www.lightsondata.com/11-essential-communication-plan-elements/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2018 17:56:17 +0000 http://www.lightsondata.com/?p=277 I’m a strong believer that communication is one of the vital ingredients for any successful implementation and deployment of a Business Intelligence, Data Governance or overall Data Management program.  Your Business Intelligence, Data Governance or Data Management strategy should have a communication plan as one of its deliverables. If you haven’t done one already or […]

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]]> https://www.lightsondata.com/11-essential-communication-plan-elements/feed/ 6 277 White paper on best practices for powerful dashboards https://www.lightsondata.com/white-paper-on-best-practices-for-powerful-dashboards/ https://www.lightsondata.com/white-paper-on-best-practices-for-powerful-dashboards/#respond Thu, 29 Mar 2018 07:21:30 +0000 http://www.lightsondata.com/?p=235 In any domain in any organization, great dashboards are valuable not only because they can sum up important information and offer a single view of data, but also because they are simple to use and offer a quick, unambiguous way to draw meaningful conclusions from data. Developing and designing such powerful dashboards does not come […]

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]]> https://www.lightsondata.com/white-paper-on-best-practices-for-powerful-dashboards/feed/ 0 235 The single best strategy for improving your mailing addresses https://www.lightsondata.com/the-single-best-strategy-for-improving-your-mailing-addresses/ https://www.lightsondata.com/the-single-best-strategy-for-improving-your-mailing-addresses/#respond Wed, 21 Mar 2018 15:15:07 +0000 http://www.lightsondata.com/?p=155 Having accurate and current addresses for your constituents is one of the most important thing in your database. You’re using this information to engage with them, solicit them, inform them, communicate with them, and learn more about them in order to develop and evolve a two-way relationship. So why don’t we then have good addresses? […]

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]]> https://www.lightsondata.com/the-single-best-strategy-for-improving-your-mailing-addresses/feed/ 0 155 Tools for managing your report inventory (Part 1 of 2) https://www.lightsondata.com/tools-for-managing-your-report-inventory-part-1-of-2/ https://www.lightsondata.com/tools-for-managing-your-report-inventory-part-1-of-2/#respond Thu, 01 Feb 2018 15:24:51 +0000 http://www.lightsondata.com/?p=29 To the best of my knowledge, there are no dedicated tools for creating and managing an inventory of reports/dashboards. At best these are done at the report/dashboard server level where you can audit user access, and read/write stats for the specific reports on that server. What happens if you have different environments and platforms for […]

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